Every community has its stories — tales of victories and defeats, of perilous ends and new beginnings, and of the old guard and the new. Sometimes these take the form of myths and legends born from imagination and other times… Read More ›
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Yûgo Sakamoto’s “Nice Days” showcases why you should never underestimate these “Baby Assassins.” [Fantasia International Film Festival]
Over the last few years, writer/director Yûgo Sakamoto’s (A Janitor) created a very specific cinematic world in which low-stakes slacker comedy meets high-stakes wet work via his Baby Assassins series. Returning for a third outing in Baby Assassins Nice Days,… Read More ›
With a physical release, fans of Choi Dong-hoon’s “Alienoid” films can delight in the action-packed conclusion, “Return to the Future,” as often as they wish.
August 2022 saw the U.S. release of writer/director Choi Dong-hoon’s cinematic hybrid Alienoid (외계+인 1부) into theaters. A mixture of martial arts, comedy, drama, and science fiction that takes place in 2022 Korea *and* the Goryeo Dynasty, Choi’s work may… Read More ›
“Chainsaws Were Singing” falls short on its promise but is well worth the price of admission. [Fantasia International Film Festival]
When a movie is pitched as “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) meets Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) meets Les Misérables (2012),” there is something that immediately grabs my attention because a musical that is zany and over-the-top… Read More ›
“Mash Ville” takes on many meanings in a confluence of stories around a moonshine business. [Fantasia International Film Festival]
Having never seen Hwang Wook’s previous movies (Dog Eat Dog; Live Hard), I did not know what to expect when watching the latest, Mash Ville, and what was delivered was a combination of some of the zaniest wackiest things ever… Read More ›
Keep your heart on fire with the six-film “Rocky: Ultimate Knockout Collection,” available now.
Around the time of the theatrical release of actor Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut, Creed III (2023), the ninth film in the Rocky franchise, Amazon MGM Studios via Warner Bros. Pictures released a four-film 4K UHD collection of Rocky films… Read More ›
Director Park Jin-pyo’s “Brave Citizen” delivers satisfying vigilante justice in this web comic adaptation. [Fantasia International Film Festival]
“If you do nothing, nothing will happen.” This quote is spoken by the character So Si-Min, portrayed by Shin Hye-sun (See You in My 19th Life), as part of a class on ethics. It’s one of several concepts that particular… Read More ›
“Deadpool and Wolverine” brought the buddy cop mantra but left everything else in the cab.
There will be no spoilers in this review as there are plenty of surprises that will be used to great effect for those who care. Basic plot points will be covered, but nothing that wasn’t in the trailers. When the… Read More ›
David Leitch’s “The Fall Guy” has bonus features that were made for loving you.
In filmmaking, there are original stories and there’re adaptations. While audiences clamor for original stories, the system *needs* adaptations to help fund the originals. Sure, it’s getting hard for some audiences to get excited for Super Cape 58 (not me,… Read More ›
“Alienoid: Return to the Future” Blu-ray Giveaway
Choi Dong-hoon’s Alienoid (2022) kicked off a time-travel sci-fi adventure in which the present is saved by going to the past. However, in Return to the Future, released in U.S. theaters in January 2024, in order to keep things safe, they had… Read More ›
“Twisters” is summer popcorn fun with its “if you feel it chase it” energy.
1996’s Twister, starring Bill Paxton (Near Dark; Weird Science) and Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets), holds a place of nostalgia for many. That film has resonated with viewers, making it something they have continuously returned to years later…. Read More ›
Dramatic thriller “Captain Phillips” gets a limited edition 4K UHD steelbook release from Sony Pictures.
Films based on true events often have a way of dramatizing or exaggerating things for the sake of cinema. It’s a different stage, cinema, with different rules from real life, so storytellers will often utilize this fact for audiences to… Read More ›
You won’t regret getting your hands on this 4K release of “The Guyver.”
There are so many ridiculous movies out there that have been unseen and undiscovered until a boutique label comes and rights those wrongs. Thankfully, the folks at Unearthed Classics are giving the genre-bending monster mash of a movie, The Guyver… Read More ›
Get into the down and dirty of filmmaking on your own budget with the bounty of bonus features within “The Last Stop in Yuma County” on home video.
It’s no small feat and an incredible gamble to make a film. It requires a team of creatives working tirelessly toward the same goal, forced to confront their limitations and turn them into opportunities at every step. In the case… Read More ›
“The Fall Guy” 4K UHD Digital Code Giveaway
After an explosive premiere at SXSW 2024 and then dropping into theaters in May, filmmaker David Leitch‘s (Bullet Train) romantic action comedy The Fall Guy, a cinematic adaptation of the 1980s television show, is now out on digital formats. In… Read More ›
Rabbit is good, Rabbit is wise, Rabbit directs you to grab the 4K UHD release of “Twister.”
In 1996, the disaster blockbuster business was booming. Independence Day was king of ‘96, drawing in over $800 million at the box office and setting the new standard for disaster films. But earlier that year, Twister came roaring into the… Read More ›
“Twister” 4K Giveaway
The very first DVD produced was the 1996 Jan de Bont-directed disaster drama Twister, starring Helen Hunt (As Good As It Gets; How It Ends) and Bill Paxton (Near Dark; True Lies), and now it’s set to get a 4K UHD upgrade ahead… Read More ›
HERE WE GO! Detroit’s favorite detective returns to Beverly Hills in “Axel F.”
Actor Eddie Murphy’s been experiencing a wonderful resurgence lately between exploring new stories (Dolemite Is My Name (2019)) and revisiting old ones (Coming 2 America (2021)), each time reminding audiences why we’ve loved being entertained by him for ages. Now,… Read More ›
All you need is “Kill.”
By the nature of social norms, each country includes a specific view in their art. When it comes to movies, this is very noticeable within the subgenre of action. Whereas American films almost always feature a stalwart protagonist who survives… Read More ›
Know what you’re getting into before you say “America, F&%k yeah!” to a first-time 4K UHD anniversary edition of “Team America: World Police.”
I am not going to pretend I understand how licensing works, because I simply don’t. It would be an incredibly silly thing to pretend I know a singular thing about how movie licensing works and why X licenses out to… Read More ›