Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “The only performance that makes it — that makes it all the way — is the one that achieves madness.” “Madness” is certainly one way to describe Performance …
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.
Recommended The Movie: If aliens came to Earth and wanted to know what a “buddy cop comedy” was, you could take a little time to curate the finest and most varied entries in the subgenre or you could just have our visitor friends watch Ride Along . This is not because Ride Along is the best buddy comedy that cinema has to offer, but because it is such a by-the-numbers hodgepodge of all the …
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After low-budget thriller Paranormal Activity earned over $100 million on a $15,000 budget, distributor Paramount churned out sequels annually for the next three years. Paranormal Activity 4 was a critical dud and earned far less than its predecessors, so the powers that be gave the franchise a year off before …
DVD Talk Collector Series The Movie: There are not as many directors as polarizing popularly yet as talented as Lars von Trier. While it feels like at times his films have perhaps catered a little too hard to the gimmick (looking specifically at Dogville and Manderlay ), when he is on’ there are few unlike him. In the mainstream announcement of his presence, we have perhaps the best example of …
Highly Recommended Arguably the most obscure American feature released to Blu-ray format to date, Boardwalk (1979) was heretofore unknown to this writer despite an excellent cast of important actors. Spottily distributed by Atlantic Releasing, Boardwalk ‘s run may have been limited to a few prints distributed to a handful of theaters in major cities only. The movie, however, is excellent.
Rent It In 10 Words or Less Good ingredients, so-so recipe Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Campy horror, visually arresting films, Pin-up art Likes: Nurses, Niecy Nash Dislikes: Paz de la Huerta Hates: 3D gimmicks, wasted opportunity The Movie I will fully admit that this review will be more surface than most, but that’s mainly because the reason I wanted to see it was purely visual. When Nurse first …
Recommended Somehow I missed the chance to review George Gently – Series 5 when that title came DVD Talk’s way, and was surprised to see Series 6 open with its two leading characters lying prostrate having been seriously wounded by gunfire in an encounter with some villain, apparently footage from Series 5’s climax. Otherwise, George Gently , or more accurately, Inspector George Gently (as it is …
Skip It While test piloting a new jet, Fred Norwood (John Ericson) sees something he can’t explain: a flying saucer, one which requires some tricky maneuvering to avoid. Unfortunately, when he touches down, his bosses are furious — the radio transmissions he was sending describing the incident didn’t go through, the radar was a storm of static, and his test pilot partner was busy investigating …
Rent It The Movie: Not having much of an idea of what Grace Unplugged was before I saw it, I was surprised to see that it was a film with noticeable Christian themes in it, and that these themes are addressed by people of some faith. Not having as much faith as the characters or the actors portraying them, it took me back just the tiniest of bits, but nevertheless I will attempt to discuss the …