‘s Rough Edges and Loses Its Impact
It’s probably not the best of signs when a critic begins a review stating that sometimes the best of intentions can go wrong. Miss Bala is an attempt at a gritty crime thriller and boasts an unusual role for its…
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for January 29th, 2019
Time for another look at new releases arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. It’s another busy week, with discs in a wide variety of genres. So if you can’t make it out to the movies this week, be sure to give…
COLD WAR is Stunningly Beautiful
In case you’ve never seen a Polish film before, let me warn you… they can be sad, downcast and quite depressing. Sure, Polish filmmakers do produce the odd comedy now and again, but the most famous cinematic works from the…
THE KID WHO WOULD BE KING Delivers a Bit of Magic
January is often a month for misfit films that, for one reason or another, studios don’t have a lot of confidence in. However, there are always a few exceptions to the rule. This week sees the release of The Kid…
91st ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES LIST
Here’s this year’s list of Oscar nominees. The winners will be announced on February 24th. BEST PICTURE Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice BEST DIRECTOR Spike Lee – BlacKkKlansman Pawel Pawlikowski…
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for January 22nd, 2019
It’s time for another look at new releases arriving on Blu-ray and DVD. There’s plenty of variety from goofy comedies to awards contenders and even some foreign-language entries. As always, feel free to click on any links you see to…
2019 RAZZIE AWARD NOMINATIONS
Well, the Academy Award nominees will be announced tomorrow. That means that the 39th Golden Raspberry Awards have released their selections today – winners will be announced the night before the Oscars. It looks like Gotti, The Happytime Murders,Holmes &…
Blasts from the Past! Blu-ray Review: WATERWORLD (1995)
This “Limited Edition” Blu-ray release from Arrow Video will be available for purchase (www.arrowvideo.com – www.facebook.com/ArrowVideo/) on January 22nd. Back in 1995 there was a lot of press about the sci-fi action/adventure flick Waterworld, which had become the most expensive…
GLASS is Cracked, But Contains an Oddly Intriguing Brew
In recent years, we’ve become accustomed to a deluge of superhero films from the likes of Marvel and DC. And as such, audiences have developed certain expectations of what they should be seeing in these types of projects. Glass, the…
DVD/Blu-ray Roundup for January 15th, 2019
Hello and welcome to another look at new Blu-ray and DVD releases. There are a couple of big hits featured in this edition, as well as some interesting independent fare in a wide variety of genres. So if you can’t…