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Mary Harron's American Psycho is a wonderful, and interesting tribute to what is percevied as the male psyche, hormonal or otherwise. The great Mr. Ebert hit the nail on the head with his 2000 review: "It's just as well a woman directed "American Psycho." She's transformed a novel about...

This should be the Halloween that fans have been waiting for since CED and VHS days, and it's higher in quality than either. John Carpenter's original 1978, low-budget horror masterpiece, has arrived on 4k, courtesy of Lionsgate's program of newly harvesting images of their catalog titles...

Francis Coppola's Tucker: A Man and His Dream (1988), surprised me upon its original release with a superb performance by an un-billed actor, Lloyd Bridges. A nice touch. Father and son would appear together again in 1994, in Blown Away. Tucker is less a filmed biography, and more a...

Not certain how to precisely categorize Robert Wiene's Hereditary. It's rather placid for the first hour. Certainly no horror. A bit of "huh, what's going on..." That slowly builds as absolute dread begins to set in around the 90 minute mark, as Toni Collette and Alex Wolff begin to move to...

Any cinephile worth his or her salt, readily knows when they're viewing a film created by someone with an unbridled, knowledge of the cinema. Of the technical attributes of film. And how to best use them. Paul Schrader knows his cinema. He's been at it for a few years. For those who may not...

For transparency's sake, let it be known, as I write these few words, that I'm a huge fan of Dan Simmons, and find it odd that nowhere in the packaging of this 3-disc set is there any mention of his novel as the basis of the series. If you've not read the book, now is your chance. That noted...

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In their continuing offering of original Vestron productions, Lionsgate is releasing spine numbers 15 and 16, Beyond Re-Animator (2003), directed by Brian Yuzna, and Dagon (2001), Directed by Stuart Gordon. Interestingly, more for the former than the latter, both were shot in Spain. Both have...

Having checked the spelling of the title three times, I believe I've gotten it correct. John Curran's Chappaquiddick is one of those films, that while viewing it, I wondered why anyone bothered. It's a retelling in feature form, of the horrific accident that occurred on the Cape, back in 1969...

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Todd Erwin Early Man Blu-ray Review Aardman Animation’s latest feature, Early Man¸ arrived with little fanfare in US theatres this past February, dwarfed by the runaway hit Marvel’s Black Panther and grossing just under $9 million domestically. Lionsgate brings the film to Blu-ray with an...

Stallone Schwarzenegger Escape Plan Viewers should know where this is going. But the film, which was not well reviewed, is a decent prison break-out drama / action thriller. And Mr. Stallone (nominated for a Razzie for his performance in 2014) and Mr. Schwarzenegger are in top form. I was...

Lionsgate's new 4k Blu-ray of The Hurricane Heist, has a terrific, pounding Dolby Atmos track, that's beautifully mixed. Photographed with an Arri Alexa 65, allows for a nicely rendered 4k disc. Bring an extra dose of suspension of disbelief with you, and some may enjoy the chase...

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Liam Neeson is The Commuter, directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (Non-Stop, Run All Night, The Shallows), and the film is a perfect Collet-Sera / Neeson take on one of the best mystery thrillers, Murder on the Orient Express. It's a quality whodunit, with digital style to spare. As a 4k UHD mit HDR...

Leave it to Lionsgate, which has an exemplary reputation with their 4k UHD releases, to give us Scott Cooper's Hostiles, as photographed by Masanobu Takayanagi... on 35mm Eastman stock, in Panavision, and finished in 4k. Along with its DTS-HD MA 5.1 track, expect a magnificent home theater...

Knowing, directed by Alex Proyas, is an interesting sci-fi / thriller. In 1959, a young girl contributes a strange page of numbers to a school time capsule, while her classmates draw pictures for inclusion. 2009, the capsule is opened, and the tale begins. What did the young schoolgirl know...

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California natives Eshom and Ian Nelms, brothers who write and direct together, are a likable pair. Genuine film fans who seem giddy, even after several short films and features under their belt, to call filmmaking what they do for a living. Like all moviemakers worth watching, they combine...

Going in, one must be aware that this is a Ken Russell film, which sets it apart from anything routine. And it's not The Boy Friend. In an odd way, I almost see it as a continuation of his Omnibus television work - Song of Summer, Dante's Inferno. Produced basically on (in) a single set, on a...

If you're seeking a pleasant evening of torturous cinematic escapism, and La La Land or Beauty and the Beast don't seem to fill that bill, Jigsaw, now available from Lionsgate, may fill that void. The next installment in the ever-pleasant Saw journey, that arrived back in 2003, with James Wan's...

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I'm a fan of David Mackenzie's Hell or High Water, and was greatly appreciative of the original Blu-ray release, which arrived late in 2016. Some fifteen months later, Lionsgate has re-issued the film, now as part of their 4k program. Here's what I'm seeing. The original Blu-ray, based upon...

As a huge fan of westerns, I had high hopes that Jared Moshe's The Ballad of Lefty Brown, might be a high spot for the genre in modern terms. It's a small film, with a extremely insular cast, with the exception of a couple of sequences with a medium sized group of onlookers and involved actors...

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