The Lost City of Z: Gorgeous Visuals Can't Save a Tedious Adventure (Blu-ray)
The Film: It seems fair to say that writer/director James Gray has almost had something of a one-track film career. Starting in 1994, he...
Life: A Lazily-Written Creature Feature (Blu-ray)
The Film: Horror films in space have been a staple of the genre dating all the way back to the 50s, giving us films like “It! The Terror...
The Lawnmower Man (Collector's Edition): Grand Ideas Get Lost in a Silly Spectacle (Blu-ray)
The Film: “The Lawnmower Man,” an extremely loose adaptation of a short story by Stephen King, is one of those movies that I grew up...
The LEGO Batman Movie: An Action-Dominated Spinoff (Blu-ray)
The Film: Three years ago, “The LEGO Movie” was unleashed upon audiences to spectacular acclaim. It was a fun and exciting ride, and even...
A Cure for Wellness: A Lackluster Screenplay Leads to a Bland Mystery (Blu-ray)
The Film: It’s been rather fascinating to watch the evolving career of director Gore Verbinski. Though he started in the late 90s, he...
Bambi (75th Anniversary Edition): The Disney Classic Reaches a Milestone (Blu-ray)
The Film: Once again we return to the wonderful world of Disney classics, with the studio opening their vaults to release another one of...
Get Out: Jordan Peele Tries His Hand at Horror (Blu-ray)
The Film: Once again, as seems to happen once or twice a year, we are faced with another candidate for what could potentially be the next...
The Red Turtle: An Extraordinary Animated Gem (Blu-ray)
The Film: Looking back over the animated releases of last year, we find mostly popular fare as usual. We find big films like “Finding...
La La Land: A Stunning Musical Masterpiece (Blu-ray)
The Film: Without a doubt, there was no film throughout all of 2016 that was more beloved and lauded than Damien Chazelle’s musical...
The Girl with All the Gifts: A Zombie Outing with Squandered Potential (Blu-ray)
The Film: Once again we find ourselves in that oh-so-popular subgenre of the horror realm: zombies, where as I’ve noted before, it seems...