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Mystery

The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It delivers the scares

June 6, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The third film in the franchise really stands up to the first… continue reading

★★★, Movies Eugenie Bondurant, Horror, John Noble, Julian Hilliard, Mystery, Patrick Wilson, Ronnie Gene Blevins, Ruairi O'Connor, Sarah Catherine Hook, Shannon Kook, Steve Coulter, The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It, Thriller, Vera Farmiga, Warner Bros. Pictures

Profile is an innovative, engrossing tale of a reporter going too far

May 15, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Profile’ uses a ‘screen-only’ approach to tell a based-on-a-true-story tale of a journalist getting more than she bargained for… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Focus Features, Mystery, Profile, Shazad Latif, Thriller, Valene Kane

Poirot and Marple get the Kino Lorber Blu-ray treatment

April 9, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Agatha Christie’s top sleuths solve murders on the Nile, under the sun and in Jolly Olde England… continue reading

shop HOTCHKA affiliates Agatha Christie, Angela Lansbury, Crime, Death on the Nile, Diana Rigg, Drama, Elizabeth Taylor, Evil Under the Sun, Kino Lorber, Mystery, Peter Ustinov, The Mirror Crack'd

Rebecca returns to haunt Nextflix

October 21, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The classic Gothic romance gets yet another retelling… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ann Dowd, Armie Hammer, Bill Paterson, Drama, John Hollingworth, Keeley Hawes, Kristin Scott Thomas, Lily James, Mark Lewis Jones, Mystery, Netflix, Rebecca, Romance, Sam Riley, Tom Goodman-Hill

Antebellum Review :: Antebellum mixes social commentary with a twist

September 17, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The thriller is sure to raise the hackles of a certain portion of the population… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Antebellum, Eric Lange, Gabourey Sidibe, Horror, Jack Huston, Janelle Monáe, Jena Malone, Kiersey Clemons, Lionsgate, Mystery, Thriller

Gretel and Hansel puts a new spin on the classic fairy tale

May 20, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

A stellar Blu-ray presentation lacks extras… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Alice Krige, Fantasy, Gretel and Hansel, Horror, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Mystery, Orion Pictures, Sammy Leakey, Sophia Lillis

Scoob! will please fans old and new

May 16, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

All the voice actors did a great job in the role, but one standout was Will Forte as Shaggy… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Amanda Seyfried, Animated, Frank Welker, Gina Rodriguez, Jason Isaacs, Ken Jeong, Kiersey Clemons, Mark Wahlberg, Mystery, Scoob!, Simon Cowell, Tracy Morgan, Warner Bros. Pictures, Will Forte, Zac Efron

Is the Hunt deserving of its controversy?

April 3, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

Horror films that move at a quick pace and don’t take their selves too seriously are some of the most entertaining films… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Betty Gilpin, Emma Roberts, Hilary Swank, Horror, Ike Barinholtz, Justin Hartley, Mystery, The Hunt, Thriller, Universal 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

The Invisible Man materializes

March 21, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The film utilized the technique of invisibility well even with a smaller budget when compared to other horror films… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Aldis Hodge, Blumhouse, Elisabeth Moss, Harriet Dyer, Horror, Mystery, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sci-Fi, Storm Reid, The Invisible Man, Universal 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

The Grudge Review :: The movie lacks any sort of chills or thrills

January 10, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The paranoia and terror of a haunted house was ripped away from this film… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Andrea Riseborough, Betty Gilpin, Demian Bichir, Horror, Jacki Weaver, John Cho, Lin Shaye, Mystery, Sony Pictures, The Grudge

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

Ad Astra Review :: Ad Astra sends Brad Pitt to infinity and beyond

September 20, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

In space, no one can hear you snore… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Ad Astra, Adventure, Brad Pitt, Donald Sutherland, Drama, Liv Tyler, Mystery, Ruth Negga, Sci-Fi, Tommy Lee Jones, Twentieth Century Fox

Ready or Not Review :: Ready or not, here comes a bloody black comedy

August 21, 2019Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

If you like your humor on the dark side, this is about as dark as you can get… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Adam Brody, Andie MacDowell, Fox Searchlight, Henry Czerny, Horror, Mark O’Brien, Mystery, Ready or Not, Samara Weaving, Thriller

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    SINNERS    ★★★
    NOVOCAINE    ★★★
    MICKEY 17   ★★★
    WOLF MAN   ★✩✩
    NOSFERATU   ★★✩
    WICKED   ★★★
    JOKER: FOLIE À DEUX   ★★★
    BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE   ★★✩
    ALIEN: ROMULUS   ★★★
    DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE   ★★★
    BAD BOYS: RIDE OR DIE   ★★★
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    HATS OFF TO LOVE  ★★✩
    SNATCHED FROM THE CRIB  ★★✩
    I LOVE LUCY (1951-1957) ★★★
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    FAME: A TEMPTATIONS STORY  ★★★
    SINS OF MY HUSBAND  ★★✩
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