Black Jack (1979) (Blu-ray)
Recommended The Movie: Note: These screengrabs were taken from the film’s trailer on Youtube.
April 22, 2014
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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
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 [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: 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.
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 …