The Woman is the sequel to the truly abysmal Offpsring, which is also including in this set. These films were joined by Darlin’ recently and so became a trilogy. They all kind of work as standalone films. This one was directed by Lucky McKee, who is probably best-known for the film May, which became a … Continue reading The Woman – Blu-Ray Review →

Moscow on the Hudson is a sweet movie written and directed by Paul Mazursky, a light comedy about Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophone player for the Moscow Circus. The Circus goes to New York City, and one of the other musicians is planning to defect to the US while they are there. But in … Continue reading Moscow on the Hudson – Blu-Ray Review →

Greta Gerwig’s new version of Little Women is based on the Louisa May Alcott book, which has been adapted several times since the silent era. The 1933 version by George Cukor was perhaps the first notable adaptation, followed by the 1949 film starring June Allyson and the 1994 movie with Winona Ryder and directed by … Continue reading Little Women (2019) – Blu-Ray Review →

Shockingly, Screamers was only the third American film based on a novel or short story by Philip K. Dick, although there was also a little-seen French adaptation of Dick's more realist novel Confessions of a Crap Artist in 1992. Total Recall would start the trend of using a short story of Dick's (the novels are rarely ever adapted) and … Continue reading Screamers – Blu-Ray Review →

Watermelon Man is Melvin Van Peebles' only studio film, made immediately before his game-changing independent Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. It shares some of the radical politics with that film, but in a more user-friendly form, and is far less confrontational. It's basically a take on Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, but instead of a man waking up to … Continue reading Watermelon Man – Blu-Ray Review →