Highly Recommended The Movie: Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, 1983’s Sleepaway Camp could have very easily been lost in the crowd of eighties slasher films had it not been for the film’s infamous shock ending, one that’s gone down in history, and rightly so. We won’t spoil it here but this is really one of those movies where you’re not going to see it coming and a picture which proves …
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “I live my life a quarter-mile at a time.” “That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” Turns out that Neal H. Moritz really liked raking in millions and … Read the entire review
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Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Because Blu-ray was made for nerds Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: ’80s films, Revenge of the Nerds Likes: College movies, T&A comedies Dislikes: Jocks Hates: That college wasn’t like it was in the movies The Movie When I was a kid, I watched a lot of HBO and frequented the long-goneVideo Plus in Copiague, NY, becoming a big fan of the T&A sex comedies of the ’80s …
Recommended Back in the summer of 1980, there was a lot of buzz about three new summer comedies. The Blues Brothers was an orgy of great music and wildly over-the-top stunts, yet for some reason it seem to play only inadequate second-rate theaters (I first saw it in a shoebox-sized mall cinema)
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Love in a digital era Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Spike Jonze, quirky, creative movies, Chris Pratt Likes: Scarlett Johansson, subtle sci-fi Dislikes: Sadness, romance films Hates: Loneliness The Movie The marketing materials for Her no not label it as “a Spike Jonze film” or “a movie by Spike Jonze” or even “a Spike Jonze joint.” It was sold as “a Spike Jonze …
DVD Talk Collector Series Once Blu-ray Review Therearesometimes little films that come along that find ways to surprise andamaze inalmost every way imaginable.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Korean rap star Choi Seung-hyun, a.k.a. T.O.P., stars in the action thriller Commitment as Myung-hoon, a North Korean teenager pulled into the secret service as trade for keeping his young sister alive
Recommended The cover insists that Steven Spielberg’s Amistad (1997) is “absolutely unforgettable”, but it’s rarely listed alongside the director’s very best achievements. This adaptation of Howard Jones’ Mutiny on The Amistad is, in turn, based on the events surrounding a mid-19th century Supreme Court case regarding “property ownership”.
Recommended Gamera, Gamera You’re so very strong Gamera, Gamera Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus Is it Mars or is it Venus? Â Come on, space monsters It cuts, it pokes, go go go! It has mighty jet propulsion Gamera’s strong Gamera, Gamera Read the entire review