Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD from 2011 and earlier.
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Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: constantly fresh, surprising and amusing… “1” is baffling, but its surprises are almost always rewarding.
26 Vues du Pic Saint Loup
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Airport 1975
Phil Hall @ FilmSnobbery.com
America, America
Marcio Sallem @ Em Cartaz [Portuguese]
As Long as You’ve Got Your Health
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
- Excerpt: …an anthology picture, featuring a quartet of lengthy skits showcasing the clown’s penchant for visual gags and physical slapstick…As Long as You’re Healthy is presented as pure entertainment, framed only by the conceit that we, as the audience, are watching it in our own theater.
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Roderick Heath @ Ferdy on Films
- Excerpt: This collaboration between Russ Meyer, who had risen slowly from independent sexploitation productions to signing a three-picture contract with 20th Century Fox, and Roger Ebert, a Midwestern film nerd with a literate intelligence blended with hip, ruthless wit that was later carefully leavened by his later persona as cuddly advocate, could only have happened in 1970.
Brother Bear & Brother Bear 2
- Excerpt: Though not widely recognized as it, Brother Bear is one of Disney Animation’s best movies from the early 2000s. It may be derivative, but it’s a plenty entertaining film on its own merits.
Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Kenji Fujishima @ My Life, at 24 Frames Per Second
Cromwell
Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: ‘Cromwell’ is an entertaining and substantial ride through a great epoch, but the great film about that epoch is yet to be made.
The Evil Dead [1981]
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: A great, genuinely unnerving horror movie.
Four Sons
Andrew Wyatt @ Gateway Cinephiles
- Excerpt: In addition to Ford’s astonishing ease with a complex, world-spanning story, it’s the terrific little moments that make Four Sons a pleasure, turning run-of-the-mill Silent Era drama into something more indelible.
Gigante
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The Hidden Dimension
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
The Human Centipede (First Sequence)
Phil Hall @ FilmSnobbery.com
In Old Chicago
Phil Hall @ FilmSnobbery.com
Jurassic Park
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: [Looks] better not only than effects-driven movies of the same period, but better, frankly, than half of what gets released nowadays.
Jurassic Park III
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: More than half an hour shorter than The Lost World, so at least there’s a lot less of it to suffer through.
Land of Milk and Honey
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
Last Chants for a Slow Dance
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Le Grand Amour
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
Life and Times of Hank Greenberg
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Tim Brayton @ Antagony & Ecstasy
- Excerpt: Readily the worst thing Steven Spielberg has ever made.
Mean Streets
Ministry of Fear
Matthew Sorrento @ Film International
The Murderer Lives At Number 21
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
The Parent Trap
Betty Jo Tucker @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Portrait of Jason
Phil Hall @ Film Threat
Primer
Donald Levit @ ReelTalk Movie Reviews
The River’s Edge (1986)
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Shallow Grave
Jean-François Vandeuren @ Panorama-cinema.com [French]
Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
Success is the Best Revenge
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston
Sarah D Bunting @ Tomato Nation
The Wild Cat
Joshua Brunsting @ The CriterionCast
You Only Live Twice
Dustin Freeley @ Movies About Gladiators.com
- Excerpt: Bond’s inconsequential death somehow leads him to Asia, where he either illustrates American racism or diplomacy mending.
Yoyo
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
- Excerpt: Great comedy always has a bit of sadness, and Pierre Étaix is a clown who has the soul of a poet. Laughter is a sign of one’s health and humanity, and like the character he portrayed, this performer’s commitment to entertaining others, regardless of where he pursued it, was never more obvious or essential.
