Davies’s harrowing, beautiful diptych of childhood under and in the wake of tyrannical patriarchy receives a definitive release from Arrow.
An obsessively detailed chronicle of obsession, Ridley Scott’s debut feature gets a sumptuous Blu-ray transfer from Shout! Factory.
Michael J. Bassett’s Solomon Kane distinguishes itself by not being a disastrously unwatchable mess, which is something.
U2’s involvement doesn’t make the film markedly worse beyond providing a seeming license to slack off in most aspects.
Singer’s twisty breakthrough is still worth a look on Blu-ray for both its minor, diabolical pleasures and the solid job MGM has done on the transfer.
An unadorned but felicitous release of one of the wittiest films of the 1980s.
As a chaser to Ben Affleck’s last offering of pungent Beantown brew, the film is a near-beer.
This release does little to make a new case for James and the Giant Peach as a rediscovered lost gem of the new animation golden age.
Inception is an ambitious, initially absorbing film that mutates into something unpleasantly unwieldy.
Franny Armstrong’s outsized ambitions threaten to dissipate some of the movie’s force.
With Distant Voices, Still Lives, Terence Davies exults cinema’s transformative powers past, present, and future.
This latest unnecessary remake of a minor horror flick lacks even the benefit of novelty.
It fluxes all right, from bad to the total pits.
A so-so J-Horror remake with an excellent performance by Jennifer Connelly.
Aeon Flux assumes an anti-establishment sci-fi façade in order to promote alarmist slippery-slope anti-science attitudes.
Jennifer Connelly soulfully pinpoints the fearful protectiveness of a mother confronting the possible loss of her offspring.
Constant Gardener is rather turgid and misguided for something that’s supposed to inspire self-righteous anger.
The transfer makes great use of the left and right speakers whenever water is splashing on screen or Kevin Spacey promises to drown.
The Usual Suspects has always kind of sat there, hoping that you’ll love it for its twist ending.
A top-notch DVD package from the folks at MGM Home Entertainment.