Recommended The Movie: If aliens came to Earth and wanted to know what a “buddy cop comedy” was, you could take a little time to curate the finest and most varied entries in the subgenre or you could just have our visitor friends watch Ride Along . This is not because Ride Along is the best buddy comedy that cinema has to offer, but because it is such a by-the-numbers hodgepodge of all the …
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After low-budget thriller Paranormal Activity earned over $100 million on a $15,000 budget, distributor Paramount churned out sequels annually for the next three years. Paranormal Activity 4 was a critical dud and earned far less than its predecessors, so the powers that be gave the franchise a year off before …
Highly Recommended Arguably the most obscure American feature released to Blu-ray format to date, Boardwalk (1979) was heretofore unknown to this writer despite an excellent cast of important actors. Spottily distributed by Atlantic Releasing, Boardwalk ‘s run may have been limited to a few prints distributed to a handful of theaters in major cities only. The movie, however, is excellent.