Blu-ray Review: The Lost Man
By 1969, Sidney Poitier was a bonafide superstar with a series of successful movies to his credit. That year saw him move away from his good guy persona with The Lost Man, an earnest attempt to examine the racial tumult…
4K UHD Review: Anyone But You
Anyone But You is a decidedly formulaic romantic comedy that takes its inspiration from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), there’s a level of raunchiness not often seen in mainstream rom-coms. Further, there is a…
Blu-ray Review: Pretty Maids All in a Row
By the early 1970’s, Hollywood was in a transition period. A new generation of filmmakers were eager to make their mark. Among them was French provocateur Roger Vadim, fresh off the success of camp fest Barbarella, starring his then-wife, Jane…
Blu-ray Review: The Mastermind
Writer/director Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is both a character study and a heist film. Set in Framingham, Massachusetts,1970, James Blaine “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor), is an unemployed carpenter, art school dropout, and would be thief. JB orchestrates the theft of…
4K UHD Review: The Drama
Written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama is one-part social satire and one part rom-com about good people doing bad things, and the people who judge them. Be forewarned, The Drama has a secret A24 did their…
Blu-ray Review: Letty Lynton
Legally unavailable for almost ninety years due to copyright infringement, 1932’s Letty Lynton has made its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, a young Joan Crawford stars as Letty Lynton, a…