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
Wheels on Meals is a relatively early film in Jackie Chan's long and insanely productive career as a action superstar. Chan had already became a superstar in his native Hong Kong, and had started trying to break out into the international market—and especially the American market. He wouldn't gain superstar status in the US until the … Continue reading Wheels on Meals – Blu-Ray Review
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is of course the latest film in what I guess is now dubbed the "Wizarding World" franchise, which comprises the Harry Potter films, the Fantastic Beasts films and I'm sure more spin-offs down the line. I grew up with the Harry Potter books and films, like most people my generation, … Continue reading Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Blu-Ray Review
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