Recommended THE FILM: The second of six collaborations between director Michael Winner and Charles Bronson, The Mechanic is a tough, slow-burn 1970s thriller often remembered for its dialogue-free opening 15 minutes. Bronson is contract killer Arthur Bishop, who is very good at killing people and getting away with it
Recommended As far as “movie legends” go, Dominique Benicheti's Cousin Jules (1973) is tough to beat. Filmed over a five-year period, this music-free and almost entirely wordless 91-minute production offers an unyielding look at the satisfaction and monotony associated with a daily routine.
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. This British drama about a soldier accused of desertion is quite an ambitious first feature for director Paul Greengrass, best known for shooting The Bourne Supremacy , The Bourne Ultimatum and the recent Captain Phillips . The film is based on a true st..
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. I happened to watch John Frankenheimer's The Train a few days after watching George Clooney's recent The Monuments Men
Recommended Shortly after the beginning of World War II, a shipyard is bombed. Among the casualties: the USS Sea Tiger, a brand-new submarine that had yet to make it out of the dock.
Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Though it came out in 2001, Kissing Jessica Stein seems to most strongly fit into the post- Swingers 1990s, when artists and performers outside of the Hollywood scene stopped waiting for someone to create a project that fit their particular quirks and …
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. It would seem that in the wake of success of both the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights and perhaps even more so Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca in 1940, a slew of brooding romantic period pieces followed. Olive Films has started to corner the market …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Rent It No, you're thinking of The Burning , but I get why you'd go there.
Skip It THE FILM: In no way would a rational person confuse Elizabeth Banks for a prostitute, yellow Marc Jacobs dress or not.