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The jungle drums are pounding once more—The New Adventures of Tarzan (1935) has swung onto Blu-ray, freshly restored in HD by Film Masters as...
I grew up in a lower middle-class household in an upper middle-class neighborhood in Northern Kentucky but spent quite a bit of my teenage...
Full disclosure: while running an Olympic-themed movie competition in 2024, your humble FOG! correspondent was pleased (and a bit confused) to discover the surprisingly...
I always find the hardest reviews to write are the ones where I am neither passionately enamored with the film, nor I am livid...
As the year draws to a close, the obligatory family blockbusters are beginning to be released in a bid to lure in audiences seeking...
On Blu-ray for the first time, 2016’s Little Boxes, directed by Rob Meyer, is a poignant yet understated exploration of race, identity, and...
The first season of Ted dives into the hilarious and heartfelt origins of John Bennett’s iconic friendship with his living teddy bear, Ted....
Mike Flanagan’s 2016 Hush feels like a cinematic exercise to create the purest thriller possible: a collection of set pieces with minimal dialogue and...
Top Cat is a classic animated series that captivated audiences with its sharp humor, memorable characters, and jazzy style. Premiering in 1961, the...
Every stew needs a pinch of salt, but you can’t make a stew out of salt. That culinary metaphor may seem an incongruous...
The first season of Knuckles unfolds as a spin-off set in the Sonic the Hedgehog cinematic universe, blending humor, action, and lore. It focuses...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...
Succession is a gripping drama that delves into the cutthroat world of the Roy family, whose members are locked in a fierce battle...
Thanksgiving is a strange bird: where comedy and the slasher genre have coexisted since Wes Craven’s Scream in 1996, generally the humor is...
Young Sheldon serves as both a prequel and an expansion of The Big Bang Theory, offering a deeper understanding of Sheldon Cooper’s formative years...
“Gathered together from the cosmic reaches of the universe, here in this great Hall of Justice, are the most powerful forces of good...
Evil masterfully weaves together supernatural dread, psychological tension, and deeply personal stakes, creating a narrative that explores the intersection of good and evil...
After an unexpected reassignment, Secret Service agents Pete Lattimer (Eddie McClintock) and Myka Bering (Joanne Kelly), find themselves in the heart of South...
Collecting one of the better original animated movies and it’s sequel on Blu-ray for the first time, Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island marked a...
Before he played James Bond, Beau Maverick, Simon Templar (The Saint), or Brett Sinclair (The Persuaders!), Roger Moore played con man Silky Harris...
Anticipation has always been a double-edged sword in cinema. Even a fairly decent movie will have studios hoping that a second crack at the...
Alien: Romulus is almost everything you could want from a soft reboot of the Alien films: strong evocation of the production design and...
Belief. It is one of the cornerstones of religion. I am not religious. I was raised Fundamentalist Baptist and my family was kicked out...
Robert Harmon’s The Hitcher is one of the greatest horror films of the 1980’s, full stop. It’s also so much more. A dark...
Those who have been reading my reviews on this site for some time know my great affection for the work of Indonesian gore-king Timo...
American Movie is a painful watch. Usually that’s a dealbreaker. In the case of Chris Smith’s unflinching (but not unfeeling) 1999 documentary about Mark...
There are some fantasy, science fiction, and horror films that not every fan has caught. Not every film ever made has been seen by...