Platoon (1986) Collector's Edition - 4K UHD Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
In 1986, director Oliver Stone delivered a war film to counter all the John Wayne-esque, American:good/Foreign opponents:bad narratives of the past with Platoon. As a Vietnam War vet himself, he had a unique place within the industry to show the shades of grey within any fighting force, forcing ...
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Christopher Strong (1933) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Emily Strong
“I’m a very reckless person, Chris. And you’re a very cautious one.” Shameless love affairs, parties lasting past dawn, regretful one-night-stands…all this in a film released in what year? 1933. Yep, you got that right. Just her second film ever but also marking the first starring role for the one and ...
Nightmare on 34th Street (2023) - Movie Review
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- By Loron Hays
Just when you thought it was safe to jingle those bells again, Santa gets a brand new bag of terror! Writer/director James Crow’s Nightmare on 34th Street is anthology horror at its darkest. There’s no ounce of joy in this sucker, which ought to please hardcore fans of horror and piss off those ...
Dream Scenario (2023) - Movie Review
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Let the surrealism rain down. In the opening few seconds, Dream Scenario lays it all out. Nicolas Cage is raking leaves in his yard when, quite suddenly, things start falling in the yard. They are heavy and break the glass table in front of his daughter. “Don’t worry,” he tells her as he continues ...
Abigail (2023) - Movie Review
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Listening to the sound of the crickets in this movie as they call out into the night says so much about the impact of violence in Abigail. It’s going to be sudden. It’s going to be unexpected and, of course, if you are paying attention, it is the only probable course of action as there really is ...
Genie (2023) - Movie Review
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I’m not going to say that Genie is the perfect holiday movie. That doesn’t seem to be the intent here, but the new Melissa McCarthy vehicle, in which she plays a genie who can grant unlimited wishes, is chock full of some food ol’ Christmas cheer. Best of all, you don’t have to leave ...
L'immensità (2022) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Emily Strong
Living in Rome in the 1970s, being accepted for their abnormalities is nothing but a fantasy to Clara (Penélope Cruz) and her female-born, 12-year-old son, Andrew (Luana Giuliani). In sequences of black-and-white, writer/director Emanuele Crialese presents to us visions from Andrew – based ...
Do Not Disturb (2023) - Movie Review
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“You lose control sometimes.” Opening with some gorgeous cinematography from Scott McIntyre, a plane flies across the ocean and over the camera’s view in Do Not Disturb’s first few seconds and then, as Chloe looks at Jack, her passed out husband, in a taxi on their way to the hotel ...
Between Two Worlds (2021) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Emily Strong
In Between Two Worlds, it’s described there is a job crisis in France. Rampant unemployment, people living paycheck to paycheck, and many trying to scavenge up the harshly limited hours from any job they can just to try and make ends meet. But what are these people really like? What are their ...
Monsternado - Movie Review
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- By Loron Hays
In the new satirical comedy The Menu, director Mark Mylod (TV's Succession) and screenwriters Seth Reiss and Will Tracy (former writers at The Onion) use the world of food, foodies, critics, and chefs to skewer the soul-sucking relationship between those who take and those who ...
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- Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
- Suicide and the Hollywood Sign - The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign
- The Amityville Horror House
- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
- The Death of Actress Jane Russell
- The Death of Brandon Lee
- The Death of Chris Farley
- The Death of Dominique Dunne
- The Death of George Reeves - the Original Superman