Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Director Ralph Nelson’s Fate is the Hunter is based on Ernest K.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. There are moments of pure craziness in Sam Peckinpah’s 1974 bloodbath Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia .
Highly Recommended The Movie: Growing up in a household with one parent who was an unabashed John Wayne fan, I grew to appreciate his work but in different ways. I have grown to realize that Wayne was a bit of an underrated actor in his time, and with Red River this was one of (if not) his first turn from preconceived notions on his character and how he turns from upstanding protagonist to a …
Recommended The Movie: Not even halfway before it was over, my viewing companion christened MGM’s musical Hit the Deck as the “lamest movie ever.” Ouch. If not exactly a classic of the Singin’ in the Rain sort, this 1955 effort still amuses with a fun, perky cast
Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. The Movie: World War II actioner, psychological drama, buddy flick, progressive if overly earnest “message picture” – 1949’s Home of the Brave juggles several things at once. It hasn’t lost its potency, however, in dealing with racism-induced guilt and shame …
Highly Recommended Il Sorpasso Blu Review Il Sorpasso is regarded as one of thefinest of allItalian comedies. Released in 1962, the film was first put intotheaters withlittle fanfare and box-office expectations. The film quickly became anincredible success based on audiences reactions and word of mouth thatthe filmwas something special
Recommended The Movie: Just in time for the 20th anniversary of the character’s first appearance (way back in John Byrne’s Next Men #21 unless you count San Diego Comic-Con Comics #2 , which was Dark Horse Comics’ comic con exclusive released in August 1993), Anchor Bay has reissued the two animated features that were first unleased on Blu-ray in 2007. This seems, however, to basically be the …
DVD Talk Collector Series In 10 Words or Less Back to the depths, this time on Blu-ray Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Jeff Goldblum, The Criterion Collection Likes: Bill Murray, Wes Anderson, most of this cast Dislikes: Getting no new extras Hates: Not a whole lot about this movie The Movie Currently sitting at six, but likely to reach eight with the inevitable releases of Moonrise Kingdom and The …
Rent It THE FILM: There is little to distinguish Bachelor Party from the horde of 1980s crude comedies except one thing, and it is a doozy: Tom Hanks. Fresh off the success of Splash , Hanks joined a cast of relatively unknowns in Director Neal Israel’s low-budget comedy that is surprisingly light on laughs. If anything, Bachelor Party is an interesting time capsule, and Hanks manages to inject …
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Michael Caine is the star of the original 1971 Get Carter and stars in this 2000 remake with Sylvester Stallone in the lead as mob enforcer Jack Carter. The original was gritty and exciting; this one not so much.