“Sly fox, dumb bunny.” Just when you think that storytellers have mined all they can from the odd couple trope, co-writers Jared Bush (Encanto) and Phil Johnston (Wreck-It Ralph series) found a way to invigorate the concept by not only… Read More ›
Home Video
“Hanky Panky” delivers a decent upconvert but nothing else in this Blu-ray home release.
What do Gilda Radner (Saturday Night Live), Gene Wilder (Young Frankenstein), and Sidney Poitier (Sneakers) have in common? Well, outside of arguably being three of the best to ever do it, Poitier directed the two aforementioned comedy legends (after directing… Read More ›
“Song Sung Blue” is a very human musical romantic drama based on real life events.
Song Sung Blue stands as one of the most grounded and quietly affecting performances in Hugh Jackman’s career, a surprising turn for an actor often associated with larger-than-life characters and blockbuster spectacle. Here, he strips away the bravado and theatricality… Read More ›
“A Little Prayer” is a big treat on Blu-ray.
I arrived in the city of Winston-Salem last year at the same time as A Little Prayer, one of the best films of 2025, and a film about the people here. It was a real local sensation, going on an… Read More ›
“Suspect” is sus for getting a bare bones Blu-ray release despite its heavy-hitter cast.
Suspect is definitely a product of the 1980s and, in some ways, that’s part of its charm. The film boasts an impressive cast led by Cher (Moonstruck), Dennis Quaid (The Substance), and a very committed Liam Neeson (The Naked Gun),… Read More ›
The bonus features for crime comedy “London Calling” are about as deep as the film itself.
Crime and comedy often go hand-in-hand due to the ridiculousness of a given situation. Watching two high-octane cars pull a massive safe through the streets of Rio? Hilarious. Betting as to whether Yen (Qin Shaobo) shorts it? Gold. Declaring that… Read More ›
Mind-bending folk horror “Keeper” gets a 4K/Blu-ray combo release from NEON absent any special features.
Prior to 2024, Oz Perkins was a somewhat niche indie filmmaker who had already built a nice little fanbase thanks to his early films The Blackcoat’s Daughter (2015), which follows a young girl who may or may not be possessed… Read More ›
True crime thriller “All the President’s Men” gets a 4K UHD release from Warner Bros. Pictures in honor of its 50th anniversary.
While it’s safe to presume that political ideologies have often led to disagreements and hard lines between classmates, colleagues, and family members to the point that countless stories will feature “black sheep” liberal relatives in conservative families or conservative characters… Read More ›
Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s dramatic thriller “Cloud” gets a slim-but-deep home edition as part of the sublabel of Criterion Premieres.
It feels safe to say that capitalism had a solid run, but needs to step down. At this point, there’s nothing in this world that doesn’t feel commodified to the point that ethical consumption, let alone ethical existence, is an… Read More ›
HIKARI’s heartfelt dramedy “Rental Family” arrives to own via home video.
“… make you feel like family is who we include, rather than we were assigned to.” – Actor Brendan Fraser discussing Rental Family. The world can feel like a cruel and unforgiving place that isolates you at every opportunity. That… Read More ›
Filmmaker Dan Trachtenberg’s third “Predator” adventure, “Badlands,” lands on home video packed with in-depth bonus materials.
Writer/director Dan Trachtenberg’s feature film debut, 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016), not only helped reenergize the Cloverfield franchise, it established the filmmaker as one to watch. He’s since been handed the reigns to three different Predator-related projects and each one, unique… Read More ›
“Blue Moon” boasts a career-best performance from Ethan Hawke as Richard Linklater lovingly brings the 1940s to life.
Director Richard Linklater (Nouvelle Vague) has been actively communicating with the past, meaning he has released two films within the past year that pay homage to the figures behind classic films and musicals. Alongside Nouvelle Vague, a film about the… Read More ›
A complex love story brilliantly masked in a survival story and political thriller, “Kiss of the Spider Woman” receives a beautiful digital restoration, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Two prisoners. Two different pasts. One love story that keeps them going. Set within the Brazilian military dictatorship, Héctor Babenco’s 1985 film Kiss of the Spider Woman (adapted by Leonard Schrader, based on Manuel Pieg’s 1976 novel) is about two… Read More ›
Edward Yang’s “Yi Yi” gets a boost to 4K UHD as it enters The Criterion Collection
Life is like a dyad-god, both finite and infinite. Your life is finite because it ends, but Life goes on regardless of how you live yours. Few things narrow as quickly as the infinite possibilities of a newborn’s life, except… Read More ›
“Shelby Oaks” uses chilling found footage to solve a mystery of a missing YouTuber and is now available on Blu-ray from NEON.
Chris Stuckmann is a YouTuber, author, film critic, and filmmaker, who started his career posting short-form movie reviews on YouTube called “Quick Movie Reviews” in 2009. He eventually began making longer movie reviews as well as reviews of television shows,… Read More ›
Derek Cianfrance’s “Roofman” is far more character study than crime antics.
Director Derek Cianfrance is a filmmaker who is near and dear to my heart. His 2013 film The Place Beyond the Pines hit me on a deep emotional level with its themes of fatherhood and legacy. Even with its heavier… Read More ›
Reginald Hudlin’s feature film directorial debut and seminal teen comedy “House Party” receives a 4K UHD edition via The Criterion Collection.
“All my memories are movies.” – George Clooney as Jay Kelly in Jay Kelly (2025). As a child born on the cusp of 1981, I reside firmly on line between Gen X and Millennial, meaning that I can remember a… Read More ›
Gordan Chan’s folktale adaptation “King of Beggars” receives a 2K restoration from Eureka Entertainment.
Cinema borrowing from folktales is a natural fit given that folktales often elevate figures or events and cinema does this innately through projection. Who wouldn’t want to see the figures or events of lore cast upon a 40-foot screen or… Read More ›
“Vampire Zombies… from Space!” You read that right, now grab your popcorn!
There are movies you read the title for and think it’s something from Tropic Thunder (2008) (meaning a fake movie or a movie within another movie) and not something that could possibly exist. Then there are movies like Movie 43… Read More ›
Get a peek behind the creative intention of one of Bruce Springsteen’s most notable albums in director Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.”
Adaptations are the bread and butter of entertainment, whether it’s “ripped from the headlines” episodes of some Law & Order spin-off to capture the zeitgeist or the story of an established celebrity. Going further are the adaptations of books which… Read More ›