Rent It The Movie: Talk about non-truth in advertising. When the advance trailer for Upside Down first turned up online, its parade of eye-popping imagery promised a moody and enigmatic, Inception -like immersive experience. While there was a lot of potential in this tale of young lovers separated by planets having opposing gravity pulls, the facile romance at the film’s core brings to mind the …
Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are stills provided by Music Box Films and are not taken from the current Blu-ray edition under review. It’s always troubling to ponder, the way that the time, place, and culture in which one is born and raised can so easily slot you onto the wrong side of history. How sure can any of us be that we would’ve been in the tiny minority …
Recommended The above is from a trailer for The Manson Family included on this disc and is also quoted on the back cover. Being a DVDTalk reviewer for a relatively short time, this is the first time I have been faced with the unique challenge of covering a new release of a title that previously received praise worthy enough of being quoted on it.
Skip It In 10 Words or Less An all-star sketch comedy mess Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Sketch movies, Emma Stone Likes: Many of this film’s stars Dislikes: Potty humor Hates: Lazy filmmaking The Movie You know that thing where when a kid does something wrong, and the parent says “I’m not mad. I’m just disappointed”
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Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Julianne Moore makes everything better, but what the hell is she doing in 6 Souls , a direct-to-video-quality horror flick filmed way back in 2010 but only seeing the light of day now? Previously known as Shelter and directed by M ns M rlind and Bj rn Stein, 6 Souls is a sloppy mix of hocus-pocus magic and …
Rent It Note: images do not reflect the contents of The Last Ride ‘s Blu Ray edition. The Movie: If nothing else, the 2012 indie The Last Ride demonstrates how much digital technology has infiltrated the most unlikeliest of cinema. Although one wouldn’t think that CGI would be needed too much on a 1950s period piece delving into the last days in the life of country music legend Hank Williams …
Rent It Up till now, Scream Factory’s release slate has been anchored almost entirely around ’80s horror flicks…y’know, movies that are part of iconic franchises, were helmed by some of the genre’s biggest names, or by all rights should’ve [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] Read the entire review
It’s fitting that Mac Miller hosted a listening event for his forthcoming album, “Watching Movies with the Sound Off,” at New York City’s IFC Center…
Highly Recommended A most welcome Blu-ray release, Hell’s House (1932) is an obscure, pre-Code film likened to similar penal system expos s that immediately followed it, notably I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang (1932) The Mayor of Hell (1933).