Given the success of Whiplash, La La Land and to a lesser degree, First Man, writer/director Damien Chazelle had earned the right to swing big. Released during the 2022 holiday season, Babylon, a three-hour epic with an all-star cast and…
With John Wick: Chapter 4 hitting screens soon, Lionsgate has released the John Wick Chapter 1-3 Stash Book Collection, a collection of SteelBooks available exclusively at Best Buy. The first three Wick films are housed in a box resembling John’s…
Based on the novel by James M. Cain, Mildred Pierce is the type of bleak, melodramatic film that its star Joan Crawford excelled in–tough as nails–a woman who could take care of herself, but is alluring enough to always have…
For many years, Denzel Washington was known for playing good guys and heroic figures. This all changed with the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Training Day. Washington plays Alonzo Harris, a crooked narcotics cop who long ago stopped caring about the…
Originally released on January 31, 1985 in Italy, Dario Argento’s Phenomena didn’t reach theaters in the United States until August 30th of that year, retitled Creepers and shortened from 116 minutes to 83 minutes. Coming off an impressive run of…
Best known for his work directing music videos for the likes of LL Cool J, The Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur among others, Hype Williams wanted to try something different. Released in 1998, Williams co-wrote and directed Belly, his only…
Known for their surreal atmospheres and psychological unrest, Terry Gilliam’s films tend to be a love or hate proposition. Love or hate his work, there’s no denying Gilliam’s talent as a storyteller. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen was his first…
With an aggressive marketing campaign, Cloverfield was poised to make a splash on the theatrical scene. Like The Blair Witch Project and Snakes on a Plane before it, the buzz started in earnest on the internet. For a while, the…
While entertaining enough, Black Adam isn’t a top tier superhero film. Offering nothing particularly unique, the charm of star Dwayne Johnson is its best attribute. Blessed with a 1000-watt smile and charisma to burn, its no wonder DC scrapped plans…
With the Cold War a distant memory and the internet available nearly everywhere, WarGames works best as a time capsule. Released in 1983, WarGames was one of the best of its era at to illustrate what Cold War era paranoia…