Blu-ray Review: Moving On
Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin established their onscreen chemistry with 1980’s 9 to 5. Since then, they appeared together on the critically acclaimed Netflix series Grace and Frankie. This year has seen them reunite for two films, 80 for Brady and Moving On. While 80 for Brady is harmless fluff, Moving On gives both women […]
Blu-ray Review: I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead
In a career spanning thirty-five years, Mike Hodges directed only nine feature films. Despite his modest output, many admire his unique style. Two of his films, 1971’s Get Carter and 2003’s Croupier are considered among the best crime films in British history. Released in 2004, Hodges’ final film I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead has the […]
Cat People (1982) (Blu-ray)
Director Paul Schrader’s stylishly atmospheric remake of Val Lewton’s 1942 horror classic should be looked at on its own terms. Released in 1982, it’s likely that the same film wouldn’t have made it to the big screen today. Known for his boldness, Schrader explored themes of incest and bestiality, and offered up full front nudity […]
Blu-ray Review: Voyage of the Damned
At first glance, 1976’s Voyage of the Damned must have struck perspective audiences as yet another disaster flick with an all star cast; the kind Irwin Allen, producer of The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and The Towering Inferno (1974) had made so popular at the time. While several of the posters used to advertise the film […]
Blu-ray Review: Vamps (2012)
Writer/director Amy Heckerling made a name for herself in the ‘80s and ‘90s with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking and Clueless. After her last two features, 2000’s Loser and 2007’s I Could Never Be Your Woman were colossal failures, Heckerling has returned with Vamps. While not entirely successful the film has some […]
Blu-ray Review: If….
Financed by Paramount Pictures and then nearly shelved when executives saw its bold ending involving machine guns, If…. brought controversy and criticism to director Lindsay Anderson (This Sporting Life) and made an instant star of pouty young Malcolm McDowell, who shines in the role of Mick Travis, a rebellious senior student at a posh English […]
Itunes Download: A Clockwork Orange
Release Date: 1972 Run Time: 137 minutes Format: Widescreen MPAA Rating: R iTunes Price: $9.99 buy, $2.99 rent File Size: 1.78 GB Download
Blu-ray Review: A Clockwork Orange
In a filmmaking career that spanned over fifty years, Stanley Kubrick had a fondness for taking the novels of others and reshaping them to fit his own vision. Of the 16 movies Kubrick directed (including his final film, Eyes Wide Shut), he was given a screenwriter credit on twelve of them. For that reason, 2001 […]
DVD Review: Never Apologize – A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson
Coinciding with the 40th-anniversary Blu-ray of A Clockwork Orange, arguably Malcolm McDowell’s best known film, Warner Brothers has released Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson. A renowned British film director, Anderson gave McDowell his first big break in film, casting him as the rebellious schoolboy Mick Travis in 1968’s If…. He and Anderson […]
A Clockwork Orange 40th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Trailer
Burbank, Calif., March 31, 2011 – Stanley Kubrick was one of the great filmmakers of our time and his profound influence on motion pictures continues to this day. His 1971 film, A Clockwork Orange, starring Malcolm McDowell, portrayed an oppressive lawless society where man was reduced to little more than a machine. The film […]