Many of us hold our regular visits to the cinema during our youth in high regards. Whether it was a weekly visit to the matinee double features with friends, or the frantic anticipation of standing in line for the next big Franchise of the Day flick, we have fond memories …
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Movie Review: ‘Dallas Buyers Club’
A powerhouse cast drives one of the year's most heartbreaking films.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Paradise’ (2013)
Anyone who’s a fan of Diablo Cody may find something of interest within Paradise, but don’t expect the fun of any of her previous work.
Read More »Interview: Tamas Harangi, Writer/Director of ‘The Advocate’
Tomas Harangi's first indie feature film, 'The Advocate,' screened at various festivals and will play at the 13th Hungarian Film Festival on November 17 before its DVD release November 19.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘The Right Stuff’ (30th Anniversary Edition)
A marvelous look at the men who served the United States, and all of mankind, by risking their lives to make the impossible possible.
Read More »Movie Review: ‘About Time’
It's about life, it's about love, and it's 'About Time.'
Read More »DVD Review: ‘La Notte’ (Criterion Collection)
Classic Antonioni film registers mid-20th Century alienation.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Drug War’
Johnnie To’s Drug War isn’t out to change the rules of the genre, but To and his screenplay never stops raising its own stakes as the tension mounts to a boiling point.
Read More »Blu-ray Review: ‘Lord of the Flies’ (1963), The Criterion Collection – Kids Can Be So Cruel
There’s a saying in the film industry that suggests one never work with animals or children due to their inability to act on cue. Or act, period, for that matter. In 1961, British director Peter Brook threw all caution to the wind and decided to film an adaptation of William …
Read More »Movie Review: ‘Gravity’ (2013)
One of the most awesome things I have ever witnessed, a visceral film that feels more like a lucid dream.
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