Highly Recommended CLICK on ALL images in this review for full resolution screenshots Each October, I comb through my horror films and watch as many as my schedule allows, and this year is no exception . But, why do studios have to work under the assumption that we crave nothing but bad make-up and buckets of red corn syrup..
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu – ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Revisionist history certainly has its charms
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from the 2006 standard-definition DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Robert Aldrich’s 1962 classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has a reputation that precedes it, for better and worse.
Recommended Clunky, derivative, and sentimental, but also well-intentioned and visually sumptuous, Enemy Mine (1985) is a real mixed bag of ideas, a fusing of themes from the far-superior Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and the equally muddled and obvious Hell in the Pacific (1968). It’s hard to completely dislike this sincere plea for racial and religious tolerance, but except for its …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After leaving a screening of Magic Mike , I was hustling toward the parking lot when I ran into a fairly conservative friend from high school. After we exchanged pleasantries, the inevitable happened: “What did you see?” he said
DVD Talk Collector Series Note: The screencaps in this review are taken from the DVD edition of Little Shop of Horrors : The Director’s Cut and are not indicative of the Blu-Ray’s picture quality.
Recommended The Boys and Girls of Sigma Phi. Some Will Live. Some Will Die.
Skip It THE FILM: Chernobyl Diaries nails its dreary, post-nuclear meltdown Ukraine setting but not much else. This anemic horror film was written and produced by Paranormal Activity director Oren Peli, and provides little bloodletting, special effects or suspense. Several young friends join a burly local for an “Extreme Tour” of Prypiat, the stricken city next door to the Chernobyl Nuclear …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and stills provided by The Criterion Collection, not the Blu-ray edition under review. John Schlesinger’s followup to his acclaimed hit Midnight Cowboy (1969), though it didn’t win the Oscars and still isn’t as widely known or venerated as its predecessor, still stands as his best, most personal …
Highly Recommended The Movie: It’s only taken me 18 years to actually sit down and watch The Brothers McMullen on home video, but I do remember the hype machine going into overdrive way back in the day when young 20-something Edward Burns was lugging cable and equipment for the entertainment variety show Entertainment Tonight all the while writing and shooting his first feature film for about …