US Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Creed II, The Favourite, Instant Family, The Little Mermaid, Kalifornia and more
Creed II – For my money, Creed II is one of the rare sequels that improves on the first film. Not that the first Creed wasn’t great,...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: Wim Wenders’ Submergence – “An unusual love story”
Directed by Wim Wenders Starring Alicia Vikander, James McAvoy, Hakeemshady Mohamed, Alexander Siddig Submergence, based on the novel by...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: A Star Is Born, The Girl In The Spider’s Web, Robin Hood, Overlord and more
A Star is Born – I liked A Star is Born. The music is good, the performances are good, and Bradley Cooper looks like he’s going down...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: Bohemian Rhapsody, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Valentine, Rick and Morty, and more
Bohemian Rhapsody – What if a film was mired in controversy and nobody cared? Well, apparently said film would go on to become a...
Read MoreBlu-ray Review: A Star Is Born – “Cooper and Gaga redefine their careers”
We complain about the reboot/rehash/reimagining of films more than we can count these days – it’s a virulent go-to ploy for lazy...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: The Grinch, Crimson Peak, Double Dragon, Cloverfield, Kidding and more
The Grinch – I’ve never been a fan of Jim Carrey’s live-action The Grinch movie, so I wasn’t terribly non-plussed when I found out...
Read MoreReview: The Boys in the Band – “A delight of sharp-toothed wit”
Directed by William Friedkin Starring Kenneth Nelson, Robert La Tourneaux, Frederick Combs, Cliff Gorman, Laurence Luckinbill, Keith...
Read MoreUS Blu-ray and DVD Releases: First Man, Once Upon A Deadpool, Hunter Killer, The Hate U Give, Cobra and more
First Man – I love the space program and space in general, and I love a good biopic, so First Man should have been right up my...
Read MoreReview: Crucible of the Vampire – “Takes its time to build an increasing atmosphere of unease”
Directed by Iain Ross-McNamee Starring Katie Goldfinch, Florence Cady, Neil Morrisey, Larry Rew, Babette Barat We begin this new British...
Read MoreReview: Tehran Taboo – “A glimpse into a society most of us don’t see in cinema”
Pari (Elmira Rafizadeh) is a single mother in Tehran, struggling to look after her mute young son Elias (Bilal Yasar), while her worthless...
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