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Are You Happy Now ponders whether a manchild ever deserves to be happy

December 22, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Are You Happy Now’ is a highly mixed film that is trying maybe too hard… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Are You Happy Now, Blake DeLong, Catherina Curtin, Comedy, Gravitas Ventures, Ismenia Mendes, Josh Ruben, Romance

The Pebble and the Boy is a slow nostalgic road trip through the Mod subculture

November 21, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Pebble and the Boy’ is clearly the passion project of someone who aches for times gone by… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Drama, Jesse Birdsall, Lightbulb Film Distribution, Max Boast, Patrick McNamee, Patsy Kensit, Ricci Harnett, Sacha Parkinson, The Pebble and the Boy

See You Next Christmas is a charming low budget tale of romance by inches

November 14, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘See You Next Christmas’ stars a mostly unknown, mostly fun cast of a holiday romance told through the years… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing AJ Meijer, Christine Weatherup, Christmas, Comedy, Elizabeth Guest, Giant Pictures, Romance, See You Next Christmas, Vin Vescio

Vincent Price isn’t alone in The Last Man On Earth

October 31, 2021Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

Price stars in an American horror film, Italian style… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing American International Pictures, Christi Courtland, Drama, Emma Danieli, Franca Bettola, Giacomo Rossi, Horror, Kino Lorber, Sci-Fi, The Last Man On Earth, Umbert Raho, Vincent Price

The Comedy of Terrors is a mixed bag but looks great on Blu-ray

October 30, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Four cinema legends team up to scare us silly… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing American International Pictures, Basil Rathbone, Beverly Hills, Boris Karloff, Comedy, Horror, Joe E. Brown, Joyce Jameson, Kino Lorber, Peter Lorre, The Comedy of Terrors, Vincent Price

Poe’s The Raven flies to Blu-ray

October 28, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Three horror greats deliver a hoot of a good time… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing American International Pictures, Boris Karloff, Comedy, Fantasy, Hazel Court, Horror, Jack Nicholson, Kino Lorber, Olive Sturgess, Peter Lorre, The Raven, Vincent Price

Mae West heads north in Klondike Annie

August 17, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This is a much tamer West than you’d expect… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Harold Huber, Harry Beresford, Helen Jerome Eddy, Kino Lorber, Klondike Annie, Mae West, Musical, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Reed, Romance, Universal Pictures, Victor McLaglen

Blu-ray Review :: She Done Him Wrong (1933) is done right

August 4, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Mae West shimmies and ‘She Done Him Wrong’ shimmers on Blu-ray… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, David Landau, Drama, Gilbert Roland, History, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Noah Beery, Owen Moore, Paramount Pictures, She Done Him Wrong, Universal Pictures

I’m No Angel earns its wings on Blu-ray

August 1, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray of the 1933 classic is heavenly… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Michael, Gregory Ratoff, I'm No Angel, Kent Taylor, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Music, Paramount Pictures, Romance, Universal Pictures

There is absolutely nothing amusing about The Amusement Park

June 9, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A restored George A. Romero film is only for the completists… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Drama, George A. Romero, Horror, Lincoln Maazel, Lutheran Society, Shudder, The Amusement Park, Thriller

Judas and the Black Messiah Review

May 27, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The Oscar winning drama comes home and teaches us a few lessons… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Algee Smith, Ashton Sanders, Biography, Daniel Kaluuya, Darrell Britt-Gibson, Dominique Fishback, Dominique Thorne, Drama, History, Jesse Plemons, Judas and the Black Messiah, Lakeith Stanfield, Lil Rel Howery, Martin Sheen, Warner Bros. Pictures

Here Are the Young Men tells a story of trauma and male toxicity

April 30, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Here Are the Young Men’ is a jumbled tale of two young boys trying to be men… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Anya Taylor-Joy, Conleth Hill, Dean-Charles Chapman, Drama, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Finn Cole, Here Are the Young Men, Travis Fimmel, Well Go USA

Warner Archive :: The Curse of Frankenstein (1957) Blu-ray Review

April 19, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A new restoration sparks new life into the Hammer Horror classic… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Christopher Lee, Hammer Films, Hazel Court, Horror, Peter Cushing, Robert Urquhart, Sci-Fi, The Curse of Frankenstein, Thriller, Warner Archive

Godzilla goes another round in 4K

April 2, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The giant beastie gets upscaled… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Action, Adventure, Bryan Cranston, David Strathairn, Elizabeth Olsen, Godzilla, Juliette Binoche, Ken Watanabe, Sally Hawkins, Sci-Fi, Warner Bros. Pictures

Godzilla vs. Kong …and a convoluted plot

March 31, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Not even a weak story can bring down the two titans… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Alexander Skarsgård, Brian Tyree Henry, Demian Bichir, Godzilla vs. Kong, HBO Max, Julian Dennison, Kaylee Hottle, Kyle Chandler, Millie Bobby Brown, Rebecca Hall, Sci-Fi, Shun Oguri, Thriller, Warner Bros. Pictures

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    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
    FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA   ★★✩
    THE FALL GUY   ★★★
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    GIVE ME BACK MY DAUGHTER ★★★
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    WIFE STALKER  ★★★
    JENNA'S FIRST LOVE  ★★✩
    TRAPPED IN HER DORM ROOM  ★★✩
    PLAYING WITH FIRE  ★✩✩
    ROYAL-ISH  ★★✩
    TAKEN AT A BASKETBALL GAME  ★★★
    WHAT WOULD YOU KILL FOR?  ★✩✩
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