Despite the facts, master-genius Charlie Kaufman’s new film Anomalisa is not wholly original. Sure, you have never seen anything like it. The film is the most personal and intimate animated film I have ever seen. The scope is remarkably small…
Repression saturates the screen as we witness the horrors of acceptance of an unwanted womanhood. Director Deniz Gamze Erguven gives us a filter less dissension within the world of five orphaned sisters as they struggle for sanity living in a…
January never lets me down. This week, the studios have brought us a haphazardly slapped together sequel. Ride Along 2 arrives quickly on the heels of its 2014 predecessor and features its two leads getting into all new cop-based shenanigans…
Hello again! It’s once again time to pick out highlights coming your way on Blu-ray and DVD. As always, be sure to click on any links you see to read full reviews. There are a lot of interesting releases, so…
In the midst of Hollywood sequels and reboots that relentlessly follow a predetermined formula, it’s great to see a big budget eccentricity like The Revenant. This is the type of film that clearly represents the personal vision of its filmmaker,…
While the early months of the new year present a few Oscar hopefuls opening to wide audiences, it also marks a run of less impressive material. Welcome to January, folks. The Forest is a ghost story that was clearly intended…
Hope every had a good holiday. Unlike the past couple of editions, this one is absolutely loaded with releases. Here are the highlights. As always, click on any links to read more. So if you can’t make it out to…
Welcome back to this week’s edition of DVD and Blu-ray highlights. As always, be sure and click on any links to read more. There’s actually some interesting titles coming despite the holiday slow down. So if you can’t make it…
Ready for a dark comedy about the high stakes rollers behind the housing market and sub-prime mortgages? Well, you probably weren’t clamoring for it, but The Big Short is a very pleasant surprise. The film manages to entertain and enlighten…
Are you ready to take a deep soak in the mind of Tarantino? His new mammoth Western, The Hateful Eight is a full-blown, bat-shit crazy epic built entirely from the wonderful words you’d expect in a QT film. Important thing…