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 …
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 …
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 …
Skip It It only takes three things to make a good movie: an interesting and engaging story, well-drawn characters, and skillful execution.
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. If you listen to the cast and crew of Texas Chainsaw 3D talk about making the film, it’s clear the group set out to make something that respects the fans and legacy of Tobe Hooper’s 1974 cult classic . Diehard fans sharpened their knives immediately upon hearing that Texas Chainsaw was to bill itself as a direct …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. John Sturges’ The Great Escape is regarded as one of the most exciting dramas ever filmed. The movie is a favorite of critics and casual fans alike for good reason, as it remains a thrilling, intelligent retelling of the prison break at Germany’s Stalag Luft III in March 1944
Rent It The Movie: In 1940, Metro Goldwyn Mayer produced a short subject called Jack Pot as part of their gritty “Crime Does Not Pay” series. Viewable on Warner Archives’ terrific Crime Does Not Pay set, the film matter-of-factly delved into the then-current epidemic of racketeers pressuring small business owners to stock slot machines for their customers to play, then hogging all the profits …
Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are from promotional materials and stills provided by Criterion , not the Blu-ray edition under review. It’s no coincidence that, of all the multifarious masterpieces the great French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard has given us over the years and decades, it’s 1964’s Band of Outsiders ( Bande part ) that revved American auteur Quentin …