Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. I hoped Dracula Untold might be able to rekindle the spark of Universal's classic horror legacy. During the 1930s and 1940s, the studio released films like Dracula and Frankenstein , which are actually frightening.
Highly Recommended It's not every day that animated films—especially those featuring furry woodland critters—delve into extensive mythologies, introduce us to multi-layered characters, and manage to insert a genuine sense of danger into the story; then again, Martin Rosen's Watership Down (1978) isn't your average animated film. Based on Richard Adams' eponymous 1972 novel, this tale of …
Highly Recommended Nekromantik 2: If watching Nekromantik was a red badge of courage for gorehounds in the 1990s, going back for seconds was simply a sign that you were truly insane. Now, with the weight of years, (and director Jorg Buttgeriet's helpful included extras on these releases) I realize that the Nekromantik movies aren't so much shock machines, as they are warped love stories
Recommended The Movie: There's a bit of bait-and-switch going on with My Old Lady , the film directing debut of New York playwright Israel Horovitz (adapting one of his own plays). The playful title, the slightly cutesy accordion music by Mark Orton, the romantic shots of Paris, and the shticky introductions to the characters all lead unprepared viewers to assume that they are being offered a …
Highly Recommended Bandit Queen (1994) is a fascinating though grueling Indian-British co-production about the life of Phoolan Devi (1963-2001), a real-life modern day bandit in rural India.
Rent It The Movie: I have yet to have had the pleasure of watching one of the many films written and directed by Tyler Perry, but from what I've gathered second- and third-hand, his output is characterized by abrupt tonal shifts from silly comedy to severe melodrama, augmented by themes derived from Christian morality. If that is truly the case, then I wouldn't be surprised if Tyler Perry took …
Highly Recommended Fright Night Blu-ray Review What would you do if you discovered that you livednext doorto a vampire? That was the core conceptual idea which led to thecreation ofthe beloved 80's horror classic Fright Night (1985), which wasacritical darling, the second-highest grossing horror film the year itcame out,and a effort which led to both a direct-sequel and a big-budget 3Dremake …
Recommended The Movie: I'd be shocked if there isn't at least one Hollywood studio developing The Green Prince as a feature. The true story of the son of a Hamas leader secretly collaborating with the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, in order to cut down on the amount of innocent lives that would have been taken by Hamas' terrorist attacks is ripe for an awards season prestige …
Recommended “Brawling! Like a common hussy!” — Sally Maris (Joan Leslie), appalled at her own violence Woman They Almost Lynched (1953) is a fascinating though ultimately not very good oddball Western. Its gender-switch plot plays like a crude warm-up to Johnny Guitar , (1954), Nicholas Ray's celebrated if campy Western starring Joan Crawford and Mercedes McCambridge. In Woman They Almost …
Recommended The Movie: Directed (and co-written) by Yang Lu, 2014's Brotherhood Of Blades is set in the Ming Dynasty and is one of many recent Chinese period martial arts dramas to make its way to these North American shores over the last few years. A lot of these pictures are fairly interchangeable, though they do typically boast beautiful production values and impressive martial arts set …