Recommended In 10 Words or Less Dad is fat (and back on stage) Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Stand-up comedy Likes: Jim Gaffigan Dislikes: How often Gaffigan is spot-on correct about parenthood Hates: Extra-less Blu-rays The Show Jim Gaffigan has established himself as a good-vibes comic who is neither angry nor mean. He also has a few signature bits that now somewhat define him as a stand-up, most …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Jess Franco’s 1973 film Les Demons (or The Demons as it’s called on the packaging for this Blu-ray release) may have drawn obvious inspiration from Ken Russell’s film of The Devils but make no mistake, Franco’s touch is all over this picture. This is evident from the start in which we see a woman accused of witchcraft stabbed with a pin. The inquisition, led by Lord …
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “The only performance that makes it — that makes it all the way — is the one that achieves madness.” “Madness” is certainly one way to describe Performance …
Rent It The Nut Job Blu-ray Review TheNut Job isan animated family film. It hasa lot of star power behind it’s animated characters with Will Arnett,BrendanFraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Liam Neeson, and Katherine Heigloffering their voices to the film.
Rent It Robotics; Notes Part 2 Blu-ray Review Robotics;Notes is ananime adaptation based uponthe visual novel video game released by the Japanese production company5pb.The story told is the third one in the game series subtitled “ScienceAdventure”and the anime realization of the story was animated by the acclaimedProductionI.G. There is also a manga series that was published in Monthly …
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. In college, reading Peter Shaffer’s Equus had a profound impact on me.
Recommended The Movie: If aliens came to Earth and wanted to know what a “buddy cop comedy” was, you could take a little time to curate the finest and most varied entries in the subgenre or you could just have our visitor friends watch Ride Along . This is not because Ride Along is the best buddy comedy that cinema has to offer, but because it is such a by-the-numbers hodgepodge of all the …
DVD Talk Collector Series The Movie: There are not as many directors as polarizing popularly yet as talented as Lars von Trier. While it feels like at times his films have perhaps catered a little too hard to the gimmick (looking specifically at Dogville and Manderlay ), when he is on’ there are few unlike him. In the mainstream announcement of his presence, we have perhaps the best example of …
Highly Recommended Arguably the most obscure American feature released to Blu-ray format to date, Boardwalk (1979) was heretofore unknown to this writer despite an excellent cast of important actors. Spottily distributed by Atlantic Releasing, Boardwalk ‘s run may have been limited to a few prints distributed to a handful of theaters in major cities only. The movie, however, is excellent.
Rent It In 10 Words or Less Good ingredients, so-so recipe Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Campy horror, visually arresting films, Pin-up art Likes: Nurses, Niecy Nash Dislikes: Paz de la Huerta Hates: 3D gimmicks, wasted opportunity The Movie I will fully admit that this review will be more surface than most, but that’s mainly because the reason I wanted to see it was purely visual. When Nurse first …