Recommended Based on a series of novels by author Peter Temple, “Jack Irish” follows the exploits of the detective by the same name. This Blu-Ray, dubbed “Set 1”, covers the first two film-length Jack Irish stories, “Bad Debts” and “Black Tide”, based on the corresponding novels with the same titles.
Recommended A minor but reasonably entertaining action-thriller, Escape from Zahrain (1962) is a quirky little picture. Its small cast is a strange mix of actors while its screenplay is unusually unambitious for producer-director Ronald Neame, who had just made two outstanding British features, The Horse’s Mouth (1958) and especially Tunes of Glory (1960), Neame’s masterpiece.
Highly Recommended The Blu-ray cover art touts The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh as “The Original Classic,” an ironic proclamation considering that this 1977 animated feature is actually a compilation of three earlier featurettes with original bridging material and a new ending. Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree (1966, originally shown with The Ugly Dachshund ) came first, followed by …
Recommended The Movies: The Amityville Horror , directed by Stuart Rosenberg for the late, lamented AIP and released through MGM, is pretty well established as one of the more popular seventies supernatural films and stands as a picture with a sizeable fan base. It did well enough to inspire quite a few sequels, all of which vary pretty widely in terms of quality
Recommended The Movie: In retrospect, seeing the trailer for Crash ahead of the Disconnect Blu-ray was something that may have clued me in to what the latter was going to be about. And in what could serve as a fitting bookend to the former, the latter was an intriguing prospect, with several interwoven storylines and familiar faces in them to help move things along
Highly Recommended Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Originally shot to ride the masked-killer coattails of Halloween , Sean S. Cunningham’s Friday the 13th was a surprise hit for distributor Paramount and sparked a legacy of sequels, merchandise and Camp Crystal L..
Highly Recommended The Reluctant Fundamentalist Blu-ray Review Click onan image to view the Blu-rayscreenshot with 1080p resolution Read the entire review
Rent It The Movie: I may not be the only one that does this, but if there is a film that has enough actors in an ensemble that pique my interest and it does not appear on my radar when it comes out cinematically, I have a natural curiosity about it. And if Blood did come to my local cinema, I honestly do not remember it coming and/or going
DVD Talk Collector Series In 10 Words or Less A day in the life of Austin, Texas Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Day in the life stories, quirky films, The Criterion Collection Likes: Richard Linklater, 90s indie cinema, the Austin concept Dislikes: Slackers Hates: Missing bonus content The Movie Richard Linklater’s sprawling journey through the city of Austin, Texas is a paradox, loaded to the brim …
Recommended The Movie: Make no mistake, Andrew Lau’s The Guillotines is an epic tale of honor, brotherhood, sacrifice and betrayal, set in Qing Dynasty era China. There are enough sword fights, chases through crowded streets and sprawling battles to satisfy any action aficionado. However, it’s also a bit confusing and incoherent, and leans a bit too heavily on bathos.