A dull, barely coherent cop movie gets a decent Blu-ray transfer. Skip it.
Adam Sandler uses an entire film to let his loyal fans know that he thinks they’re all a bunch of stupid assholes.
If you’ve got genuine New York gum stuck to the bottom of your shoe, chances are Dito Montiel wants to shoot it.
Any native of a downtrodden city will tell you that there’s an undeniably authentic quality to the work here.
It packs a wealth of caring and admiration for its subject without ever feeling sanctimonious, showy, or overly nostalgic.
Essential in the truest sense of the word.
Robert De Niro and Al Pacino share countless scenes together but don’t develop anything more than a clichéd cop-duo rapport.
Cruising is not nearly as ambiguous as William Friedkin thinks.
Inanity and incompetence form an imposing tag team in 88 Minutes, the current favorite for 2008’s dumbest movie.
This is a spotty but interesting early Al Pacino vehicle that rewards another look.
The film is less failed vanity project than it is an often sensitive and rather death-obsessed character study.
Rather than settling the score on a supposedly misunderstood film, this deluxe edition only turns up the heat on its controversial bad self.
Why Cruising? Why now?
To call the Ocean’s films frivolous would be kind, implying that these arduous concoctions are somehow light on their proverbial feet.
A sample of ’70s grit worth reviving, though anybody fiending for a fix of extras will be worse off than the film’s craven addicts.
American film in the ’70s extracted much of its power from documenting the fallout from the dreams of the ’60s.
It’s worth considering where The Sopranos fits in the pantheon of great mob stories that have been committed to film.
In its own way, the film is just as stylized a take on the crime genre as something like Warren Beatty’s Dick Tracy.
“Push It to the limit” goes one song in the film and Brian De Palma wilfully obliges.
In fighting off waves of melancholy over Deadwood’s premature demise, it’s helpful to reflect on the improbability of the show’s existence.