Since this is my fourth (!) review of 1986’s Top Gun I’ll omit the usual film discussion. If you would like to see my full comments on the film, please click here. This is an identical release to the 4K…
It’s hard to believe now, but when It’s A Wonderful Life was released in December of 1946 it received mixed reviews. While a few critics liked it, many found the picture far too sentimental. Although nominated for five Academy Awards…
Stanley Kubrick was a man of unique vision. He often spent years on a single film, meticulously fine-tuning every detail until he achieved the perfection he expected. Time has been kind to his latter-day films. What once were considered disappointing…
When Guy Ritchie signed on to direct 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, he said he sought to “make a very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture”, because it has been “a relatively long time since there’s been a film…
Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch) Sherlock Holmes. Equal parts buddy film and adventure, the detective…
I’ve been a huge fan of The Goonies since the first day it hit theaters back in 1985. If I remember correctly, I saw it at least three times in theaters. While I’m the first to admit that The Goonies…
Editor’s Note: Elements of this piece appeared in a review for an earlier release of this film–RW] Released just four years after Cruise’s mega-hit Top Gun, Days of Thunder follows largely the same premise–except here, the speed machines are race…
Originally released in 4K as part of the Jack Ryan 5-Film Collection in 2018, Paramount has released a Limited Edition 4K Steelbook of The Hunt for Red October to celebrate the films 30th anniversary. Author Tom Clancy was a master…
Reminiscent of Thelma and Louise, Queen & Slim centers on two decent people forced to go on the run. This time it isn’t rape that puts the road movie into gear, but unbridled racism. Ernest “Slim” Hinds (Daniel Kaluuya) and…
[The review of the movie itself was taken from the 2010 Blu-ray. A/V and Extras have been updated — RW] A boat emerges out of a thick, dense fog; two men in fedoras are aboard, chain smoking and discussing the…