Are you reading me? Well, I’m the only review here, so you must be reading me. That’s right this review is going to jump into Martin Scorsese’s universally loved Taxi Driver (1976). While it is important to state this 100… Read More ›
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The Criterion Collection captures those “Perfect Days” in its 4K UHD release.
Perfect Days (2023) is the title of Wim Wender’s (Paris, Texas) newest film, which has entered the illustrious Criterion Collection, but, at the same time, it almost perfectly describes the ambiance and sentiments of the movie, as well. Perfection is… 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 ›
Imprint Films Goes all-in for “The Queen of Spades.”
Imprint Films has played a great hand with their Blu-ray (debut) of The Queen of Spades, the 1949 horror film famously beloved by filmmakers like Martin Scorsese. They’ve stacked the deck with special features, including three commentary tracks, an introduction… Read More ›
Open Dialogue with “Dandelion” actor KiKi Layne.
In this edition of Meet Me at the Movies: Open Dialogue, Thomas Manning sits down with actress KiKi Layne to discuss her work in the beautiful character drama Dandelion. Directed by Nicole Riegel, Dandelion also stars Thomas Doherty and features original… Read More ›
After multiple paused release dates, Hüller and Wolff make “Sisi & I (Sisi & Ich)” worth the wait.
Frauke Finsterwalder’s Sisi & I (Sisi & Ich) sat completed on the shelf for nearly two years after its initial shooting dates, and was even further delayed for release in America by almost an entire other year following its premiere… Read More ›
Criterion releases the most complete collection of Sam Peckinpah’s “Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid” with three high-definition cuts in one package.
Like all things in this world, your perspective is going to define how to come to or respond to something. In cinema, this is especially true as there are often multiple versions of the very film you like. Not just… Read More ›
“Dandelion” stumbles, then sprints to a great time.
Dandelion opens in a small number of theaters this week where it will undoubtedly achieve the height of its success because of the tragedy of the era into which it is released. It’s an independent film about a desperate musician… 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 ›
“The Boys in the Boat” steered clear of any special features on this Blu-ray home release.
It’s really hard to be a physical media advocate and supporter, and I know how that sentence sounds. We’re a dying breed of collectors, but we still exist and wanting the crème of the crop is becoming harder and harder… Read More ›
Bring home Cord Jefferson’s satire “American Fiction” on Blu-ray thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures.
Amidst the insanity of 2023’s awards season, there were a lot of flicks that stood out ahead of the pack. From thoughtful dramedies about an American toy icon to the typical Oscar fair, there were clearly a lot of movies… 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 ›
With “Chicken for Linda!” arriving on digital, you can serve your whole family a delicious bite of whimsy.
There’s not enough whimsy in the world. Instead, we’ve got extremes. Something is either “the greatest,” “a masterpiece,” “the best it’s ever been,” or “it’s the worst,” “mediocre,” “a blight upon our collective existence.” There’s no space, it seems, for… Read More ›
Short film “A Family Guide to Hunting” bags its prize with its talent on and off screen. [Tribeca Film Festival]
There is nothing more encouraging than someone wanting to introduce you to their family, especially when you’re dating. Now, that is not to say that is the premise to Zao Wang’s (Full Moon Club) short A Family Guide to Hunting,… Read More ›
Dramedy “All That We Love” is a tender story of self-reclamation. [Tribeca Film Festival]
Loss comes for all of us. Doesn’t matter how solitary a life we try to lead, we will lose something — an item, a memory, even ourselves. With each loss, there’s a transition period in which we come to terms… Read More ›
“Daddio” plays things a little too daily life to actively engage the audience.
There are so many movies that come to mind that do the (mostly) single location idea and manage to execute it with varied results: Saw (2004), The Boys in the Band (1970 or 2004), Locke (2013), The Terminal (2004), to… Read More ›
Utilizing the style and action of its source material, “BLUE LOCK THE MOVIE -EPISODE NAGI-” offers a cinematic perspective that may delight fans while leaving new audiences a touch cold.
Since August 2018, the Japanese manga series BLUE LOCK, also stylized as BLUELOCK, has published in Kodansha’s Weekly Shōnen Magazine — publisher of such tales as Go! Go! Loser Ranger! and Girlfriend, Girlfriend. Written by Muneyuki Kaneshiro and illustrated by… Read More ›
Criterion adds the Lana and Lilly Wachowski erotic noir “Bound” to its 4K collection.
Having never seen Lana and Lilly Wachowski’s second feature, I was immediately intrigued when I saw it was being added to the Criterion Collection. Knowing quite literally nothing about the movie other than the fact that it was a Wachowski… Read More ›
“Janet Planet” is a slow burn encapsulating that warm, languid feeling of coming-of-age in summer.
Humanity exists in cycles. We’re born, we propagate, and we die — with luck, improving things for the next generation before we go. In between are a multitude of steps and phases leading toward one stage and away from another…. Read More ›
“The Vourdalak” sets a new standard for the genre with Adrien Beau’s fresh take on vampire movies.
If you watched The Vourdalak with no background information, you might think you’d discovered a lost made-for-TV gem from 1980-something. With its grainy appearance, humble sets, and Jim-Henson-esque puppet villain, how could this dark yet charming vampire fantasy not be… Read More ›