Recommended The original Get Carter (1971), never to be confused with the 2000 Stallone remake , was the first film by British director Mike Hodges ( Flash Gordon )…but unlike that production, this Michael Caine vehicle has aged pretty well.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Because Blu-ray was made for nerds Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: ’80s films, Revenge of the Nerds Likes: College movies, T&A comedies Dislikes: Jocks Hates: That college wasn’t like it was in the movies The Movie When I was a kid, I watched a lot of HBO and frequented the long-goneVideo Plus in Copiague, NY, becoming a big fan of the T&A sex comedies of the ’80s …
Rent It Detective Chen Zilong (Donnie Yen) has spent years undercover, slowly but surely making a name for himself as “Dragon” Chen, an enforcer well-known in the Chinese underworld. Although he is committed to his job, he yearns to return to the regular police force, where his mother (Hee Ching Paw) will no longer have to worry about his safety. When his boss, Captain Cheung (Ronald Cheng …
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Love in a digital era Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Spike Jonze, quirky, creative movies, Chris Pratt Likes: Scarlett Johansson, subtle sci-fi Dislikes: Sadness, romance films Hates: Loneliness The Movie The marketing materials for Her no not label it as “a Spike Jonze film” or “a movie by Spike Jonze” or even “a Spike Jonze joint.” It was sold as “a Spike Jonze …
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 Gamera, Gamera You’re so very strong Gamera, Gamera Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus Is it Mars or is it Venus? Â Come on, space monsters It cuts, it pokes, go go go! It has mighty jet propulsion Gamera’s strong Gamera, Gamera Read the entire review
Highly Recommended Broadway Danny Rose Blu-ray Review Click onan image to view the Blu-rayscreenshot with 1080p resolution Read the entire review
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 …