Turns out, Hammer was still making entertaining and even innovative films in the 1970s.
Back to the Future is one of the rare big-budget entertainments that’s improved with time.
For anyone who ever wanted to see Michael J. Fox playing Tracey Ullman, there’s Back to the Future Part II.
Doc Brown’s threatened time paradox is no match for the final installment’s dreary life lessons.
Hobson’s Choice is a superb addition to the Lean canon, and a charming and surprising selection by Criterion.
A colorful portrait of an enduring marriage gets the star treatment on DVD.
Shadows feels like a Beatnik relic, which gives it tremendous value.
People compare Cassavetes to jazz because his films are lively, vivid, and bursting with energy.
A patchy but worthy set for a classy star who deserved more exciting roles.
Even more surprisingly poignant and intelligent upon repeat viewings, Otto is attractively rough around the edges.
Dark scenes lack definition on this widescreen edition of Stone’s W.
This DVD joint isn’t very fat.
Smooching mannequins, campy tantrums, and repressed sexuality. And just in time for Valentine’s Day.
One of the great cherry bombs of cinema finally gets the release it deserves, even if its characters are still clamoring for their own.
Luis Buñuel’s mini-masterpiece has smitten Patti Smith and Monty Python. All that’s left now is the cult of Mel Gibson.
Did no one else involved in the making have a few words to spare?
Friday the 13th is the one that started them all, but that doesn’t necessarily make it any good, does it?
The film is more existential than mumblecore arthouse cinema, paring life down to the basics.
So bad it’s good, or so bad it’s mind-numbing? You decide.
Cox’s heartfelt take on the true-life relationship between Sid Vicious and Nancy Spungen could easily have been just another rock biopic.
It looks as though it was created in careless haste, and the print used on this DVD indicates tthat the film has been archived in an even bigger careless haste.