4K UHD Review: Cry Baby
John Waters’ tribute to teenage delinquency of the 1950’s and Elvis Presley movies of the era, 1990’s Cry Baby remains his most successful film to date. With an outstanding lead performance from Johnny Depp and an excellent supporting cast, Cry Baby lacks the derogatory emphasis of some of Waters earlier works, accenting humor instead. Set […]
4K UHD Review: Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker (Night Warning)
Released just prior to Thanksgiving 1981, Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker came and went with little fanfare, despite having a paperback tie-in novel on the stands several months before it appeared in theaters. It was quickly repackaged on VHS by HBO with a new title, Night Warning where it gained a following and began to appear […]
Fat City (Blu-ray)
Directed by the legendary John Huston (The Maltese Falcon, The Misfits) the 1972 boxing picture Fat City isn’t your typical tale of triumph over tragedy, but a grim character study of life’s losers. Based on a novel by Leonard Gardner (who also wrote the screenplay), Fat City stars Stacy Keach plays Billy Tully, a 29-year-old […]