Trigger Warning: It Ends with Us explores domestic abuse and includes an instance of attempted sexual assault. In 2024, a film released in theaters in which a woman has a meet-cute with a man, finds herself falling love, struggles to… Read More ›
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Animated adventure fable “Sirocco and the Kingdom of Winds” envelopes for a pleasant sensory experience.
There are fables that challenge children (The NeverEnding Story), that push children (Labyrinth), and that are not safe for children (Pan’s Labyrinth). In each instance, no matter their differences, the perspective of the child is the focal point through their… Read More ›
Techno-thriller “AFRAID” comes home, but should you let it in?
Artificial Intelligence, more commonly referred to as A.I., is a staple of science fiction. The incorporation of it within novels, television programs, film, and video games is often in a supportive role toward humanity. Batman uses it to help solve… Read More ›
4K release of “Trap” is absent satisfying trimmings.
Whether the films work for you or not, there’s no denying that an M. Night Shyamalan film is going to provoke a reaction; we’re not talking heavily divisive so much as generating conversation with audiences heralding the best parts and… Read More ›
A contentious U.S. President receives an equally contentious film in “Reagan.”
I stand by that title. Reagan (2024) is an astonishingly incompetent and cynical attempt to pass off pseudo-religious myth as history. Written by Howard Klausner (Space Cowboys) based on the book The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism… Read More ›
You know the cameos of “Deadpool & Wolverine,” so go under the hood with the home release edition to learn everything else.
In the history of cinema, there are more stories of the films not made than of the ones made — the stories deemed uninteresting or lacking an audience; the stories deemed unsellable or absent in creativity. Sometimes there’s a happy… Read More ›
What a twist! You may want to wait on this 4K UHD edition of M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense.”
By this point in 2024, there’ve been three M. Night Shyamalan projects released in theaters or on streaming. In August, serial killer thriller Trap starring Josh Hartnett (Oppenheimer; The Faculty) and Shyamalan’s daughter, Saleka Shyamalan, landed in theaters and comes… Read More ›
Believe. “Signs” in 4K is happening.
In 2002, two-time Academy Award nominated writer and director M. Night Shyamalan was still trying to live up to the hype from The Sixth Sense (1999), a massive success and guarantor for a career that would become one of the… Read More ›
Live-action family adventure “Harold and the Purple Crayon” has drawn its way to home video.
Board book, hard cover, or soft — chances are, at some point in your life, you encountered author Crockett Johnson’s children’s book Harold and the Purple Crayon. A tale of wonder, the brief adventure features a toddler/little kid-aged boy in… Read More ›
Explore where the “A Quiet Place” film series begins with the Michael Sarnoski-directed “Day One,” available on home video now.
Originally created by Bryan Woods (65; Heretic) and Scott Beck (65; Heretic), under the vision of actor/writer/director John Krasinski (IF; A Quiet Place), the A Quiet Place film series is a creature feature with a character-driven heart. The first film,… Read More ›
Investigate Yorgos Lanthimos’s cautionary tale “Kinds of Kindness” in your own living space.
Trigger Warning: Kinds of Kindness is a darkly comic film that features murder, maiming, and sexual assault. Some elements, even handled with thought and care, may be troubling for some audiences. Growing up in the South you learn very quickly… Read More ›
The not rated (very NC-17) 1998 film “Happiness” gets a Criterion restoration on 4K.
Trigger warning: Themes that will be discussed in this review include pedophilia, rape, and incest. Masturbation and sex are also largely discussed and analyzed, so maybe just get the bath ready for when you’re done with this review and you… Read More ›
Angie Dickinson shines on Blu-ray with Imprint Films’s “Jessica.”
Angie Dickinson (Rio Bravo; Dressed to Kill) was famously beautiful, and a defining example of the “sexpot” archetype of Hollywood movie star in mid-century cinema. She was beautiful, and men loved looking at her butt and bust. That’s basically what… Read More ›
Janus Contemporaries brings “Tótem” and its unforgettable family home.
In Tótem (2023), newcomer Naíma Sentíes plays Sol, a little girl who we first meet taking her turn on a public toilet while her mother Lucía, played by Iazua Larios (Apocalypto; Sundown) makes her laugh by peeing in the sink…. Read More ›
Jessica Chastain and Anne Hathaway shine in the gorgeous-but-forgettable “Mothers’ Instinct,” now home on Blu-ray.
Benoît Delhomme’s directorial debut Mothers’ Instinct (2024), a remake of Olivier Masset-Depasse’s French-language thriller of the same name (2018), feels like it was born out of a cinephile’s (or actor-phile’s) dreamboard. Oscar-winners Jessica Chastain (It: Chapter Two) and Anne Hathaway… Read More ›
The “Bad Boys” universe continues to expand in fourth outing “Ride or Die,” out on home video now.
Nearly 39 years after audiences were introduced to Miami, Florida, detectives Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey (Martin Lawrence and Will Smith; respectively) in the 1995 action comedy Bad Boys (1995), a fourth entry in the series landed in theaters: Bad… Read More ›
Game on! Yuen Biao’s sports comedy “The Champions” gets an HD release from Eureka Entertainment.
Martial arts fans know Yuen Biao from turns in Bruce Lee vehicles like Enter the Dragon (1973) and Game of Death (1978), as well as various appearances in Jackie Chan projects like Project A (1983) or My Lucky Stars (1985),… Read More ›
Radiance Films releases a lovely high-definition restoration of Seijun Suzuki’s surprising yakuza dramedy “Tattooed Life.”
Art is chaos and chaos is life, therefore, art is a manifestation of the chaos of life. Our experiences, our views, everything that is “us” is transported into what we create. In some instances, what is absent from it is… Read More ›
“The Shadow Boxing” is welcomed into the 88 Asia Collection with a bare-bones limited edition HD transfer.
In his lifetime, Lau Kar-leung’s worked as an actor (How Wong Fei-Hung Defeated Three Bullies with a Rod (1953); Golden Swallow (1968)), a stuntman (The Black Musketeer ‘F’ (1968); Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993)), a writer (Legendary Weapons of… Read More ›
“The Strangers” remastered in 4K via Shout! Studios delivers visuals worthy of a repeat purchase.
It’s been quite a year for the franchise of horror films known as The Strangers as not only do we get this new home media release, we are also being treated to three new films in the franchise courtesy of… Read More ›