4K UHD Review: Michael
Once a huge fan of Michael Jackson—Thriller was the first “adult” album I ever bought with my allowance—my fandom cooled as allegations of child molestation swirled around him. Through it all, his most devoted fans defended him with fervor. Given…
Blu-ray Review: Last Summer (1969)
Written and directed by the then husband-and-wife team of Frank and Eleanor Perry, 1969’s controversial Last Summer adapted from Evan Hunter’s novel of the same name, has been unavailable for nearly forty years—never on DVD, and unseeable in its original…
Blu-ray Review: The Lost Man
By 1969, Sidney Poitier was a bonafide superstar with a series of successful movies to his credit. That year saw him move away from his good guy persona with The Lost Man, an earnest attempt to examine the racial tumult…
4K UHD Review: Anyone But You
Anyone But You is a decidedly formulaic romantic comedy that takes its inspiration from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), there’s a level of raunchiness not often seen in mainstream rom-coms. Further, there is a…
Blu-ray Review: Pretty Maids All in a Row
By the early 1970’s, Hollywood was in a transition period. A new generation of filmmakers were eager to make their mark. Among them was French provocateur Roger Vadim, fresh off the success of camp fest Barbarella, starring his then-wife, Jane…
Blu-ray Review: The Mastermind
Writer/director Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is both a character study and a heist film. Set in Framingham, Massachusetts,1970, James Blaine “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor), is an unemployed carpenter, art school dropout, and would be thief. JB orchestrates the theft of…