We’re certainly happy to revisit this favorite in 4K … Joe Dante’s Sci-fi comedy taps several genres and styles for laughs, and comes up a winner in every regard. Astronaut Dennis Quaid is the pilot for a ‘Fantastic Voyage’- like journey into micro-minidom, but his micro-sub ends up in the bloodstream of Martin Short, a…
We can’t say we were even aware of this one. Universal’s between-the-wars pacifist melodrama edges a bit into horror territory, with an insane Claude Rains walking through Paris with his baby under one arm and a satchel in the other … that might contain the body part mentioned in the title. Rains, Lionel Atwill and…
Pairing wine with movies! See the trailers and hear the fascinating commentary for these movies and many more at Trailers From Hell. This week, we pair wines with three films featuring monsters, and the spouses who love them. The Bride! puts an exclamation point on the title, possibly to indicate how much fun the critics…
Is it a classic? We think so. Organized crimeland is invaded by the New-Wavish visual grammar we associate with Alain Resnais. Thriller fans loved the bizarre stylized performance of Lee Marvin as Walker, a vengeful mob victim out to claim the 93 thousand dollars he’s owed. A crystal clear Los Angeles is the setting. Marvin…
Kino Lorber has a gem in this dazzling 4K remaster that gives Andrei Konchalovsky’s classic a new lease on life. Accessing prime film elements strips away a veneer of greyness and detail-dulling grain. The live-action no-CGI thrills feel even more like gritty reality. Jon Voight, Eric Roberts and Rebecca De Mornay are sensational. Investing in…
Quick, adapt this hit Broadway play for the screen! But remember the guidelines — you can’t directly say what the play is about or use certain words to describe its subject. In fact, you’ll need to eliminate direct references to the play’s strongest statement. The ‘tamed’ film adaption of Robert Anderson’s play gets the glossy…
A bizarre favorite returns in a crystal-clear 4K encoding. Michael Laughlin’s eccentric ‘Middle America’ horror item was actually filmed in New Zealand, yet eerily correct in every detail. Michael Murphy and Louise Fletcher top the cast list, but Dan Shor, Fiona Lewis and Dey Young all make strong impressions. In 1981 it was odd and…
Trailers From Hell Guru Allan Arkush’s The Last Reel video essay series rolls on with a look at the 1950s Western TV shows that Allan and everyone else watched constantly, with special shine given to The Lone Ranger, Roy Rogers, and Davy Crockett. Allan also examines where the shows were shot (Chatsworth), the toy gun…
Could there possibly be a reason that movies about evil rich people sacrificing and hunting the poor for their own enrichment and amusement are showing up in our cinemas right now? Amoral elites demonstrating a sort of ignoblesse oblige? A shout of “Yes, kings!” before they release the hounds? It is unfortunately above my paygrade…
