The year is 1964 and the pop music world is going to change in the US. The Beatles are set to play the Ed Sullivan Show in New York City. It would inspired a group of young musicians to go to the garage and start bands and kick off the garage boom of the mid … Continue reading I Wanna Hold Your Hand – Blu-Ray Review
Cristi Puiu made a name for himself at the Cannes film festival with his sophomore feature The Death of Mr Lazarescu won the prestigeous Un Certain Regard. It gave a name to the then burgeoning Romanian New Wave of the early to mid 2000s. Every country have to have their New Wave sometimes just later than others. … Continue reading Stuff And Dough – DVD Review
Michael Winterbottom's variety in his career over the last 20+ years is staggering. Like most British directors of interest who came to notice in the '90s his background was in TV drama like Danny Boyle. His work has spanned everything from 24 Hour Party People to The Road to Guantanamo and to even a Jim Thompson … Continue reading Butterfly Kiss – DVD Review
Bryan Cranston has obviously had a career-defining role in Breaking Bad, and this, his first leading-man role since that series, was a good choice. It has both dramatic and comedic elements, which definitely plays to his strengths as a performer. The film is based on the story of Dalton Trumbo. Trumbo was Hollywood’s most famous … Continue reading Trumbo – London Film Festival Review
Much has been said about Jean-Luc Godard’s radical politics and his radical approach to filmmaking. However, people also forget to mention his earlier (better) films, which for all intents and purposes are expert pastiches of Hollywood genre films he loved. This collection, which StudioCanal has compiled as “Godard: The Essential Collection,” is a strong slice … Continue reading Godard: The Essential Collection – Blu-Ray Review
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