Here are our latest reviews of films on DVD.
Reviews of Classic Films
Badlands
Cole Smithey @ ColeSmithey.com
- Excerpt: [VIDEO ESSAY] Terrence Malick’s self-penned feature debut is a haunting road movie pitched in ‘50s Americana. The film’s razor-sharp tone of poetic irony is unique. Its inquisitive mood and regard for natural imagery suggest a childish quest for a utopia that already exists but somehow goes unrecognized.
Bang The Drum Slowly
Sarah D Bunting @ Tomato Nation
The Bold and Brave
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
- Excerpt: Even if The Bold and the Brave might not be good enough to be accorded classic status, it’s worth seeing as a high point in a very long career. In the best of his performances, Mickey Rooney conveyed his own experiences as someone who knew well both the pinnacle of success and the depth of failure.
Cairo Road
Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: A worthy deep cut from the archives of British crime cinema.
Cry Danger
Stacia Kissick Jones @ ClassicFlix
The Death of Maria Malibran
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Eika Katappa
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Happy Mother’s Day, Love George
Roderick Heath @ This Island Rod
- Excerpt: The lone feature film directed by TV star Darren McGavin, Happy Mother’s Day, Love George is something of a lost, unpolished gem amidst the enormous panoply of ‘70s horror cinema.
The Immortal Story
Jamie S. Rich @ Criterion Confessions
- Excerpt: Clocking in at barely an hour, Orson Welles made the film for French television, and it was intended to be part of a longer anthology of Dinesen adaptations…What remains, then, is a short curiosity in the great director’s canon, far from his best work and possibly the most dispassionate movie he ever directed.
Impact
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Man in the Dark
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Paid
Dennis Schwartz @ Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Run Lola Run
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Werid Movies
- Excerpt: Stylized within a heartbeat of its life, ‘Lola’ is as proudly and defiantly artificial as Franka Potente’s Strawberry-Shortcake-with-her-head-on-fire dye job.
Recent Home Video Releases
Bad Milo
Gregory J. Smalley @ 366 Weird Movies
- Excerpt: By being more thoughtful and probing than the usual movie about butt-monsters, it passes up a lot of scatological opportunities, which may explain why it failed to wow the midnight movie crowds. This is a case where the movie might benefit from a less tasteful approach.
Bastards
Laura Clifford @ Reeling Reviews
- Excerpt: [Denis]’s story shards are so refracted there is no emotional stake to grasp onto
Confession of Murder
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Dark House
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
The Hidden Fortress
Matthew Sorrento @ Film International
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
Monster High: Frights, Camera, Action!
M. Enois Duarte @ High-Def Digest.com
Throne of Blood
Matthew Sorrento @ Film International
Too Sane for This World
MaryAnn Johanson @ FlickFilosopher.com
- Excerpt: An enlightening portrait of 12 adults from across the autistic spectrum that sheds some much needed light on a subculture that could do with some demystifying.
A Touch of Sin
Peter Nellhaus @ Coffee Coffee and more Coffee
Other Reviews from 2012 and earlier
Choses Secrètes
Paulo Peralta @ CinEuphoria [Portuguese]
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Jean-François Vandeuren @ Panorama-cinema.com [French]
