DUNKIRK Is A Riveting War Film
A word of warning to anyone with a fear of drowning… Dunkirk may send you right over the edge. In fact, the latest from director Christopher Nolan (The Prestige, The Dark Knight, Inception, Interstellar) has […]
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VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS Is A Wild Trip
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets opens with an absolutely phenomenal montage. It depicts human progress into space over the passing of centuries, eventually leading to the creation of an orbiting space station […]
Blasts From the Past! Blu-ray Review: WALERIAN BOROWCZYK: SHORT FILMS (1959-84)
This title is being released by Olive Films (www.olivefilms.com – www.facebook.com/olivefilms) on April 24th, 2017. This week, we have a couple of Blu-rays that fall squarely into the category of art film… and some the […]
Blasts From the Past! Blu-ray Review: POLICE (1985)
This movie is being released on Blu-ray by Olive Films (www.olivefilms.com – www.facebook.com/olivefilms) on February 21st, 2017. This week, Olive Films also have an interesting foreign-language effort premiering in high definition. It’s a detective drama […]
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for January 17th, 2017
Welcome back to a new edition of highlights arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s a busy report, with plenty of releases both big and small, critically praised and reviled. As always, click on any links […]
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for January 10th, 2017
Welcome back to another edition highlighting the newest DVDs and Blu-rays coming your way. There’s an interesting mix this time out with plenty of curiosities. As always, click on any links you see to read […]
ELLE Is Impressively-Acted But Slow-Moving
The new drama Elle is France’s pick for consideration as Best Foreign Language Film at the next Academy Awards (whether or not it will be nominated has yet to be determined). It is also one […]
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for October 11th, 2016
It’s time for another look at the highlights coming your way on DVD and Blu-ray. This list includes a couple of big summer releases as well as plenty of independent fare. Be sure to click […]
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for October 4th, 2016
Wow! It’s another busy with all kinds of interesting releases both big and small – the highlights are all listed below. As always, you can click on any links you see to read more about […]
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for August 16th, 2016
Welcome to another look at the highlights arriving at stores this week on Blu-ray and DVD. Beyond the run of new releases, this is a fantastic week for great older features making their debuts in […]