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 NOTE: All the illustrations and photos below are taken from promotional materials and do not represent the quality of the Blu-ray on review.
Recommended The original Get Carter (1971), never to be confused with the 2000 Stallone remake , was the first film by British director Mike Hodges ( Flash Gordon )…but unlike that production, this Michael Caine vehicle has aged pretty well.
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 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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