Lunatic Meets Lunatic: Two Good-Natured Caper Films from Hong Kong Director Johnnie To By Orrin Grey • August 17th, 2022 A pair of surprisingly lightweight and amiable caper flicks in the vein of more recent thriller confections such as 2013’s Now You See Me.
Today’s a Good Day to Die: Reliving the Past with Flatliners (1990) By Orrin Grey • August 9th, 2022 It’s no surprise that Schumacher made the campiest of Batman movies, because there’s an extravagance to the production design here that would have been right at home in Burton’s Gotham City.
Don’t Have to Be Cool to Rule My World: My Stepmother is an Alien (1988) on Blu By Orrin Grey • February 24th, 2022 My Stepmother is an Alien seems like the kind of movie I would have seen as a kid.
Unholy Blood: Santa Sangre (1989) on 4K Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • June 1st, 2021 Whatever really happened on the set of El Topo, Jodorowsky is, at best, a guy who bragged about raping someone for publicity, and this is what I knew about the director of Santa Sangre.
No Bright Side: Crimewave (1985) on Blu-ray By Orrin Grey • April 7th, 2021 In many ways, Crimewave is the kind of movie I live for: a bonkers, underseen, early-career flick from legendary filmmakers who went on to much bigger things.
Things Change: the Last Starfighter on Blu-Ray By Orrin Grey • December 23rd, 2020 Add The Last Starfighter to the list of movies I was positive I had seen but actually hadn’t.
Nearing the End of the World: Warning from Space (1956) By Orrin Grey • November 19th, 2020 Warning from Space spends 90% of its running time watching people waiting for things.
May These Blu-rays Be With You: Star Wars Blu-ray Box Set Reviewed By Erik Weinbrecht • September 30th, 2011 The force is with Erik Weinbrecht as he reviews the new Star Wars Blu-ray box set.
