Lethal Weapon is such a Los Angeles movie. Now I recognize the sites from 12 years before I got here. Seeing it in 4K, I would believe these are the current location if it weren’t for the 1987 differences. Riggs...
Exact Revenge is a double feature of Shaw Brothers movies. Since most Shaw Brothers movies revolve around revenge, it could have been almost any two but these are both new to me. The Eunuch is quite a soap opera of...
I didn’t see Mishima until it was on Criterion Channel a few years ago and it blew me away. It’s such a creatively appropriate approach to a biopic and the seminal works of author Yukio Mishima. So when Criterion upgraded...
Before Mission: Impossible, but after writing The Usual Suspects, the world wasn’t ready for Christopher McQuarrie’s directorial debut, The Way of the Gun. Under the trappings of low-rent criminals getting in over their head, McQuarrie pushes the boundaries of even...
Hong Kong 1941 is a drama about life under Japanese occupation in World War II. It is nice to see Chow Yun-fat in a drama before he became an action hero. You still see that charisma when he looks death...
I was one of the people who saw Dark City in theaters and liked it then. When the director’s cut came out in 2008 I was interested but didn’t notice that much difference. I appreciate how frustrating it must be...
Air America is the latest Carolco movie to get the Lionsgate Steelbook treatment. It wasn’t one of their blockbusters and it’s an odd entry for its comedic take on legitimate Vietnam War issues, with ambitious practical flying stunts. Mel Gibson...
Drop is one of those thrillers contained in a single location. In this case it’s also contained by a single piece of technology. A woman on a date gets Airdrops, although they call it digidrop in the film, from a...
The Amateur was a solid midseason action movie that came out in April. Now that summer blockbuster season is heating up, The Amateur is available at home. The standout is that it actually filmed in international locations, so now you...
When the James Bond movies were released on Blu-ray, the Connery films especially were a revelation. They looked so good I said they must have invented time travel to go back in time and refilm Dr. No with modern cameras....