This year’s Mean Girls remake created the perfect storm for Mean Girls fans. Yes, it was the film adaptation of the Broadway musical, but it also falls in the year of the 20th anniversary of the original film. So Paramount...
Dogfight is another movie I never saw until the Criterion Collection introduced it to me. I’d heard about it. Collecting ‘90s movie magazines, it would get small write ups, so when Criterion added it for April, I was aware of...
Nearly 30 years later, Cutthroat Island still hasn’t escaped its reputation. But, studios who inherit the Carolco library keep putting it out so perhaps it is making back some of its money. I actually got to see it in a...
This 4K UHD is the first time I’ve revisited The Departed since it won Best Picture and Director. Though long overdue, the winning film felt pale in comparison to the likes of Goodfellas, Taxi Driver and Raging Bull. I was...
Well Go releasing all the Asian films in the US market doesn’t just mean action movies, though we appreciate those. They’ve also got Hirokazu Kore-eda’s latest drama, Monster. This was in the conversation during award season nominations though ended up...
I saw To Die For in theaters when the real-life Pamela Smart story was still fresh. Though similar true crime scandals still occur, today To Die For might play more like a general satire than a pointed commentary. Either way...
The Iron Claw condensed the lives of the Von Erich family into a two hour movie. To do so, they had to eliminate one of the brothers entirely. But, the film is a loving testament to the tragic loss of...
If any new Donnie Yen movie shows up, I’m going to watch it. This one isn’t martial arts tho. Polar Rescue stars Yen as a father on a family vacation wrangling unruly kids. He can’t just kick them. When his...
Between the Japanese originals and the American remakes, The Ring has become urban legend by now. As such, we may take for granted how effectively the American remake establishes the rules. Now the three American films are in 4K UHD...
Quigley Down Under was always one of my favorite movies. It’s an Australian western but more so just a rousing adventure. I never got to see it in theaters so I originally discovered it on pan and scan VHS. I...