When Baz Luhrmann restored archival Elvis Presley footage for EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, it was worth seeing in IMAX. The ‘70s footage held up on a giant screen. But, now that it’s time for EPiC to come home, it’s...
Jackie Chan is 72 and still making multiple action movies a year. He’s even creating new franchises as Panda Plan: The Magical Tribe is the second in the series. Not only do I still recommend his latest, but I urge...
10 years ago, Sing Street was an uplifting musical tale just like John Carney’s previous Begin Again. Now we need that uplift more than ever. Sing Street transports us to 1985 Dublin, Ireland. Young Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) forms a band...
When Quentin Tarantino was making Kill Bill, Miramax had the idea to just split it in two and release both parts. Now four-hour movies aren’t such a stretch, though two-part movies haven’t ceased either. So the Whole Bloody Affair cut...
The secret of The Crying Game became a punchline in the ‘90s with many spoofs but it was actually very sensitive about Fergus (Stephen Rea)’s realization. The Criterion Collection released a 4K UHD edition last month and in 2026 it...
In 1997, a media figure was considered so reprehensible that it sabotaged a movie about his involvement in important First Amendment cases. Good thing the country lowered its standard for public figures in the decades since. The People Vs. Larry...
After reviewing the ‘90s Mortal Kombats on 4K, the newest sequel comes home. This one has some good fatalities and funny references to the Saturn Awards and influencers. The fights emphasize the costumes and super powers more than martial arts...
I first heard of this movie from the Phil Hartman sketch on Saturday Night Live. So even when I saw it, I knew the twist. Watching Soylent Green again as an adult, it’s really all built around Heston investigating the...
This was my first time seeing The Outfit, after reading about it in Cinema Speculation. It is by far the best Parker movie and I have seen most of those. Named Macklin (Robert Duvall), he follows the reluctant hero archetype...
Falling Down was a provocative, controversial movie in 1993 and it’s been referred to as violent White men have become unfortunately prolific in real life. Looking back, the antiheroism was clear from the start. Besides the Nazi shopkeeper (Frederic Forest)...