Category: Movies

Every Show’s Your Last Show | A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Warner Archive Blu-ray

A Prairie Home Companion (2006) - Lily Tomlin, Meryl Streep, & Lindsay Lohan

Robert Altman’s final film, completed and released to theaters just five months before his death, A Prairie Home Companion is generally considered a minor work from the legendary director, often relegated to a trivia note in his career, if not forgotten amidst his more popular and acclaimed successes. That fate is at least a little… Read More Every Show’s Your Last Show | A Prairie Home Companion (2006) Warner Archive Blu-ray

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Grabthar’s Hammer and the Suns of Warvan | Galaxy Quest (1999) 4K Ultra HD

Galaxy Quest (1999) - Tim Allen, Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver

Released at Christmas of 1999 as one of the very last movies of that decade, the science-fiction adventure spoof Galaxy Quest was a solid box office hit, if not quite one of the year’s huge blockbusters. Marketing for the film presented it as a goofy Tim Allen comedy vehicle, like The Santa Clause in outer… Read More Grabthar’s Hammer and the Suns of Warvan | Galaxy Quest (1999) 4K Ultra HD

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Wolverineing Is Hard | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 4K Ultra HD

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) - Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman

Universes and movie franchises collide in Deadpool & Wolverine, the blockbuster crossover that functions simultaneously as: 1) a trilogy-capping sequel to the popular Deadpool series, 2) the official merger of the X-Men (and some other less-loved stragglers) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and 3) the point where Disney gives up pretending that any of this… Read More Wolverineing Is Hard | Deadpool & Wolverine (2024) 4K Ultra HD

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You’re Dead, Honey | The Terminator (1984) 4K Ultra HD

The Terminator (1984) - Arnold Schwarzenegger

Five sequels, a couple TV spinoffs, and innumerable viewings later, The Terminator is no longer the same movie it was forty years ago. What started as a scrappy, low-budget thriller made by a relatively unknown young director desperate to prove himself, has transformed into the first cog in a popular and long-running franchise, as well… Read More You’re Dead, Honey | The Terminator (1984) 4K Ultra HD

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Be Careful How You Write It | All the President’s Men (1976) Blu-ray

All the President's Men (1976)

Looking back on it from the perspective of another particularly fraught moment in American history, the 1976 film adaptation of All the President’s Men feels both as timely and relevant as it ever has and, simultaneously, like an almost quaint artifact from an era in which truth and facts still had some currency in the… Read More Be Careful How You Write It | All the President’s Men (1976) Blu-ray

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Deathly Silence | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 4K Ultra HD

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)

If not the first horror movie ever made, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari was an early feature film to explore the macabre side of cinema. While exact records of its critical and financial reception back in 1920 are somewhat unreliable and often contradictory, the film proved highly influential on the development of the horror genre,… Read More Deathly Silence | The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920) 4K Ultra HD

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What Would You Prefer, Yellow Spandex? | X-Men (2000) Blu-ray

X-Men (2000) - Patrick Stewart & Hugh Jackman

While the cultural phenomenon of Batman ushered in a wave of comic book adaptations throughout the 1990s, the Caped Crusader’s own movie series burned out quickly and none of his imitators caught fire in quite the same way. As the new millennium approached, the genre waned once again, almost to the point of fading from… Read More What Would You Prefer, Yellow Spandex? | X-Men (2000) Blu-ray

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What’s Blood for If Not for Shedding? | Candyman (1992) Unrated Cut Blu-ray

Candyman (1992) - Virginia Madsen

In the fall of 1992, I was deep into a phase of Clive Barker fandom. I’d read all of the author’s books available to that point and watched both Hellraiser and Nightbreed often enough to put serious wear on my VHS copies. When a new movie based on a short story from one of Barker’s… Read More What’s Blood for If Not for Shedding? | Candyman (1992) Unrated Cut Blu-ray

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Too Much Dust in the Air | Hold Your Breath (2024) on Hulu

Hold Your Breath (2024) - Sarah Paulson

With a terrific sense of foreboding atmosphere and a strong lead performance from its star, the Hulu film Hold Your Breath nails two of the most important qualities necessary for any horror-thriller. By that measure, it’s a success. On the other hand, the further it goes, the story feels more and more familiar to another… Read More Too Much Dust in the Air | Hold Your Breath (2024) on Hulu

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