Triple H clearly understands that he shouldn’t force his line readings or try too hard for a traditional performance.
Perhaps the most irreconcilable and disturbing of all filmmakers, he possesses a sort of quiet mastery that doesn’t seem to be in vogue these days.
A nasty, cleverly revealed monster might have redeemed some of the monotony of the first (seemingly endless) hour.
An occasionally strange B-action programmer gets an indifferent American DVD transfer.
This beautiful but somewhat overpraised film gets the gorgeous transfer it deserves. Just don’t hold your breath for too many extras.
The film squanders its promise for the usual trite, bluntly written, and poorly staged testaments to love and family.
The film bungles a promising subject with an overreliance on suspiciously on-the-nose, thesis-spouting talking heads.
Bad Posture is uneven and minor, but it’s not without promise or appeal.
A competent barebones transfer of a horror film that deserves to win a wider audience among the Netflix crowd.
Midnight Movie has a surprisingly ambitious structure, as Hooper is aiming for the novelistic equivalent of the vérité approach that was so effective in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.
A wonderful, must-own transfer by the Criterion Collection of one of last year’s best films.
Writer-director Susan Streitfeld’s sluggish, amateurishly lit film reduces golf to a third banana.
An engagingly unassuming presentation of an effective yet disappointingly derivative shocker.
Colin Hanks is an oddly unappealing romantic hero, as he projects a disgruntled peevishness that can suggest malevolence.
An appropriately modest presentation of one of the year’s most unexpectedly charming movies.
Michael Tully is earnest and sincere, qualities that should not be taken for granted, but his self-consciousness cripples Septien.
Every scene is slowed to a crawl to emphasize the pounding doom, while the music ratchets the dread up even further.
A strong presentation of a film that could prove to be key in the evolution of a potentially major talent.
The skimpy extras are disappointing, but this gorgeous transfer of a horror classic is still a must-own.
Raw Faith’s portrayal of a person terrified and disgusted by what they see in their reflection is accurate and empathetic.