Rent It Detective Chen Zilong (Donnie Yen) has spent years undercover, slowly but surely making a name for himself as “Dragon” Chen, an enforcer well-known in the Chinese underworld. Although he is committed to his job, he yearns to return to the regular police force, where his mother (Hee Ching Paw) will no longer have to worry about his safety. When his boss, Captain Cheung (Ronald Cheng …
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 The Terminal Blu-ray Review The Terminal is such a quiet, charming, andbeautifully realized movie and yet it opened in 2004 to lukewarmreviews and onlymodest domestic box-office. I suppose part of it is that audiences werenotsure if they wanted to see an over two hour long movie about a manstuck in anairport terminal
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
Recommended The Movie: Originally issued by Code Red when they were distributed by BCI a few years ago and then reissued by Scorpion Releasing as part of their Katarina’s Nightmare Theater line, Jimmy Huston’s 1981 slasher Final Exam now debuts on Blu-ray as a collaborative release between Code Red and Shout! Factory’s horror imprint, Scream Factory. The film begins with a pair of college …
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