Though considered a flop at the time of its release in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has become a true cultural phenomenon. Still in limited release, it has the longest-running theatrical release in film history. In 1977, the film…
Marvel and Sony surprised many when they tapped little known director Jon Watts to helm the latest Spider-man reboot. While we wait to see what Watts does with this opportunity, his sophomore effort Cop Car, is worth a look. A…
A fascinating and sometimes sad biopic, Love & Mercy is about the life of the musical genius Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. Dropping the formulaic rags-to riches style, director Bill Pohlad instead bounces back between two significant points in…
While the Batman films of Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher and Christopher Nolan have kept the focus strictly on the Caped Crusader himself, Gotham the television series turns the spotlight on the place he fiercely protects and calls home. Rookie detective…
The longest running show in sci-fi television history, Supernatural has been on the air for ten seasons and has been renewed for an eleventh, which will premiere on October 7, 2015. The tenth season is now available on Blu-ray, DVD,…
The cast and crew of Furious 7 were dealt a heartbreaking loss and a significant creative challenge when Paul Walker died in the middle of production. It’s a credit to everyone involved that the final product delivers the over-the-top thrill…
The end of the third season of Homeland brought an end to the series as we’d known it since the beginning. The strange, twisted relationship between troubled but brilliant CIA Agent Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) and equally troubled Sgt. Nicholas…
Widely ignored upon its release in 1970, Hornets’ Nest is set during World War II. Reanoto, Italy, 1944. After residents refused to give up the location of Resistance partisans, the Nazi’s open fire, massacring the entire village. Weeks later, American…
No stranger to controversial topics, in 1967 director/producer Stanley Kramer (Inherit the Wind, Judgement at Nuremberg) offered his thoughts on race relations and interracial marriage with Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. He cast long-time friends Spencer Tracy (who’d worked with…
It’s important to note that this review covers Criterion’s second printing Dressed to Kill. The original pressing has significant framing issues, acknowledged by Criterion. As it says in the accompanying leaflet, this Blu-ray is a “New, restored, 4K digital transfer…