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The Amateur is based on a 1981 spy novel, but it feels like the elevator pitch was “What if pitch was “What if...
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“Strange talking to someone who knows so bout you when you know so little about them…” Are you yearning for a taut retro...
With the release of Tron: Ares, there is no better time to revisit the groundbreaking 1982 grandfather of CGI, Tron, and its 2010...
Somewhere in the special features 60th anniversary release of The Sound of Music (you can also find it on across all physical and digital...
The Amateur is based on a 1981 spy novel, but it feels like the elevator pitch was “What if pitch was “What if...
Nightwatch Nightwatch is a classic Euro-thriller: dripping in atmosphere, a thick layer of social commentary, and far more concerned with evoking a...
Certain classic westerns are more than films, they are the archetypes for entire story tropes. The formal basis for dozens of pastiches, parodies, and...
Superman is a film that takes big swings: it is looking to re-establish Superman and his world to the contemporary audience, introduce producer/director James...
As Marvel Studios continue to try to correct course, we are introduced to Marvel’s first family four years after their fateful mission changed them...
“You will taste the sweet pain of death. We will make beautiful music together.” – Remmick (Jack O’Connell) I sure had the...
Written by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi Published by BearManor Media Anybody who has ever seen Eddie Murphy in movies, on television, or even in concert,...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
BIGGER AND BADDER! … Over 50 years since the Blaxploitation subgenre dominated the 1970s film scene, Shout! Studios is excited to release even more...
Proving the old adage that what comes around goes around, The Philadelphia Story was originally a Broadway play, then an Oscar-winning motion picture, then...
The Conjuring, the 2013 New Line Cinema supernatural horror film from filmmaker James Wan is available now for purchase Digitally in 4K Ultra HD...
Since his foray into the superhero genre, James Gunn has been praised for his Guardians of the Galaxy films, his take on The Suicide...
I should love this film. Except… I am so mad at Gareth Edwards. I am so angry at David Koepp. I am extremely disappointed...
Lethal Weapon was one of my dad’s favorite movies. He didn’t have many, and another one was Curly Sue, so I don’t know what...
What happens when movies become “content,” and the art of discovery is reduced to a scroll? In Lost in the Stream: How Algorithms Redefined...
Before Dangerous Minds, Freedom Writers, or whatever the latest “tough teacher saves troubled teens” movie is, there was Lean on Me—a no-nonsense, bat-wielding,...
For most of my life, I have associated the name of Blake Edwards with comedies, and with Julie Andrews. 1962’s Experiment in Terror is...
Whew. This movie is A LOT. Before he gave us bat nipples or the greatest incel, white privilege movie of the 90s, Falling Down,...
If there’s anything that makes you appreciate the Warner Archive, it’s the combined efforts of Senior Vice President of Theatrical Catalog Marketing at Warner...
First off, M3GAN 2.0 has no right to be as good as it is. This film is an utter romp of a time that...
ORIGINS & INFLUENCES — THE SUMMER THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING In the summer of 1975, I was six years old — already obsessed with monsters,...
Steven Spielberg’s deeply personal, slightly voyeuristic 2022 drama The Fabelmans ends with a killer coda: a 16-year-old wannabe filmmaker gets five surreal minutes with...
JAWS is 50 this year. It is also the 10th anniversary of the death of my father. I mention this because he hated JAWS....
JAWS, unquestionably the most watchable film of all time, still attracts new fans every year five decades after it’s original release. As a born...