Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 2nd, 2018
“Mutation: it is the key to our evolution. It has enabled us to evolve from a single-celled organism into the dominant species on the planet. This process is slow, and normally taking thousands and thousands of years. But every few hundred millennia, evolution leaps forward.” Fox is taking full advantage of their version of the […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on August 20th, 2018
“We take a look back at the films that helped shape, change, and innovate the world of documentary.” Between the rise of streaming services like Netflix and the growing number of nonfiction films making noise at the box office, documentaries have never been hotter…or more accessible. At the very least, they certainly don’t feel like […]
Posted in No Huddle by Dan Holland on May 13th, 2018
Volume four of Film Movement’s Festival Favorites series features three films with female leads. While these certainly aren’t the worst films I have seen, the pacing of each of these films make them hard to watch; So Bright is the View especially. Each film has a significant social critique that might be worth the watch […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Dan Holland on January 3rd, 2018
“Backslidin’, how do you do? These slippery people gonna see you through.” It has been a long while since I have witnessed a pop song’s lyrics fit so poetically into a feature film. “Slippery People” is a track off the groundbreaking Talking Heads album, Speaking in Tongues, released in 1983. Not only does this song […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on October 4th, 2017
“This may seem a peculiar request…but could someone explain why I’m here?” That question is posed slurred by Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp’s perpetually sloshed swashbuckler, during his very first appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Given that this is the fifth film in a faded franchise — and that Depp probably needs the money — […]
Posted in The Reel World by Dan Holland on September 29th, 2017
“Backslidin’, how do you do? These slippery people gonna see you through.” It has been a long while since I have witnessed a pop song’s lyrics fit so poetically into a feature film. “Slippery People” is a track off the groundbreaking Talking Heads album, Speaking in Tongues, released in 1983. Not only does this song […]
Posted in The Reel World by J C on May 26th, 2017
“This may seem a peculiar request…but could someone explain why I’m here?” That question is posed slurred by Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp’s perpetually sloshed swashbuckler, during his very first appearance in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales. Given that this is the fifth film in a faded franchise — and that Depp […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Jeremy Butler on December 8th, 2016
It was rumored from the very beginning that George Miller was considering a black & white format for the film. There are box office risks associated with such a brave choice. We’re hearing some of the same thoughts coming out of the Logan shoot. The nice thing about the sophistication of home video today is […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 13th, 2016
“Everything they’ve built will fall! And from the ashes of their world, we’ll build a better one!” Since Disney has taken over The Bullpen at Marvel, they have had an unprecedented run of successful comic book superhero films. During that same time DC/Warner has had trouble finding a direction for their cinematic universe. But the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Jeremy Butler on September 12th, 2016
I have a new opinion, newly formed, that Tyler Labine is underrated, because it goes without question that his performance was the crown jewel of Mountain Men, a story about two estranged brothers who find themselves without a vehicle, trapped in the winter wilderness, and must trek their way back to civilization. This movie features […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on September 1st, 2016
Modernizing Sherlock Holmes has been a popular trend in film and television lately. We have seen two slick action film adaptations courtesy of Guy Ritchie, a contemporary BBC adaptation (Sherlock), and now there is Elementary, which transplants Sherlock Holmes and his loyal companion Watson from Victorian Era England to modern New York. We might be a […]
Posted in The Reel World by Gino Sassani on May 28th, 2016
“Everything they’ve built will fall! And from the ashes of their world, we’ll build a better one!” Since Disney has taken over The Bullpen at Marvel, they have had an unprecedented run of successful comic book superhero films. During that same time DC/Warner has had trouble finding a direction for their cinematic universe. But the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on February 22nd, 2016
