Sometimes movies fly under the radar for viewers, and some of those movies get branded as favorites or classics. When one of those movies has escaped my viewing experience one way or another and the 4K gets announced, my curiosity… Read More ›
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Filmmaker Tōru Murakawa’s “The Beast to Die” gets a welcomed limited edition 4K HD restoration from Radiance Films.
If someone is asked to identify their favorite war-related films, most likely they’ll name American-made films, not because they’re inherently better but because they are often more prolific. The truth is that war is one of the few concepts that… Read More ›
The lid’s off the garbage as director Fritz Lang’s crime thriller “The Big Heat” is available on 4K UHD via The Criterion Collection.
It only takes one person’s moment of greed to poison the lives of countless others. This isn’t to suggest that individuals aren’t in control of their choices, but, if one ascribes to Chaos Theory, there’s a strong inclination that our… Read More ›
Crime drama thriller “Sovereign” will haunt you.
Have you seen Justin Kurzel’s highly under the radar crime thriller, The Order (2024)? Did you see it and immediately think to yourself that you wanted to see more of this? If you haven’t, have you seen some of Dick… Read More ›
“Law Abiding Citizen” gets a second 4K release, this time as a steelbook.
If you’ve never seen F. Gary Gray’s Law Abiding Citizen, then stop reading this right now, go find a copy (this new snazzy steelbook is now available), and sit down and watch it (preferably the unrated cut as it has… Read More ›
Christopher McQuarrie’s directorial debut, “The Way of the Gun,” gets added to the Lionsgate Limited 4K UHD collection with a steelbook lenticular edition.
Before filmmaker Christopher McQuarrie accepted the mission four times (Mission: Impossible franchise) and before he adapted Lee Child’s nomadic former MP for the big screen (Jack Reacher (2012)), he started out with his own creation, the neo-western The Way of… Read More ›
“Deep Cover” goes mission: critical by forgetting a basic rule of delivery — don’t ask for the laugh. [Tribeca]
Given the opportunity to work with strangers or friends, chances are “friends” is going to win out every time. Doing so provides a comfortability to do things one might not ordinarily do, or, at the very least, allow one to… Read More ›
Charles Williams’s “Inside” examines a messy family-like dynamic within a high security prison. [Tribeca]
There is something inherently interesting and thought-provoking from Charles Williams’s first time feature, Inside (not to be confused with the Willem Dafoe movie from a few years back), but the longform execution of this seems to be where it slightly… Read More ›
Arrow Video’s “Swordfish” 4K UHD remaster is more of a blip than a bang.
Trigger Warning: The following review touches on topics directly related to the narrative involving death, terrorism, and sexual assault. The summer of 2001 was the perfect time for the release of Swordfish. Audiences had been primed for it thanks to… Read More ›
Ana de Armas will be of service in “John Wick” franchise expanding actioner “Ballerina.”
How many successful action franchises do we have now? That’s a more complicated question to answer than one may think. That is, especially after the surprise 2014 revelation of a film that was John Wick. Besides revitalizing Keanu Reeves’s career,… Read More ›
Double De Niro is not enough to make “The Alto Knights” memorable.
The Alto Knights features a dual performance from the legendary Robert De Niro (The Irishman) who portrays both of the main characters in a bold creative choice that might serve as a selling point for fans or as a distraction… Read More ›
“Stand Your Ground” Digital Code Giveaway
The latest action thriller Stand Your Ground, starring Justice League‘s Daniel Stisen and Constantine‘s Peter Stormare, released both into theaters and on VOD May 27th. Thanks to the generous folks at Epic Pictures Group, EoM is giving away three (3) digital codes so… Read More ›
In the mood to “Kick-Ass”? Do it with the 15th anniversary Lionsgate Limited steelbook edition.
In the brief and brand-new featurette “Physical Media Kicks Ass,” writer/director Matthew Vaughn (Layer Cake; Kingsman series) discusses his longtime love of physical media, referring to it at one point as “romantic,” the context being that owning a physical version… Read More ›
Toei classic “The Rapacious Jailbreaker” escapes onto Blu-ray thanks to Radiance Films.
In the visual essay “Rule Breaker: An Introduction to Sado Najajima” (2025), film critic Tom Mes calls director Sadao Nakajima (The Great Okinawa Yakuza War; Jeans Blues: No Future) one of “the Three Aces of Toei,” and laments that this… Read More ›
Darkly comic thriller “Dead on the Vine” is ripe for the picking on physical and digital home viewing.
A good plan gone wrong — it’s the staple of plenty of heist, confidence, and rescue tales as the protagonists have to figure out what to do when the plan goes sideways. Will they make it out alive? Will their… Read More ›
Affleck and Bernthal deliver quality action from boss battles to sibling squabbles in “The Accountant 2.”
The hot titles seared into my memory from 2016 include 10 Cloverfield Lane, Keanu, Everybody Wants Some!!, Kubo and the Two Strings, and The Accountant. At the time, I praised director Gavin O’Connor and writer Bill Dubuque’s film, saying it… Read More ›
Julien Colonna’s crime thriller “The Kingdom” grapples with the complexity of choice and consequence. [ATLFF]
Choices and consequences. Most of the time, when we think of choices and consequences, it’s within the framework of ourselves. We view it from the perspective of the decisions we make and the repercussions that follow. In reality, our choices… Read More ›
Clint Eastwood’s “Dirty Harry” revels in its all of its 4K UHD grit.
When a studio releases a film versus when a boutique releases a film, there can be, on occasion, a little worry that the former won’t be the *best* version of the release. There are always exceptions to the rule, of… Read More ›
Filmmakers John Dierre and Ryan Dutter invite audiences to voyage toward the underworld in their darkly comedic surrealist thriller feature film debut “Meta Take One.” [ATLFF]
Trigger Warning: Meta Take One contains several instances of flashing light and visual distortion that may disturb photosensitive viewers. How far would you go to make your dreams a reality? What would you give up or sacrifice? In a society… Read More ›
Gareth Evans returns with a film that embodies the notion of “Havoc.”
“Cry ‘Havoc!’, and let slip the dogs of war.” – Mark Antony in William Shakespeare’s Julius Cesar. Though his debut short released in 2003, filmmaker Gareth Evans wouldn’t make his international mark until 2011’s The Raid, also known as The… Read More ›