The Last Tycoon, 1976. Directed by Elia Kazan. Starring Robert De Niro, Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Jeanne Moreau, Jack Nicholson, Donald Pleasence, Ray Milland, Dana Andrews, Ingrid Boulting, and Theresa Russell. SYNOPSIS: Elia Kazan’s 1976 film The Last Tycoon, with Robert De Niro leading a talented cast, arrives on Blu-ray courtesy of Kino Lorber, which […]
Movie Review – Poor Things (2023)
Poor Things, 2003, Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos. Starring Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Kathryn Hunter, Christopher Abbott and Jerrod Carmichael. SYNOPSIS: The incredible tale about the fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Yorgos Lanthimos is one of […]
Blu-ray Review – Buster Keaton Collection Vol. 5: Three Ages and Our Hospitality (1923)
Three Ages and Our Hospitality, 1923. Directed by Buster Keaton. Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Natalie Talmadge, Margaret Leahy, Wallace Beery, and Lillian Lawrence. SYNOPSIS: Kino Lorber has reissued a pair of early Buster Keaton classics, Three Ages and Our Hospitality, with new restorations, thanks to Cohen Media Group, that have the century-old movies looking […]
Movie Review – Past Lives (2023)
Past Lives, 2023. Written and Directed by Celine Song. Starring Greta Lee, Yoo Teo, John Magaro, Jojo T. Gibbs, Emily Cass McDonnell, Federico Rodriguez, Kristen Sieh, Conrad Schott, Moon Seung-a, Seung Min Yim, Ji Hye Yoon, Won Young Choi, Ahn Min-Young, Seo Yeon-Woo, and Seung Un Hwang. SYNOPSIS: Nora and Hae Sung, two deeply connected […]
Movie Review – May December (2023)
May December, 2023. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Natalie Portman, Julianne Moore, Charles Melton, Elizabeth Yu, Andrea Frankle, Cory Michael Smith, Kelvin Han Yee, Joan Reilly, Piper Curda, Gabriel Chung, D.W. Moffett, Drew Scheid, Chris Tenzis, Mikenzie Taylor, Jocelyn Shelfo, Mike Lopez, Christopher Nguyen, Charles Green, Lawrence Arancio, Julie Ivey, Fatou Jackson, Hans Obma, and […]
Movie Review – Werewolf Santa (2023)
Werewolf Santa, 2023. Directed by Airell Anthony Hayles. Starring Katherine Rodden, Emily Booth, Mark Arnold, Cian Lorcan, Charlie Preston, and Joe Bob Briggs. SYNOPSIS: A YouTuber with a failing monster show investigates a werewolf attack in her sleepy hometown on Christmas Eve. “A werewolf can only be killed by someone who loves him, and who […]
Movie Review – Candy Cane Lane (2023)
Candy Cane Lane, 2023. Directed by Reginald Hudlin Starring Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jillian Bell, Genneya Walton, Thaddeus J. Mixson, Madison Thomas, Nick Offerman, Chris Redd, Robin Thede, David Alan Grier, Ken Marino, Anjelah Johnson-Reyes, Timothy Simons, Danielle Pinnock, and Trevante Rhodes. SYNOPSIS: A man is determined to win the neighborhood’s annual Christmas decorating […]
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters Episode 4 Review – ‘Parallels and Interiors’
Chris Connor reviews the fourth episode of Monarch: Legacy of Monsters… While Monarch to date has jumped between the 1950s and 2010s with younger and older Lee Shaw, episode four dedicates its focus entirely to the latter timeline. The benefit of this is to flesh out the characters more, and in particular this episode dives […]
Movie Review – Godzilla Minus One (2023)
Godzilla Minus One, 2023. Written and Directed by Takashi Yamazaki. Starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Mio Tanaka, Yuya Endo, Kisuke Iida, Gôshû, and Saki Nagatani. SYNOPSIS: Post war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant […]
Movie Review – Silent Night (2023)
Silent Night, 2023. Directed by John Woo. Starring Joel Kinnaman, Kid Cudi, Harold Torres, Catalina Sandino Moreno, Vinny O’Brien, Yoko Hamamura, Anthony Giulietti, and John Pollack. SYNOPSIS: A tormented father witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he […]
