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: Lucio Marcaccini’s only film, Hallucination Strip made in 1975, starts off as a fairly typical Italian cop picture but soon segues into something more unusual than that. The film follows a university student named Massimo Monaldi (Bud Cort) who is a politically minded type prone to attending protests and generally just getting into trouble.
Recommended The Movie: Note: These screengrabs were taken from the film’s trailer on Youtube.
DVD Talk Collector Series Reviewed by Glenn Erickson So, the Blu-ray finally comes out in Region A… In the 1995 crime comedy Get Shorty John Travolta plays Chili Palmer, a cheap hood with a secret life as a chronic film buff
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
Rent It The Movie: The romantic drama told more for the adult demographic has seemed in recent years to be something that is elusive for filmmakers.
Recommended In 10 Words or Less Dad is fat (and back on stage) Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Stand-up comedy Likes: Jim Gaffigan Dislikes: How often Gaffigan is spot-on correct about parenthood Hates: Extra-less Blu-rays The Show Jim Gaffigan has established himself as a good-vibes comic who is neither angry nor mean. He also has a few signature bits that now somewhat define him as a stand-up, most …
Highly Recommended Norma Rae Blu-ray Review In1979 Norma Rae was released by 20th CenturyFox to tremendous reviews, word of mouth, and critical acclaim.
Highly Recommended The Movie: Jess Franco’s 1973 film Les Demons (or The Demons as it’s called on the packaging for this Blu-ray release) may have drawn obvious inspiration from Ken Russell’s film of The Devils but make no mistake, Franco’s touch is all over this picture. This is evident from the start in which we see a woman accused of witchcraft stabbed with a pin. The inquisition, led by Lord …
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. In college, reading Peter Shaffer’s Equus had a profound impact on me.