The Night of the Following Day might have an intrigueing title, the movie itself doesn’t exactly live up to it. Marlon Brando gives a fine performance, though his behind-the-scenes antics probably were more interesting.
All-American Murder has a fun title harkening back to the 1990s, unfortunately the movie also harkens back to that time period of the low budget STV movies a quasi-name talent attached to draw viewers in.
The Virtuoso is one of those movies that features a main character that one wonders how he became “The Virtuoso” because he makes some dumb mistakes, one wonders how he was such a well oiled assassin.
Tank is a suspense-drama starring James Garder, Shirley Jones, C. Thomas Howell and G.D. Spradlin. The Blu-ray arrives on May 11 from Kino Lorber and includes an audio commentary and promotional material.
King Kong (1976) is certainly a flawed movie, entertaining for the most part though, but the biggest drawback is with the Kong suit which sometimes looks fine but his facial expressions were at best goofy, at worst downright creepy.
Bachelor in Paradise is a fine, if not forgettable, 1961 romantic-comedy with many of the old fashioned plotlines and characters you’d expect. Bob Hope was okay while Lana Turner had her moments.
Fast Times at Ridgemont High comes to Blu-ray for a second time, now getting the Criterion Collection treatment with an upgrade video transfer and a new interview feature; between the two worth the price, along with a really funny movie.
Another Thin Man, third in the series, comes to Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars William Powell and Myrna Loy.
The Yearly debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection receiving a new video restoration and stars Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman, arriving January 11th.
Thundarr the Barbarian debuts on Blu-ray courtesy of the Warner Archive Collection with all 21 episodes from both seasons spread across three discs and comes with a retrospective featurette.
Quick Change is one of my favorite comedies of all time and does feature fun performances from all involved, especially Bill Murray who wore a few hats as actor, producer and co-director. Even though I’ve seen this multiple times, it still holds up.
Crash isn’t a movie I found all that great though my interest was mainly for some of the controversy and honestly as strange as the “plot” and characters were, it’s not that out of bounds at least nowadays.
The Little Things had plenty going for it with no less than three Academy Award winners headlining, and while Washington, Malek and Leto all give fine performances, the film fails as a crime-drama and as a character-drama.
Judas and the Black Messiah, starring Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stainfield, arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment, on May 5th and comes with two featurettes.
Cool as Ice rightfully flopped at the box office and is a terrible vanity project for Vanilla Ice but there are some fun good-bad moments that really would make for a good time to watch amongst friends, particularly those who grew up during that time.