Highly Recommended The Movie: Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, 1983’s Sleepaway Camp could have very easily been lost in the crowd of eighties slasher films had it not been for the film’s infamous shock ending, one that’s gone down in history, and rightly so. We won’t spoil it here but this is really one of those movies where you’re not going to see it coming and a picture which proves …
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “I live my life a quarter-mile at a time.” “That is the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.” Turns out that Neal H. Moritz really liked raking in millions and … Read the entire review
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Love in a digital era Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Spike Jonze, quirky, creative movies, Chris Pratt Likes: Scarlett Johansson, subtle sci-fi Dislikes: Sadness, romance films Hates: Loneliness The Movie The marketing materials for Her no not label it as “a Spike Jonze film” or “a movie by Spike Jonze” or even “a Spike Jonze joint.” It was sold as “a Spike Jonze …
DVD Talk Collector Series The Terminal Blu-ray Review The Terminal is such a quiet, charming, andbeautifully realized movie and yet it opened in 2004 to lukewarmreviews and onlymodest domestic box-office. I suppose part of it is that audiences werenotsure if they wanted to see an over two hour long movie about a manstuck in anairport terminal
DVD Talk Collector Series Once Blu-ray Review Therearesometimes little films that come along that find ways to surprise andamaze inalmost every way imaginable.
Recommended The cover insists that Steven Spielberg’s Amistad (1997) is “absolutely unforgettable”, but it’s rarely listed alongside the director’s very best achievements. This adaptation of Howard Jones’ Mutiny on The Amistad is, in turn, based on the events surrounding a mid-19th century Supreme Court case regarding “property ownership”.
Skip It Normally, there would appear to be a world of difference between the phrases “good intentions” and “agenda”, but in the case of a movie like Gimme Shelter , the two things are one and the same.
Highly Recommended I’m struggling to think of the last film whose release on Blu-ray has approached the feverish anticipation swirling around Sorcerer . This is all the more remarkable given [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] that Sorcerer was largely dismissed wh..
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
Highly Recommended Norma Rae Blu-ray Review In1979 Norma Rae was released by 20th CenturyFox to tremendous reviews, word of mouth, and critical acclaim.