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Mr. Turner

Mr. Turner Blu-ray review

May 19, 2015
Mathew Plale

When the artist enters his studio, draws the curtains to let in light, shifts his table just to his liking, has a quick drink, requests his tea and takes a quick gropes o...

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It Follows

It Follows Blu-ray review

July 27, 2015
Mathew Plale

College student Jay Height (Maika Monroe, Adam Wingard’s THE GUEST) floats in her pool. It’s a moment of peace for her. And even when her ears are enveloped by water,...

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Hail, Caesar!

Hail, Caesar! Blu-ray Review

July 12, 2016
Mathew Plale

The Golden Age of Hollywood was a certain time in the industry’s history when all was wholesome and there were none of those horrific scandals that there are today. Exc...

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Lights Out

Lights Out Blu-ray Review

November 8, 2016
Mathew Plale

When the lights are on, there’s nothing there. When the lights are off, there it is. Lights on, nothing. Lights off, something. Lights on, safe. Lights off, terror. Thi...

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100 Streets

100 Streets Blu-ray Review

April 7, 2017
Mathew Plale

“Here’s my theory: the moments of change, they’re what give your life its shape, its form. But it only takes one of them to define you and that will be the only thi...

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Martin Scorsese's World Cinema Project, No. 2

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project No. 2 Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

June 26, 2017
Mathew Plale

INSIANG (1976) They are the slums of Manila, where children play and live in the streets, markets blend together, animals roam like residents. It is in a small shanty tha...

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Bull Durham Criterion Collection

Bull Durham Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

August 13, 2018
Mathew Plale

No religion matches baseball, and there is no church as holy as that as the church of baseball. Buddha, Allah and Vishnu, after all, could never hit above .250, let alone...

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My Brilliant Career Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

July 8, 2019
Mathew Plale

In an isolated farmhouse, Sybylla Melvyn moves about, barely attentive to the dust storm brewing and the animals being herded to safety. Her attention is on words she has...

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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

February 23, 2021
Mathew Plale

In Martin Scorsese’s TAXI DRIVER, Cybill Shepherd’s Betsy quotes a Kris Kristofferson song: “He’s a prophet and a pusher, partly truth, partly fiction. A walk...

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The Watch Blu-ray Review

November 22, 2012
Mathew Plale

Glenview, Ohio is a clean community populated by smiling faces. It doesn’t seem like the kind of town that would need a neighborhood watch. But when a nighttime securit...

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