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Crime

Capone tells an interesting story, but lacks direction

May 19, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

With Josh Trank writing, directing, and editing the film, it is hard to think that he will reach the same level that he did with ‘Chronicle’… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Biography, Capone, Crime, Drama, Kyle MacLachlan, Linda Cardellini, Matt Dillon, Tom Hardy, Vertical Entertainment

The Kitchen is a lackluster film but looks great on Blu-ray

May 1, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The three female leads are fantastic actresses but the writing for their characters hardly provides anything likable… continue reading

★, Home Viewing Action, Brian d'Arcy James, Common, Crime, Domhnall Gleeson, Drama, Elisabeth Moss, James Badge Dale, Margo Martindale, Melissa McCarthy, The Kitchen, Tiffany Haddish, Warner Bros. Pictures

Just Mercy is an emotional film with a stellar Blu-Ray release

April 18, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

After watching this film, I was surprised that Jamie Foxx wasn’t nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the Academy Awards… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Biography, Brie Larson, Crime, Drama, Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy, Michael B. Jordan, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Warner Bros. Pictures

Blaxploitation comes to Blu-ray with Cleopatra Jones

April 14, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The 1973 film looks better than ever thanks to the Warner Archive… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Antonia Fargas, Bernie Casey, Cleopatra Jones, Crime, Esther Rolle, Shelley Winters, Tamara Dobson, Thriller, Warner Archive, Warner Bros. Pictures

The Nude Bomb is a hit on Blu-ray

March 25, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Agent 86 comes to the big screen for the first, and last, time but Kino Lorber’s Blu-ray is something special… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Andrea Howard, Comedy, Crime, Dana Elcar, Don Adams, Kino Lorber, Mystery, Norman Lloyd, Pamela Hensley, Sylvia Kristel, The Nude Bomb, Universal Pictures, Vittorio Gassman

Richard Jewell Review :: Richard Jewell hits home video and you need to see it

March 21, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Paul Walter Hauser gave one of the better performances from last year… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Biography, Crime, Jon Hamm, Kathy Bates, Olivia Wilde, Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell, Sam Rockwell, Warner Bros. Pictures

Motherless Brooklyn Review :: Motherless Brooklyn impresses on Blu-ray

March 19, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Edward Norton’s passion project wasn’t a hit but it is worth a look… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Alec Baldwin, Bobby Cannavale, Bruce Willis, Cherry Jones, Crime, Dallas Roberts, Edward Norton, Ethan Suplee, Fisher Stevens, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Leslie Mann, Michael Kenneth Williams, Motherless Brooklyn, Mystery, Warner Bros. Pictures, Willem Dafoe

Parasite is dangerous, emotional, hilarious and hits you everywhere

February 17, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Parasite’ is the latest troubling morality tale from filmmaker Bong Joon-ho… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Chang Hyae Jin, Cho Yeo Jeong, Choi Woo Shik, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Lee Sun Kyun, Neon, Parasite, Park So Dam, Song Kang Ho

Birds of Prey packs a punch

February 7, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

DC gets another one right… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Adventure, Ali Wong, Birds of Prey, Chris Messina, Crime, DC Comics, Ella Jay Basco, Ewan McGregor, Jurnee Smollett-Bell, Margot Robbie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rosie Perez, Warner Bros. Pictures

1973 TV movie The Girl Most Likely To… looks great on Blu-ray

February 4, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber spiffs up the 1970s darkly comic TV movie… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Carl Ballantine, Chuck McCann, Comedy, Crime, Ed Asner, Fred Grandy, Jim Backus, Joe Flynn, Kino Lorber, Larry Wilcox, Reb Brown, Romance, Ruth McDevitt, Stockard Channing, The Girl Most Likely To...

A Patient Man twists itself to attempt a take on the ambiguous revenge tale

January 25, 2020Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘A Patient Man’ lacks patience in the payoff of its convoluted tale… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A Patient Man, Commuter Productions, Crime, David Jahn, Drama, Elaine Loh, Jonathan Mangum, Kelsey Scott, Tate Ellington, Thriller

Warner Archive brings The Thin Man (1934) to Blu-ray

January 2, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The new Blu-ray release of ‘The Thin Man’ offers a clear presentation of the 1934 mystery comedy… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Crime, Maureen O'Sullivan, MGM, Myrna Loy, Mystery, Nat Pendleton, Porter Hall, The Thin Man, William Powell

Uncut Gems is Adam Sandler’s best performance ever

December 12, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The Safdie brothers created such a fast-paced hectic film that feels so quick even though it is 2 hours and 15 minutes… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies A24, Adam Sandler, Crime, Drama, Eric Bogosian, Idina Menzel, Judd Hirsch, Julia Fox, Kevin Garnett, Lakeith Stanfield, Uncut Gems

The Irishman is another crime epic from Martin Scorsese

December 1, 2019Justin Moore Leave a Comment

With so much development going into the characters, it allowed for moments towards the end to feel heavy and personal… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Al Pacino, Anna Paquin, Biography, Bobby Cannavale, Crime, Drama, Harvey Keitel, Jack Huston, Jesse Plemons, Joe Pesci, Kathrine Narducci, Netflix, Ray Romano, Robert De Niro, The Irishman

Knives Out is a clever murder mystery

November 29, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Agatha Christie would be pleased… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Ana de Armas, Chris Evans, Christopher Plummer, Comedy, Crime, Daniel Craig, Don Johnson, Drama, Edi Patterson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Katherine Langford, Knives Out, Lakeith Stanfield, Lionsgate, Michael Shannon, Riki Lindhome, Toni Collette

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