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Firestarter has a spark but fails to ignite

May 13, 2022Chuck Duncan 2 Comments

Competent leads and a great score make this remake barely watchable… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Blumhouse, Drama, Firestarter, Gloria Reuben, Horror, John Beasley, Kurtwood Smith, Michael Greyeyes, Ryan Kiera Armstrong, Sci-Fi, Sydney Lemmon, Universal Pictures, Zac Efron

Marry Me Review :: Say yes to Marry Me

February 11, 2022Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

J.Lo lives up to her ‘Queen of the Rom-com’ title… continue reading

★★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Chloe Coleman, Comedy, J.Lo, Jennifer Lopez, John Bradley, Maluma, Marry Me, Michelle Buteau, Owen Wilson, Romance, Sarah Silverman, Universal Pictures

Razzberries! Thoroughly Modern Millie comes to Blu-ray!

February 6, 2022Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber gives the classic musical the attention it deserves… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Beatrice Lillie, Carol Channing, Comedy, Jack Soo, James Fox, John Gavin, Julie Andrews, Kino Lorber, Mary Tyler Moore, Musical, Pat Morita, Romance, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Universal Pictures

It’s a Dickens of a whodunit in The Mystery of Edwin Drood

January 18, 2022Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber delivers a fine presentation of this little known film… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Claude Rains, David Manners, Douglas Montgomery, Drama, Francis L. Sullivan, Heather Angel, Horror, Kino Lorber, Mystery, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Universal Pictures, Valerie Hobson

The 355 Review :: The 355 feels familiar, but in the worst way possible

January 9, 2022Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The film feels extremely cliché when it comes to the development of the story and how the characters are used… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Bingbing Fan, Diane Kruger, Edgar Ramirez, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong'o, Penélope Cruz, Sebastian Stan, The 355, Thriller, Universal Pictures

Halloween Kills is more trick than treat

October 15, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The film suffers from ‘Second Chapter Syndrome’… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Andi Matichak, Anthony Michael Hall, Dylan Arnold, Halloween Kills, Horror, Jamie Lee Curtis, Judy Greer, Kyle Richards, Suspense, Thomas Mann, Thriller, Universal Pictures, Will Patton

Dear Evan Hansen Movie Review :: Dear Evan Hansen delivers a powerful message

September 25, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

It may not be the Broadway smash, but it’s no ‘Cats’ either… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Amandla Stenberg, Amy Adams, Ben Platt, Colton Ryan, Danny Pino, Dear Evan Hansen, DeMarius Copes, Drama, Julianne Moore, Kaitlyn Dever, Musical, Nik Dodani, Universal Pictures

Candyman Review :: Candyman offers sweet scares and social commentary

August 27, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

The new horror film tackles racial injustice head-on… continue reading

Movie Reviews, Movies Candyman, Colman Domingo, Horror, Kyle Kaminsky, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Teyonah Parris, Thriller, Universal Pictures, Vanessa Williams, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II

Mae West heads north in Klondike Annie

August 17, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

This is a much tamer West than you’d expect… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Harold Huber, Harry Beresford, Helen Jerome Eddy, Kino Lorber, Klondike Annie, Mae West, Musical, Paramount Pictures, Phillip Reed, Romance, Universal Pictures, Victor McLaglen

Blu-ray Review :: She Done Him Wrong (1933) is done right

August 4, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Mae West shimmies and ‘She Done Him Wrong’ shimmers on Blu-ray… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, David Landau, Drama, Gilbert Roland, History, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Noah Beery, Owen Moore, Paramount Pictures, She Done Him Wrong, Universal Pictures

I’m No Angel earns its wings on Blu-ray

August 1, 2021Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber’s new Blu-ray of the 1933 classic is heavenly… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Cary Grant, Comedy, Edward Arnold, Gertrude Michael, Gregory Ratoff, I'm No Angel, Kent Taylor, Kino Lorber, Mae West, Music, Paramount Pictures, Romance, Universal Pictures

The Croods: A New Age is a sequel much better than the first

January 1, 2021Justin Moore Leave a Comment

The script is a lot tighter which allows for the story to have a natural flow… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Adventure, Animation, Catherine Keener, Clark Duke, Cloris Leachman, Comedy, DreamWorks Animation, Emma Stone, Kelly Marie Tran, Leslie Mann, Nicolas Cage, Peter Dinklage, Ryan Reynolds, The Croods: A New Age, Universal Pictures

Trolls World Tour :: Blu-ray Giveaway

July 16, 2020Chuck Duncan

This contest is closed. continue reading

Swag DreamWorks Animation, Trolls World Tour, Universal Pictures

Let’s Kill Uncle comes to Blu-ray

June 16, 2020Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

Kino Lorber shines a spotlight on a lesser known Castle film… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Comedy, Kino Lorber, Let's Kill Uncle, Linda Lawson, Mary Badham, Nestor Palva, Nigel Green, Pat Cardi, Robert Pickering, Thriller, Universal Pictures

The King of Staten Island is Judd Apatow’s most personal film

June 15, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

One thing that Apatow does so well is letting his characters have lengthy conversations about life… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Bel Powley, Bill Burr, Comedy, Drama, Marisa Tomei, Maude Apatow, Pete Davidson, Steve Buscemi, The King of Staten Island, Universal Pictures

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