Happy Labor Day From the Big Screen: “Men in Black: International,” “Booksmart” and “Ma.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: Tormented by twisted desires, a young man takes drastic measures to rid his grotesquely dysfunctional family of its various afflictions, in … More
From the Big Screen: “The Intruder,” “Long Shot” and “UglyDolls.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: There’s two exciting Blu-ray debuts this week, both revolving around the famous British Professor Bernard Quatermass, an intelligent and highly moral British scientist and pioneer … More
From the Big Screen: “Alita: Battle Angel,” “Hellboy” and “Missing Link.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets “1984” (1984): This masterly adaptation of George Orwell’s chilling parable about totalitarian oppression gives harrowing cinematic expression to the book’s bleak prophetic vision. In … More
From the Big Screen: “Shazam!” and “Breakthrough.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets With her Oscar-winning turn in “Klute” (1971), Jane Fonda arrived full-fledged as a new kind of movie star. Bringing nervy audacity and counterculture style to the role of … More
From the Big Screen: “Pet Sematary,” “Transit,” “After” and “Little.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets In 1977, German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder was 32-years old and had already directed more than 25 feature films. That summer, he embarked on a … More
Have a happy, safe and sane Fourth of July. Happy Birthday USA. From the Big Screen: “The Best of Enemies.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bet In “FM” (1978), the airwaves crackle with the delectable sound of smooth rock in … More
From the Big Screen: “Dumbo.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets The Criterion Collection has two disparate releases this week: With the trailblazing musical “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” (2001), writer-director-star John Cameron Mitchell and composer-lyricist Stephen Trask brought their signature … More
From the Big Screen: “Us” and “Wonder Park.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets There’s a delcious bounty of collectible DVDs and Blu-rays this week. Let’s start off with three releases the master of modern French cinema, Jean-Luc Godard: “Detective” (1985 … More
From the Big Screen: “Captain Marvel,” “Five Feet Apart” and “Captive State.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets “Swing Time” (1936): In this irresistible musical, the legendary dancing duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers are at the pinnacle of their art … More
From the Big Screen: “Tyler Perry’s A Madea Family Funeral” and “Gloria Bell.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets “The Andromeda Strain” (1971), starring Arthur Hill, David Wayne, James Olsen and Kate Reid, is one of th most stunning — and … More
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