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• “Giving Birth to a Butterfly” brings surreal performance to the front of house.

  By Andrew J. Eisenman on May 17, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  “Gah, everyone’s in their own fucking cage” – Owen Cambell as Andrew. There’s a fine line between a bad performance and a surreal one, and Giving Birth to a Butterfly runs that tightrope effortlessly. Wearing its Lynchian influences on its… Read More ›

• It may be wise to find another group of “Righteous Thieves” for your next heist.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 17, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s something about a good confidence film. They’re not always A-List-led romps like Ocean’s Eleven (2001) or explorations of morality like Rififi (1955). Sometimes, they’re a mixture of both, keeping the audience on their toes the entire time like Confidence… Read More ›

• “L.A. Wars” Blu-ray Giveaway

  By Douglas Davidson on May 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  On May 16th, the Tony Kandah/Martin Morris-directed 1993 actioner L.A. Wars joins the MVD Rewind Collection with a collector’s edition Blu-ray. Thanks to the generosity of MVD Entertainment Group, EoM is giving away one (1) Blu-ray of L.A. Wars to one lucky… Read More ›

• Radiance Films releases director Kinji Fukasaku’s crime drama “Yakuza Graveyard” on Blu-ray for the first time.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Photosensitivity Warning: During an interrogation scene late into the film a brief but prolonged flashing sequence occurs.  Within crime stories, there is a specific subgenre born from Japan: yakuza films. These stories center on the lives or operations of members… Read More ›

• “Assassin Club” forgets to turn the safety off.

  By Andrew J. Eisenman on May 16, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Wabbit season, duck season, James Bond casting season. In 2004, Daniel Craig proved he could sex it up and shoot it up in Matthew Vaughn’s Layer Cake (2004), leading to his 14-year run as James Bond. In 2023, the assassin… Read More ›

• Crime dramedy “One Day as a Lion” roars its way to home video.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 15, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Crime stories get a lot of play in storytelling. Could be as classic as Othello or as modern as The Legend of Jack and Diane (2023); stories in which someone either gets in too deep, trusts the wrong person, or… Read More ›

• 88 Films gathers the first four films in the “In the Line of Duty” series in one collector’s set.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 14, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In the world of martial arts action, names like Jimmy Wang Yu (One-Armed Boxer), Gordon Liu (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin), Bruce Lee (Fist of Fury), Sammo Hung (Enter the Fat Dragon), Jackie Chan (Drunken Master), and Donnie Yen (Tiger… Read More ›

• “Hypnotic” spirals a tad too much.

  By Andrew J. Eisenman on May 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  “…a thrill ride in the Hitchcock sense..” – Director Robert Rodriquez. Remaking Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo (1958) is an unofficial right-of-passage for many auteur directors, and after 21 years of trying, Robert Rodriquez has finally made his. Hypnotic seems to view… Read More ›

• “Fool’s Paradise” is fool’s gold.

  By Andrew J. Eisenman on May 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  “Do nothing, works for tons of actors.” – Ray Liotta as The Producer. Fool’s Paradise is the directorial debut of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005-present)’s Charlie Day. It’s a comedy about the absurdity and tragedy of the business of… Read More ›

• The Cine-Men, Episode 85: Road Trip Movies

  By Douglas Davidson on May 13, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In honor of The Cine-Men co-host Darryl Mansel and his lovely bride *finally* going on their honeymoon, I pitched the idea of talking about some of our favorite road trip films. I’m sure you’ll hear a few films you expect… Read More ›

• The Criterion Collection re-releases Seijun Suzuki’s “Branded to Kill” in a newly remastered 4K UHD edition.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 12, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Since November 2021, physical media boutique distributor The Criterion Collection has included at least one in 4K UHD in their monthly new releases. These might be first-time additions to their collection (Terry Gilliam’s The Adventure of Baron Munchausen) or remasters… Read More ›

• Driving and striving, “Rally Road Racers” aims to go the distance in a silly family-friendly adventure.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 11, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  When it comes to automotive competition, there’re different forms of endurance racing. In the U.S., there’s NASCAR, whereas in Europe, there is Le Mans. But if you really want to push yourself as a driver, there’s the road rally, often… Read More ›

• “Convoy Busters” Blu-ray Giveaway

  By Douglas Davidson on May 10, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  This month Cauldron Films is releasing a 2K restoration of the action/adventure Convoy Busters with both archived and *new* materials! Distributor MVD Entertainment Group has generously given EoM one (1) Blu-ray copy to give away to a lucky individual. If… Read More ›

• Documentary “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” captures the perpetual-motion life of the actor through multi-media.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 10, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Biography pictures come in all shapes and sizes. Sometimes they take a more chronological approach (Malcolm X), sometimes they’re more focused on a specific moment in time (Chevalier), and, for others, it’s more interpretive (Rocketman). This doesn’t just apply to… Read More ›

• “Young Ip Man” Blu-ray Giveaway

  By Douglas Davidson on May 9, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In the cinematic adventures of Ip Man, the notable real-life Chinese hero, he’s battled fellow masters, Japanese forces, corrupt businessmen, and more. Now, in a new story from director Li Liming, audiences watch as a young Ip Man tries to… Read More ›

• With it out on home video, will you answer the “Knock at the Cabin”?

  By justin waldman on May 9, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  To say that writer/director M. Night Shyamalan doesn’t divide audiences is a wildly inaccurate statement because his work can arguable by defined as some of the most divisive work from a creator today. He always manages to do something with… Read More ›

• Bite into the meat of Alberto Vázquez’s “Unicorn Wars” on home video thanks to Shout! Factory and GKids Films.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 9, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  One never knows the gems they’ll find at film festivals. Sometimes they’ll be greeted by low-stakes lo-fi supernatural chillers that don’t match your vibe, other times you get to know an action comedy that delights all the same on subsequent… Read More ›

• Celebrate the Christopher Reeve Era of “Superman” films in a 4k UHD five-film collection from Warner Bros. Pictures.

  By Douglas Davidson on May 8, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  You’ll Believe a Man Can Fly. – Superman: The Movie tagline Everyone has their heroes. Athletes, actors, activists, first-responders — individuals that represent the kind of ideal you want to become. Me, I wanted to be Superman. Not because he… Read More ›

• The rise and fall of the “BlackBerry” takes audiences on a wild ride.

  By justin waldman on May 8, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  Canadian-born and -bred Matt Johnson is no stranger to wearing many hats as he is constantly writing, directing, and starring in his projects (Nirvanna the Band the Show/Operation Avalanche), no matter what they might be. The man behind many constant… Read More ›

• Open Dialogue with “The Legend of Jack and Diane” director/co-writer Bruce Bellocchi.

  By Thomas Manning on May 7, 2023 • ( 0 )

  

  In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning chats with writer, director, producer, and editor Bruce Bellocchi about his directorial debut The Legend of Jack and Diane. Bellocchi speaks about the evolution of his decades-long… Read More ›

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