Recommended While I’ve always associated John Cusack mainly with comedies, including the absolutely hilarious Better Off Dead , he’s done well in many more serious roles as well although somehow not many of them have stuck with me. In The Numbers Station , he plays Emerson Kent, a CIA black ops agent who has been increasingly bothered with issues of the morality of his job
Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are stills provided by director Hal Hartley’s Possible Films website, not the current Blu-ray edition under review. Of all that the revival/re-release DVD/Blu-ray imprint Olive Films has given cinephiles to be ecstatically grateful for, its systematic, ongoing reissue, in carefully preserved and cleaned-up new editions, of the works …
Skip It The Movie: Tsutomu Hanabusa resurrects the Ring franchise with this latest entry in the ongoing saga of tortured ghost Sadako.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less The tough decision between a meal and a relationship Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Creative genre films Likes: Zombie stories, Jonathan Levine Dislikes: Movies lacking in subtlety Hates: The Twilight franchise, formula movie-making The Movie Warm Bodies is as pandering as a film concept can get while still being original and entertaining. Take the fantasy love …
Recommended Pals of the Saddle (1938), the first of John Wayne’s eight “Three Mesquiteers” movies for Republic Pictures, B-Westerns he made during 1938-39, also happens to be the last released by Olive Films. Olive’s Blu-ray releases have consistently been outstanding, with these lowly little movies, pictures heretofore available only via public domain labels using horrifically bad video …
Skip It It only takes three things to make a good movie: an interesting and engaging story, well-drawn characters, and skillful execution.
Rent It The Movie: The John Wayne melodrama Three Faces West is nothing if not timely, tackling issues of rural poverty, the dust bowl, European expatriots in the U.S., and the threat of fascism all within the span of 80 minutes. A product of Wayne’s longtime employers at Reupublic Pictures, the 1940 film arrives on DVD and Blu Ray as the latest in Olive Pictures’ line of handsomely reissued …
Highly Recommended The Movies: The Movies: A Peter Fonda double feature?
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Steven Soderbergh claims he is retiring from directing this year
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. I was not expecting much from Crush after reading the synopsis on the back of the case that makes it sound like yet another Fatal Attraction rip-off for teens