Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Dwayne Johnson’s tough-guy swagger and imposing physical presence do not faze the agents of the international drug cartel to which Johnson’s construction-company owner John Matthews finds himself suddenly tied. Johnson plays against type as a desperate suburban father who agrees to help the Feds make a high …
Highly Recommended THE FILM “This place isn’t haunted,” says a young man, Jo o (Gustavo John), to a potential condo buyer at one point in Brazilian writer/director Kleber Mendon a Filho’s vital, indelible debut feature-length picture, Neighboring Sounds . Jo o is putting his client’s mind at ease because of a suicide she’s heard tell of in this high-rise residential building , owned by Jo o’s …
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.
Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson In 1984 Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus kicked their production company Cannon Films upstairs into the big leagues, inking showy deals at Cannes. No more Breakin’ and Electric Boogaloo ; the high pressure team of Mo and Yo initiated projects with stars like Sally Fields and Julie Andrews, imported Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky and even took on a …
Rent It The Film: The Barretts are in the middle of a rough patch: while Lacy (Keri Russell) struggles to sell houses around their suburban neighborhood, namely fixer-upper opportunities, her unemployed husband, Daniel (Josh Hamilton), hunts for a coveted architecture position at a time when the pickings are slim. As lack-of-payment notices keep rolling in and their financial struggles hamper …
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 …
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Skip It The Tenchi Muyo: War on Geminar series is an OVA production which aired 13 episodes on the Animax Pay Per View network before release on Blu-ray and DVD in Japan. The series is a spin-off production based in part on the original series from creator Masaki Kajishima.