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On Blu-ray/DVD: UNDERCOVER BROTHER 2 (2019), AMERICAN DREAMER (2019) and...
UNDERCOVER BROTHER 2(US - 2019)Universal's 1440 DTV division is back with another belated sequel nobody was waiting for with UNDERCOVER BROTHER 2. A modest hit in the summer of 2002, the combination...
View ArticleIn Theaters: 21 BRIDGES (2019)
21 BRIDGES(US/China - 2019)Directed by Brian Kirk. Written by Adam Mervis and Matthew Michael Carnahan. Cast: Chadwick Boseman, Sienna Miller, J.K. Simmons, Taylor Kitsch, Stephan James, Keith David,...
View ArticleRetro Review: THE FAN (1981)
THE FAN(US - 1981)Directed by Edward Bianchi. Written by Priscilla Chapman and John Hartwell. Cast: Lauren Bacall, James Garner, Maureen Stapleton, Hector Elizondo, Michael Biehn, Anna Maria Horsford,...
View ArticleIn Theaters: KNIVES OUT (2019)
KNIVES OUT(US - 2019)Written and directed by Rian Johnson. Cast: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Shannon, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Lakeith Stanfield, Christopher...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On Netflix: THE IRISHMAN (2019)
THE IRISHMAN(US - 2019)Directed by Martin Scorsese. Written by Steven Zaillian. Cast: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Harvey Keitel, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham,...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: OFFICIAL SECRETS (2019) and MARY (2019)
OFFICIAL SECRETS (Canada/UK/China/US/Switzerland - 2019)The saga of British whistleblower Katherine Gun is, at least stateside, one of the least-remembered chapters of the misguided journey to the 2003...
View ArticleRetro Review: ASSIGNMENT TERROR (1970)
ASSIGNMENT TERRORaka LOS MONSTRUOS DEL TERRORaka DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN(Spain/West Germany/Italy - 1970; US release 1973)Directed by Tulio Demicheli. Written by Jacinto Molina. Cast: Michael Rennie,...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: KILLERMAN (2019) and SEMPER FI (2019)
KILLERMAN(US/UK - 2019)Does "Skunk" sound like a man with a plan? If you're already involved in some seriously illegal shit and you're presented with a risky deal by your loudmouth, sketchy best buddy...
View ArticleIn Theaters/On VOD: TRAUMA CENTER (2019)
TRAUMA CENTER(US - 2019)Directed by Matt Eskandari. Written by Paul Da Silva. Cast: Nicky Whelan, Bruce Willis, Tito Ortiz, Texas Battle, Catherine Davis, Lala Kent, Sergio Rizzuto, Tyler Jon Olson,...
View ArticleRetro Review: HOTEL COLONIAL (1987)
HOTEL COLONIAL(US/Italy - 1987)Directed by Cinzia Th. Torrini. Written by Enzo Monteleone, Cinzia Th. Torrini, Robert Katz and Ira R. Barmak. Cast: John Savage, Rachel Ward, Robert Duvall, Massimo...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: LUCKY DAY (2019) and FREAKS (2019)
LUCKY DAY(Canada/France - 2019)Roger Avary's place in film history is secure thanks to the Oscar he shared with Quentin Tarantino for co-writing PULP FICTION, but the career paths of the former Video...
View ArticleRetro Review: ACES: IRON EAGLE III (1992)
ACES: IRON EAGLE III(US - 1992)Directed by John Glen. Written by Kevin Elders. Cast: Louis Gossett, Jr., Rachel McLish, Paul Freeman, Horst Buchholz, Christopher Cazenove, Sonny Chiba, Fred Dalton...
View ArticleIn Theaters: RICHARD JEWELL (2019)
RICHARD JEWELL (US - 2019)Directed by Clint Eastwood. Written by Billy Ray. Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Sam Rockwell, Kathy Bates, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde, Nina Arianda, Ian Gomez, Dylan Kussman, Niko...
View ArticleIn Theaters: BOMBSHELL (2019)
BOMBSHELL(US/Canada - 2019)Directed by Jay Roach. Written by Charles Randolph. Cast: Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman, Margot Robbie, John Lithgow, Allison Janney, Malcolm McDowell, Kate McKinnon, Connie...
View ArticleIn Theaters: UNCUT GEMS (2019)
UNCUT GEMS(US - 2019)Directed by Josh & Benny Safdie. Written by Ronald Bronstein and Josh & Benny Safdie. Cast: Adam Sandler, Lakeith Stanfield, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Idina Menzel, Eric...
View ArticleI Watched These So You Don't Have To: THE TEN WORST FILMS OF 2019
2019 offered no shortage of cinematic dumpster fires, so much so that this year's Ten Worst list features 14 titles, with one spot holding a four-way tie. Congratulations to Bruce Willis and Nicolas...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: THE KILL TEAM (2019) and DANGER CLOSE (2019)
THE KILL TEAM(Spain/US - 2019)If the title THE KILL TEAM sounds vaguely familiar, that's because it's also the name of an acclaimed 2014 documentary by filmmaker Dan Krauss, chronicling a war crimes...
View ArticleIn Theaters: THE GRUDGE (2020)
THE GRUDGE (US - 2020)Written and directed by Nicolas Pesce. Cast: Andrea Riseborough, Demian Bichir, John Cho, Jacki Weaver, Lin Shaye, Betty Gilpin, Frankie Faison, William Sadler, Tara Westwood,...
View ArticleRetro Review: ANGEL (1984), AVENGING ANGEL (1985) and ANGEL III: THE FINAL...
ANGEL(US - 1984)Directed by Robert Vincent O'Neil. Written by Robert Vincent O'Neil and Joseph M. Cala. Cast: Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, Donna Wilkes, John Diehl, Elaine...
View ArticleOn Blu-ray/DVD: A MILLION LITTLE PIECES (2019) and CROWN VIC (2019)
A MILLION LITTLE PIECES(US - 2019)Remember James Frey's bestselling 2003 memoir A Million Little Pieces? The makers of this belated big-screen adaptation would probably prefer you didn't. A harrowing...
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