This Howard Hawks film from 1934 is the first of Hawks’s screwball comedies. It stars John Barrymore and Carole Lombard in a movie that is pretty zany, but doesn’t go to the dizzying heights of Bringing Up Baby or His Girl Friday. However, Twentieth Century is still a very fun movie. Barrymore plays an egomaniac … Continue reading Twentieth Century – Blu-Ray Review
Crimewave is Sam Raimi’s infamous follow-up to The Evil Dead, and the second Coen Brothers script to be made into a film, released within a year of Blood Simple. The film was a very difficult production for everyone involved, and ended up tonally schizophrenic. But if you’re willing to go with it, you’ll have some … Continue reading Crimewave (1985) – Blu-Ray Review
Journey to the Far Side of the Sun is the American title for Doppelgänger, a film that is now generally known as Journey to the Far Side of the Sun elsewhere as well. It's one of those sci-fi films that came out in the immediate wake of 2001: A Space Odyssey, a movie whose influence over the film is debatable. … Continue reading Journey to the Far Side of the Sun (1969) – Blu-Ray Review
Wonder Woman 1984 is the sequel to the 2017 Wonder Woman film, both directed by Patty Jenkins. It was one of many films set for a big theatrical release in 2020, but due to Covid it was the first film to meet the fate of having a simultaneous US release on HBO Max and whatever … Continue reading Wonder Woman 1984 – Blu-Ray Review
The Criminal Code was the first film of real note that Howard Hawks made in his long and famously varied career. It was only his second talkie after The Dawn Patrol, but in The Criminal Code, Hawks was already revolutionising the use of sound. It's also an excellent crime movie with some real knock-out performances, … Continue reading The Criminal Code- Blu-Ray Review
