The Age of Innocence: The Criterion Collection BD + Screen Caps
The Age of Innocence is an all around rich experience between the costumes, production/sets and a fine cast led way by Daniel Day-Lewis and Michelle Pfeiffer. It certainly was an unusual choice for...
View ArticleArtwork & Details: The Criterion Collection July 2018 Releases
The Criterion Collection has announced the date and released artwork for a variety of great titles for July including sex, lies and videotape and Bull Durham amongst others. Click on the link below or...
View ArticleThe Virgin Suicides BD + Screen Caps
The Virgin Suicides is a movie that didn’t have a huge impact on me then and now I can appreciate it for its direction and the performances, but nothing else otherwise in terms of any emotional impact....
View ArticleMidnight Cowboy: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps
Midnight Cowboy for me wasn’t entirely the classic in my eyes, yet still is understandable for its cultural impact and propelled by two incredible performances by Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight, both...
View ArticleSex, Lies, and Videotape Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps
Sex, Lies, and Videotape is a strong feature film debut for Steven Soderbergh and features some great performances, primarily Andie MacDowell and James Spader. This is well worth watching for anyone...
View ArticleCold Water: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review + Screen Caps
Cold Water (L’eau froide) is a well acted and quite realistic drama about adolescent youth with Assayas’s screenplay holding no punches and avoids some of the pratfalls of similarly themed movies from...
View ArticleShampoo: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Shampoo is a tour-de-force of a movie more with the acting from Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Julie Christie and Lee Grant, who took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, than the screenplay,...
View ArticleIn the Heat of the Night (Criterion Collection) Blu-ray Review
In the Heat of the Night is a wonderful and culturally important film from the 1960s and while I don’t think it’s among Sidney Poitier’s best, with To Sir, With Love being my favorite of his, but it...
View ArticleMagnificent Obsession: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Magnificent Obsession is a wonderful romantic drama featuring two great performances by Rock Hudson and Jane Wyman (who was nominated for an Academy Award), beautifully shot by director Douglas Sirk....
View ArticleAll About Eve: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
I wish I could recommend this Criterion Collection release of All About Eve but even though the video and audio transfers and features were great, the cheap packaging and shoddy work holding discs...
View ArticleHoliday (1938): The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
1938’s Holiday is a charming enough romance-drama featuring a few great performances, primarily Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Doris Nolan. Holiday — The Criterion Collection — (1938) Genre(s):...
View ArticleCriterion Collection Announces Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits 7-Disc...
The Criterion Collection has announced the date and released artwork for a seven-disc collector’s set, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits containing The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death and The Way of...
View ArticleMarriage Story: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Marriage Story is a bittersweet drama featuring two incredible, award-worthy, performances (not to take away from Laura Dern who was great in her own right) by both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver....
View ArticleThe Naked City: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The Naked City is a well done crime-drama that certainly was done in an interesting style with a documentary-like narration and filming on location in New York City. The Naked City — The Criterion...
View ArticleThe Irishman: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The Irishman was a little disappointing if only for the amount of praise the film received from both the professional and regular everyday movie-watchers, however it was great to see three veteran...
View ArticleThree Films by Lios Bunuel: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Three Films by Luis Bunuel is a collection of films from the prolific director and includes The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie (1972), The Phantom of Liberty (1974) and That Obscure Object of Desire...
View ArticleThe Parallax View: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
The Parallax View is an entertaining if not a bit far-fetched conspiracy theory political thriller born out of the Kennedy assassination. Warren Beatty delivers a solid performance, even if some shots...
View ArticleIrma Vep: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
From time to time there are movies that I get to watch that I normally probably wouldn’t have heard of or passed by, and Irma Vep came as a pleasant surprise with a wholly engaging character-centric...
View ArticleFast Times at Ridgemont High: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes to Blu-ray for a second time, now getting the Criterion Collection treatment with an upgrade video transfer and a new interview feature; between the two worth the...
View ArticleWorking Girls: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Working Girls comes to Blu-ray, as well as DVD, courtesy of The Criterion Collection and comes with an audio commentary and a couple new interviews. Working Girls — The Criterion Collection —...
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