Although I've always been aware of the Buffy projects, both feature as well as TV, I'd never had the time or inclination to visit them.
The release of Fox's Blu-ray of the feature last October, finally made it way to my screening room, and I found it an interesting conundrum.
The film was very...
As Marilyn Monroe's penultimate film, and her last in color, and her final completed film for Fox (her final work was the extraordinary The Misfits, which should not be missed), it has an interesting place in history.
Great film?
Not by a long shot.
But...
There's treasure to be mined here...
My Gal Sal is another musical from the notorious Fox three-strip Technicolor library.
But this one is different.
Whether by chance, or by some other means, this one allows us to see many of the gorgeous Technicolor attributes of the era. It could be far better, but one would need elements...
Timothy E
The Post 4K UHD Review
What would happen if the U.S. government challenged the freedom of the press? This actually happened during the Nixon administration, even before the Watergate scandal. The Post features Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep in the true story of the Washington...
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Last Man on Earth Season 2 Available on DVD now
Last Man on Earth Season 3 Available on DVD now
Life In Pieces Season 1 Available on DVD now
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Fresh Off The...
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Make no mistake. Hilda Crane, which Twilight Time is now offering on Blu-ray, is a soap opera.
But it's a good one.
With a screenplay by Philip Dunne, (How Green Was My Valley, The Last of the Mohicans, Forever Amber) and derived from the play by Samson Raphaelson, there's meat on the bones...
Strange thoughts were going through my head, as I viewed Fox's beautiful new 4k of Red Sparrow, as directed by Francis Lawrence.
One must acknowledge early on, that when the lead actress, in TV interviews, spends no time discussing the import of her work on the film, or how it affects our...
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Neil Middlemiss
Maze Runner: The Death Cure Blu-Ray Review
If you can get past the unconvincing central premise (of an evil corporation spending what must have been billions on elaborate Maze facilities and tests for potential cure-holding youth), there’s enough to invest in and like from...
Philip Dunne's 1959 Blue Denim, was based upon the play by James Leo Herlihy & William Noble, and brought from stage to screen two of the leads, Carol Lynley and Warren Berlinger.
Young Brandon de Wilde was added to the teen mix for the Fox production.
The concept of teen pregnancy had to be...
Wes Ball's Death Cure, the final installment in the Maze Runner YA series, proves two things once again.
First, that even terrible films, even when prepared for IMAX exhibition, can look superb via 4k Blu-ray...
and second, that some films are best left in screenplay form, never to come before...
Neil Middlemiss
The Post Blu-ray Review
The Post is in part a rumination on the importance of a free press as told through the prism of a particular and defining moment in America’s history. It’s also a story about the people who explore and define their relationships with each other and...
Neil Middlemiss
The Greatest Showman Blu-ray Review
The Greatest Showman is a simple story of rising against adversity and reaching to claim your rightful place in the world. It tells its story at a lightning-fast pace that jubilantly sweeps you up in the joy of the world and characters it...
Neil Middlemiss
Legion: The Complete First Season Blu-Ray Review
A magnificent mind-trip of a show, Legion takes the rules of filmed superhero media, crushes them underfoot, and rewrites them with a giddy confidence. It’s genius at every turn, with casting choices, plot choices...
The Greatest Showman, is a terrific piece of cinema, and one of my favorite films of 2017.
It follows the birth of The Greatest Show on Earth, and it's creator, one, Phineas T. Barnum.
Filled with almost constant motion, it's a beautifully crafted production, which is shown to great advantage...
Variety says Fox Searchlight is creating a new label for genre films, and Guillermo del Toro has signed a new overall deal with them in the wake of The Shape of Water's success:
http://variety.com/2018/film/news/-del-toro-fox-searchlight-deal-1202742577/
This would normally make a lot of...
Neil Middlemiss
The Shape of Water Blu-ray Review
The Shape of Water is del Toro’s most sure-handed film and his most assured direction. He demonstrates a delighting command of story, characters, and period details. The unfolding of his ‘Beauty and the Beast’ story is flawlessly explored...
Roy Ward Baker began his career in the British film industry, working in various capacities, including AD on The Lady Vanishes (1937).
After I'll Never Forget You, he made the move to the Colonies for six years or so, staying with Fox for the period. He's return to the UK, for one of his best...
Twilight Time has released two police dramas, The New Centurions, directed by Richard Fleischer (1972), and The Seven-Ups, by first-time director Philip D'Antoni (1973).
Centurions was based upon the novel by Joseph Wambaugh.
They make an interesting pair.
Both are worth viewing, while...
Neil Middlemiss
The Handmaid's Tale Season One Blu-ray Review
Politically poignant, The Handmaid’s Tale is compelling, heartbreaking, enraging and angering television. A superb production supports a top-rate cast, led by Elizabeth Moss’ outstanding performance. It’s a cry against the savage...