“Peering out from the dark shadows of America’s death row are the faces of evil. The faces of murderers. Men and women who commot the most heinous of crimes. Some elude capture for years, even decades. But eventually, these lowest forms of humanity find themselves on death row awaiting their final fate… execution.” There appears […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on January 8th, 2016
“The techniques change, the victims change but it’s still a question, “How do these things happen? How are they institutionalized?” “I was just following orders.” It was the plea heard by too many of the Nazi war criminals during their trials following World War II. It wasn’t enough to spare them the consequences of their […]
Posted in Contests, Expired Contests by Gino Sassani on October 19th, 2015
Those wacky nuts at Troma just couldn’t resist cutting in on our 31 Nights Of Terror celebration. We’ve got Lloyd Kaufman to thank for the copy of Madcow we have to give away to one lucky Upcomingdiscs winner. Part man. Part cow. Udderly crazy! This one might end up becoming a valuable rare item. Or […]
Posted in No Huddle by Archive Authors on September 29th, 2015
Dennis Hopper was probably a friend of James Dean, since he appeared in two of Dean’s three films, Giant and Rebel Without a Cause. It’s hard to tell about Hopper, because he went through so many changes over the years. In the fifties and early sixties, he was clean-cut and quiet. After Dean’s death he […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Jeremy Butler on September 3rd, 2015
It is one of the most anticipated movies of the summer and another subject in the category of “can Tom Hardy do no wrong?” Mad Max: Fury Road is the reimagining of the iconic film that helped launch Mel Gibson’s career decades earlier. This is not new territory in Hollywood by any stretch of the […]
Posted in No Huddle by William O'Donnell on August 28th, 2015
In 1887, readers of the popular periodical Beeton’s Christmas Annual were to receive quite a special treat. There wasn’t much fanfare or hype to the event. Inside the pages of the magazine was a story called A Study In Scarlet. It was a detective story, perhaps like many published before, except for the detective himself, […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by J C on August 24th, 2015
Today, the term “blue collar comedy” is likely to conjure images of rednecks and Larry the Cable Guy. However, this new double feature from Shout! Factory reminds us that wasn’t always the case. The heroes of Easy Money and Men at Work are, respectively, a sleazy children’s photographer and a pair of rebellious garbage men, […]
Posted in The Reel World by Jeremy Butler on May 15th, 2015
It is one of the most anticipated movies of the summer and another subject in the category of can Tom Hardy do no wrong? Mad Max: Fury Road is the reimagining of the iconic film that helped launch Mel Gibson’s career decades earlier. This is not new territory in Hollywood by any stretch of the […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on February 17th, 2015
“Three years ago brash billionaire daredevil Sly Baron vowed to make space tourism a reality. Today his lucky passengers are boldly going where none of them have been before. No, not Delaware…space.” It’s a new frontier for the Scooby gang, but not the final one to be sure. Scooby Doo has spanned generations and over […]
Posted in No Huddle by J C on January 26th, 2015
“Hello, please allow me to observe you working.” A sign bearing those words hangs inside Studio Ghibli, the Japanese animation factory responsible for films like Grave of the Fireflies and My Neighbor Totoro. It’s one of many polite directives that adorn the airy workspace, but it also describes the mission of The Kingdom of Dreams […]
Posted in Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on January 13th, 2015
The internet is destroying everything. It seems crazy, but it’s true, and most people know it. I mean that so many businesses have been destroyed by the tremendous growth of the internet and its insidious and unchecked influence. The newspaper business, music business, broadcast business and probably the movie business have been fundamentally and permanently […]
Posted in No Huddle by Gino Sassani on October 25th, 2014
The Mentalist was once the highest rated drama on television. There was a lot to like here, as I’ll discuss throughout this review. But I think most of us had gotten a little sick and tired of the Red John story. The show milked the single case for over five years, and the fan base […]
Posted in The Reel World by Archive Authors on October 17th, 2014
The internet is destroying everything. It seems crazy, but it’s true, and most people know it. I mean that so many businesses have been destroyed by the tumorous growth of the internet and its insidious and unchecked influence. The newspaper business, music business, broadcast business and probably the movie business have been fundamentally and permanently […]
