With films like The Lobster, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and original directors working today. His latest film, The Favourite, only cements that reputation. For those …
4K UHD Review: Green Book
New York City 1962, bouncer Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), finds himself in need of a job while he waits for the Copacabana to complete renovations. He is asked to with Dr. Don Shirley …
Blu-ray Review: The Group
A depression era soap opera centered on eight female 1933 graduates of Vassar College, The Group is based on Mary McCarthy’s novel of the same name. As economic hardship grips the country, these girls, their families, and friends remain largely …
4K UHD Review: A Star Is Born (2018)
Based on a remake of a remake, Bradley Cooper’s (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2) A Star Is Born is a far better movie than I ever dreamed it could be. Cooper, making his directorial debut, not only stars in …
Blu-ray Review: Youngblood
Released in the winter of 1986, Youngblood has the distinction of being the first R-rated movie I ever saw on my own in a theater. I was only 12 going on 13 at the time, but an older friend worked …
Blu-ray Review: Charly (1968)
Oscar winner Cliff Robertson may be best known to modern audiences as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-07). However, his crowning achievement came in 1968, when he won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in …
Blu-ray Review: Four Weddings and a Funeral (25th Anniversary Edition)
Released in 1994, director Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral became an international hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and turning Hugh Grant (Florence Foster Jenkins) into a star. A hilarious look at love and friendship, it’s …
Blu-ray Review: Female on the Beach
Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the …
Blu-ray Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Originally released in theaters last November, those behind Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms clearly hoped to be destination viewing for the many of us who count a viewing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet as tradition. Based on the original short …
Blu-ray Review: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Linda Blair will probably always be best known for her starring in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, and rightfully so. However, in the years immediately following that success, the young star made a couple of television movies that dealt …