Highly Recommended The Movie: After a seven year break from filmmaking following the 1981 release of Polyester , Baltimore’s John Waters returned to directing films and made what would be his first shot at ‘the mainstream.’ This picture, 1988’s Hairspray , would also be the last film he’d make for New Line for a decade. The film would also be a historic moment in his career as it would make the …
Rent It The Movie: Friends of mine had occasionally praised the merits of Boiler Room long before The Wolf of Wall Street had become a cinematic reality. While the films share similar backdrops, their story appears to be told at two different levels, one as the ground level of a broker, the other an owner, but both in stock brokerage firms
Recommended The Grandmaster Blu-ray Review TheGrandmaster isthe latest film from one ofHong Kong’s most acclaimed filmmakers, Wong Kar Wai ( ChungkingExpress , 2046 , My Blueberry Nights ). It is a new telling of the story of IpMan, arenowned martial artist who is well known for having trained thelegendaryBruce Lee
Rent It Okay, Dead Kids is a head-on collision of an early ’80s slasher with a retro mad scientist flick. You’ve got high schoolers signing up to become emotionless, murderous automotons in exchange for a crisp [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] $100 check, pl… Read the entire review
Recommended The Movie: Made fast and cheap to cash in on the slasher craze that was dominating the box office in the eighties, Slumber Party Massacre from Roger Corman’s New Concorde productions proved popular enough to spawn two sequels. While these were originally released on DVD years ago by Corman’s label, they went out of print but thanks to the efforts of Shout! Factory and their line of …
Rent It The easy way out in a horror review is to just compare whatever you’re writing about to another flick. Oh, it’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a jackhammer. It’s Friday the 13th at a bar mitzvah.
Highly Recommended Nurse Jackie , in its fifth season, remains one of the best dramas (with much comedy) on television today. It hasn’t lost a bit of a punch, and like its titular character, (currently) recovering drug addict and acerbic nurse Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), the show is full of ballsy surprises and stronger than ever
Highly Recommended The Movie: The Front is a largely forgotten masterpiece. Released in 1976, one year before Annie Hall , the film gave Woody Allen his first non-wacky film role
Highly Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. I have seen Chicago on the stage twice.