DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

The name John Hughes is synonymous for Gen-Xers with classic comedy and the 1980s. The man wrote and/or directed hit after hit during that time that, although usually focused on the youth of the time, transcended age to universal appeal. We’re getting into the fourth decade of his work being  ...

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  ...

Korean-born American animator, director, and voice actor Peter Sohn, known for his work on numerous Pixar films including The Good Dinosaur, Ratatouille, Monsters University, and more, steps behind the Pixar “camera” again for the company’s all-new, original feature  ...

On again, off again. In love, out of love. Going back to school, starting a new job. Everything is fluid and everything is changing in the whimsical and lustful drama from French director Jacques Audiard. Capturing the residential district of Les Olympiades in beautiful black and white photography ...

With Disney’s current dominance at the box office, it is difficult to believe it, but they weren’t doing so well (theatrically) in the latter half of the 1980s. They had experienced, especially in the animation realm, a series of costly underperforming features and the sure thing that used ...

Embark on the ultimate action adventure that spans continents and explores ancient history with The Mummy Trilogy including The Mummy, The Mummy Returns and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. Follow the exhilarating journeys and exploits of daring explorer Rick O'Connell  ...

“Can I touch your wiener?” After a string of classic and utterly quotable sex comedies that seemed to totally dominate the late-90s through the 2000s (the American Pie series, The 40-Year-Old-Virgin, Sex Drive, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and countless more!), movies that possess that ...

Stepping out of a car and into a cool Los Angeles night, Fantastia (Cynda Williams) enters into the home of what seems to be a good friend. In the background, a couple dances with smiles from ear to ear and another friend tests out his new video camera, taping them having unabashed  ...

I think that we can all agree by now that, despite what classic Disney movies and other fairy tales of our childhood have led us to believe, being a queen (or any other piece of a royal family, to be honest) really isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Between the gossip and revelations exposed about a ...

A jealous husband. A murder. An unlucky shmuck. A forbidden love affair. And of course, a femme fatale. Perhaps not one of the most prominent or acclaimed films of its genre, but Fritz Lang’s Human Desire is no doubt the epitome of a film noir. In this, love turns into hate as simmering jealousy  ...

The 1980s is now decades behind us and I consider myself fortunate to have been a Gen X-er, having my formative years during that decade. It produced, in my view, the most creativity and risk taking of any decade of filmmaking. There are classics galore from that time because of those  ...

“How do you like the vacation so far?” By the time this question gets asked in the film, lifelong friends and now literal partners-in-crime, Thelma (Geena Davis) and Louise (Susan Sarandon) cannot help but bust out into ear-to-ear smiles and laughter that have them both absolutely beaming  ...

“I’ll probably get blamed for that.” You ever have one of those super stressful dreams where no matter how hard you try, you have absolutely no control over the surreal and vivid events you’re experiencing? A dream where in the midst of your overwhelming anxiousness and confusion all you  ...

Let’s get this out of the way upfront: If you aren’t a Wes Anderson fan, then it is recommended you stay far, far away from his latest film, Asteroid City. Similarly, if you don’t “get” his brand of filmmaking, there’s really no need to waste your time reading any further, as nothing here is going  ...

When we meet the overly-privileged young Londoner Tony (James Fox), he’s passed out in a makeshift chair in his empty new townhouse with a drink in his hand, only to be awoken by the polite, prospective manservant Hugo Barrett (Dirk Bogarde) reminding him of their 3 p.m ...