Here are our latest reviews of films for home viewing.
Pre-2023 Film Reviews
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: It is good to know that Bud and Lou love their mummy dearest.
All My Children (1963)
- Excerpt: For those seeking a film that combines historical depth with emotional resonance, “All My Children” is a remarkable work that remains relevant and profoundly moving. It is, without a doubt, a must-watch for anyone interested in Japanese cinema or the human stories of wartime.
Bad Bird (2020)
- Excerpt: Despite the aforementioned issues, upon which one could also add the extensive duration, “Bad Bird” emerges as a very interesting film within its rawness, and also invigoratingly erotic and entertaingly titlating.
Basmati Blues (2017)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: I found Basmati Blues had its heart in the right place. It just did not have good execution.
Brick (2019)
- Excerpt: Some minor issues here and there do exist in “Brick”, but as a whole, the movie is excellent, with its visuals and multileveled narrative paving the way.
The Crow (1994)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: All the elements in The Crow work well, more so given the difficult situation the film faced. One hopes that Brandon Lee can rest in peace knowing that The Crow has granted him immortality.
Dead Ringers (1988)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: With an exceptionally strong central performance and a strange premise, Dead Ringers does wonderful work in its dark tale.
Don’t Look Now (1973)
- Excerpt: The screenplay for Don’t Look Now, adapted by Allan Scott and Chris Bryant from a 1971 Daphne du Maurier short story of the same name, preserves the spirit of the story while making a number of strategic changes appropriate to a cinematic treatment.
Festival (1996)
- Excerpt: “Festival” has some unique aspects, as in the presentation of the funeral rituals, the concept of rebirth and the mixing of various styles, but in the end, it is a film that lacks impact, to the point that it becomes dull after a fashion, despite the many episodes included.
Invasion of the Bee Girls (1973)
Michael Barrett @ PopMatters.com
- Excerpt: She methodically rounds up the science widows and forcibly subjects them to a bee-covered makeover from which they emerge with enormously long mascara’d eyelashes, huge black eyeballs, and compound-eye bee-vision, which the camera adopts now and then for psychedelics’ sake.
Jurassic Park (1993)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Jurassic Park will continue to thrill viewers with its mix of brilliant special effects, moments of horror and humor and John Williams’ score.
Jurassic Park III (2001)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Far from being tense and exciting, Jurassic Park III was dumb and laughable.
The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
Rick Aragon @ Rick’s Texan Reviews
- Excerpt: Sluggish, dull and at times illogical, The Lost World should have remained lost.
Swaying Mariko (2017)
- Excerpt: “Swaying Mariko” is definitely a film that manages to stand out of the majority of indie productions, through Segawa’s very interesting and entertaining look upon his subject, both aesthetically and technically.
Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High (2016)
- Excerpt: “Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High” is a very entertaining film that manages to combine comedy with meaningful parody and politics, in a visually stunning package.
Under Eighteen (1931)
Dennis Schwartz Schwartz @ dennisschwartzreviews.com
- Excerpt: Pleasing class conscious Depression-era dramedy.
