Movie Reviews
Child 44 Blu-ray review
In 1933, Joseph Stalin imposed the Holodomor on Ukrainian citizens with the intent on starving them to death. Somewhere between 2.5 and 7.5 million died. Millions of chil...
The Babysitter Blu-ray review
All suburban parents need a babysitter at some point or another—someone to watch the kids, raid the fridge, give the father someone to fantasize over… The babysitter ...
Youth Blu-ray Review
A long life deserves its rest and relaxation. And if you’re successful, you can spend time at a luxurious resort in Switzerland, swimming in therapeutic waters during t...
Indignation Blu-ray review
In the 1950s, the Korean War offered far too many families the opportunity to have a funeral. Mothers and fathers were seeing their boys in caskets, friends were paying r...
The Bye Bye Man Blu-ray review
“Don’t think it, don’t say it…Don’t think it, don’t say it…” And then, of course, people do. Because this is a poorly written and constructed horror movie...
Stronger Blu-ray Review
Opening voiceover, lifted from a morning news broadcast, indicates that the weather for the next day will be beautiful. “It’s gonna be a perfect day,” says the news...
I Wanna Hold Your Hand Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
On February 9, 1964, The Beatles performed on “The Ed Sullivan Show”, playing five songs over two sets. The day before, as workers replace the second “E” with an ...
3 Silent Films by Josef von Sternberg Criterion Collection Blu-ray review
The Criterion Collection’s release of 3 SILENT CLASSICS BY JOSEF VON STERNBERG is spine #528. It was originally released in 2010. UNDERWORLD (1927) “Bull” Weed (Geo...
Salesman Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The best-selling book of all time is the Bible. The going price for a set in 1969 was $49.95 (a little over $360 in 2020 money), and these men will do anything they can d...
Three Films by Luis Buñuel Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The Criterion Collection presents a Blu-ray edition of THREE FILMS BY LUIS BUNUEL: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972), THE PHANTOM OF LIBERTY (1974) and THAT OB...
