A Dandy in Aspic was Anthony Mann’s last film. At this point his career had pretty much dwindled, after doing lots of film noirs and Westerns. In the ‘60s he started doing lots of epics, like El Cid and Fall of the Roman Empire. This, however, was a ‘60s spy/Cold War thriller. It stars Laurence … Continue reading A Dandy in Aspic – Blu-Ray Review
Recently on the absolutely fantastic "The Movies That Made Me" podcast, which is hosted by Josh Olson and Joe Dante, the topic of walking out of films came up. Dante said Wes Craven's Swamp Thing from 1982 made it OK for him to walk out of a film, after being a die-hard about never walking … Continue reading Swamp Thing – Blu-Ray Review
The Girl in the Spider's Web came out last November, but for various reasons it bombed at the international box office. It's the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and was intended as a "soft reboot" because both the first film's director David Fincher and its stars, including Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig, didn't … Continue reading The Girl in the Spider’s Web – Blu-Ray Review
Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh was the follow-up to the original Candyman, which came out in 1992. The first film in what would become a three-film franchise was one of the most interesting and original horror films of the '90s, not a decade known for its great originally in American horror cinema. It was also deeply … Continue reading Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh – Blu-Ray Review
To Sleep With Anger is a Charles Burnett film from 1990. Burnett was one of the first Black filmmakers, arriving half a decade before Spike Lee and a real pioneer in the late 70s. His films were not widely seen, with this being the first that got wide distribution (his first, Killer of Sheep, was … Continue reading To Sleep With Anger – Blu-Ray Review
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