I have stopped writing 3D reviews mainly for the fact that there just isn't anything out there that impresses me anymore. Most of the stuff being released theatrically is upconversions. The classic fare has been distributed to so many other reviewers at once that I no longer get early peeks...
Matt Hough
Spetters Blu-ray Review
Paul Verhoeven’s fifth Dutch film Spetters extended the international reputation he had earned with Soldier of Orange. It’s a long, stark, slice-of-life drama more depressing than exhilarating though certainly there are enough upbeat moments to keep the...
Matt Hough
The Woman in the Window Blu-ray Review
The Woman in the Window is a prime film noir from Fritz Lang featuring outstanding performances and a story that intrigues from the start and draws one into its ever-tightening noose around its protagonist’s neck.
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Matt Hough
Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris Blu-ray Review
An unusual musical revue featuring songs of one of the world’s most unique balladeers, Denis Héroux’s Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris may be visually grounded in the 1970s, but its songs reflect...
Matt Hough
The Man Who Watched Trains Go By Blu-ray Review
A nebbish out for revenge gets waylaid and settles instead for a cockeyed brand of wish fulfillment in Harold French’s The Man Who Watched Trains Go By.
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Richard Gallagher
Underworld U.S.A. Blu-ray Review
Underworld U.S.A. is a violent and compelling film noir from director Samuel Fuller. It has been released on Blu-ray by Twilight Time with an exceptional high-definition transfer courtesy of Sony.
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Todd Erwin
Matinee Blu-ray Review
Joe Dante’s nostalgic look back at going to the movies and monster films of the 1960s finally gets some respect on Blu-ray with Shout Select’s Collector’s Edition release of Matinee.
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Todd Erwin
Paddington 2 Blu-ray Review
Receiving a surprising 100% Fresh on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes. UK import Paddington 2 arrives on Blu-ray (but no 4K on physical media) from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.
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Todd Erwin
Mystery Science Theater 3000: Season 11 Blu-ray Review
18 years after the Satellilte of Love fell out of orbit on SyFy at the end of its 10th season, Mystery Science Theater 3000 returned with 14 new episodes and a new cast on Netflix, following a highly successful Kickstarter...
Ken_McAlinden
Father Figures Blu-ray Review
Father Figures is the directorial debut of Lawrence Sher, who was the cinematographer on several modern comedies including all three of the Hangover films. The bawdy approach to the "Who's your daddy" premise is certainly in that vein. Owen...
Matt Hough
Down Three Dark Streets Blu-ray Review
Arnold Laven’s FBI-based docudrama Down Three Dark Streets combines investigations of several taut and frustrating cases with a behind-the-scenes look at FBI techniques and analytical expertise that keep interest high and suspense nicely...
Matt Hough
Five Steps to Danger Blu-ray Review
A cat-and-mouse thriller turns interestingly into a Cold War espionage tale in Henry S. Kesler’s Five Steps to Danger, a 1957 independent production which is the latest remastered thriller in the Classic Flix line.
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Richard Gallagher
Harper Blu-ray Review
Ross MacDonald's hard-boiled private eye Lew Archer made his big screen debut (albeit with his last name changed) in Harper, adapted from MacDonald's 1949 novel "The Moving Target." The film features a superlative cast headed by Paul Newman, an...
Todd Erwin
Coco Blu-ray Review
Coco is, quite possibly, Pixar's most colorful and beautifully animated feature to date. Disney’s Multi-Screen Edition contains the film on Blu-ray and DVD, plus an extra Blu-ray disc full of extras, and a digital copy to boot.
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Richard Gallagher
The L-Shaped Room Blu-ray Review
The L-Shaped Room is, for its time, a surprisingly frank adult drama which features a brilliant lead performance by Leslie Caron. It has arrived on Blu-ray from Twilight Time with a superb black & white transfer courtesy of Sony.
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Todd Erwin
Lady and the Tramp Signature Collection Blu-ray Review
Disney's all-time classic animal love story, Lady and the Tramp, returns to Blu-ray in a re-packaged Signature Collection edition that more or less recycles the video and audio transfer from the previous edition, adds a...
Neil Middlemiss
The Silence of the Lambs Blu-Ray Review (Criterion)
Crafted with a gift for capturing the layers of complex characters, investigative pursuit, and the tightening screws of tension, The Silence of the Lambs builds its effective psychological horror. It is mesmerizing cinema...
Matt Hough
Casanova Brown Blu-ray Review
An amiable comedy of miscommunication with delightful stars and touches of screwball comedy tropes of old, Sam Wood’s Casanova Brown is fairly lightweight material for two Academy Award-winning stars.
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Matt Hough
Along Came Jones Blu-ray Review
A case of mistaken identity fuels the comedy hijinks in Stuart Heisler’s comic adventure Along Came Jones.
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Matt Hough
Little Orphant Annie (1918) Blu-ray Review
With the vast majority of silent films no longer existent due to the ravages of time, faulty studio preservation techniques, or plain neglect, it’s something of a miracle that we have 1918’s Little Orphant Annie directed by Colin...
Richard Gallagher
Gidget Blu-ray Review
Gidget, a somewhat more serious movie than one might expect, has come to Blu-ray from Twilight Time with a very nice transfer from Sony. Film historians seem to agree that it is the first Hollywood "beach film."
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Todd Erwin
The Foreigner Blu-ray Review
The Foreigner is something of a departure for Jackie Chan, a far more serious political thriller than his fans have expected from him in the past. And that’s not necessarily a bad thing.
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