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 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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Skip It Normally, there would appear to be a world of difference between the phrases “good intentions” and “agenda”, but in the case of a movie like Gimme Shelter , the two things are one and the same.
Rent It As Godzilla prepares to once again roar into theaters, Kraken Releasing and Sony are opening the floodgates on Blu-ray.
Skip It As a Blu-Ray and DVD critic, sometimes you end up with movies you know nothing about. The title and cover artwork for Mr. Jones certainly don’t give much of a hint of what the viewer is in for, other than a horror movie.
Recommended The Movies: Based on the characters created by author Dominique Roulet, Claude Chabrol’s Inspector Lavardin films may be considerably lighter in tone and content than many of his darker suspense classics but they’re still good entertainment. Working more in the vein of Agatha Christie here than Alfred Hitchcock the two features compiled here (in addition to the two additional …
Recommended The Movie: Note: These screengrabs were taken from the film’s trailer on Youtube.
Recommended Please Note: The screen shots used here are taken from the DVD portion of Approved for Adoption. The Movie: The 2012 French feature Approved for Adoption accomplishes the nifty hat trick of taking a specific, highly personal story and making it universal