From the Big Screen: “Hereditary” and “Adrift.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: “Sid Caesar: The Works”: Without Sid Caesar, comedy might have been a lot less funny. In 1949, television was an infant technology. No one knew how long or … More
From the Big Screen: “Book Club,” “Tag” and “RBG.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: “Universal Classic Monsters: Complete 30-Film Collection” includes all Universal Pictures’ legendary monsters from the studio that pioneered the horror genre from the 1930s to late-1950s — … More
From the Big Screen: “Deadpool 2” and “First Reformed.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bet: There’s a trio of old and new classics due this week: In “Heaven Can Wait” (1943), deceased turn-of-the-century playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself … More
From the Big Screen: “Avengers: Infinity War” and “Bad Samaritan.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bet: “The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez” (1982): Forced to run from the Texas Rangers after a heated misunderstanding leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican … More
From the Big Screen: “Life of the Party” and “Breaking In.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: A pivotal work in the yakuza movie genre and in the career of director Kinji Fukasaku (“Battle Royale”), “Street Mobster” (1972 — Japan) presents … More
From the Big Screen: “Tully,” “Overboard” and “The Miracle Season.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. It’s the end of July and the lazy days of Summer are upon us — with a paucity of new and exciting releases. “Buzzin’ the ‘B’s:” In “Kings” (2017), … More
From the Big Screen: “Ready Player One.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: The long-awaited “A Matter of Life and Death” (1946) comes to home video shelves this week in a scrumptious Criterion Collection edition. After miraculously surviving a jump from … More
From the Big Screen: “Rampage,” “Isle of Dogs,” “Super Troopers 2,” “I Feel Pretty” and “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: “Woman Is the Future of Man/Tale of Cinema: Two Films By Hong Sangsoo” (2004/2005): This collection … More
From the Big Screen: “A Quiet Place.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: Given the paucity of new releases this month, it’s a pleasure to report on the many fine remastered, collectible and classic films due this week. In alphabetical order: … More
Have a safe and sane Fourth of July. Happy Birthday USA From the Big Screen: “Blockers,” “Beirut” and “7 Days in Entebbe.” For more information on other releases this week, see the Weekly Guide to Home Video Releases. This Week’s Best Bets: Here’s a collectible package that cinema lovers have long been waiting … More
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