The Naked City is a well done crime-drama that certainly was done in an interesting style with a documentary-like narration and filming on location in New York City.
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Marriage Story: The Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review
Marriage Story is a bittersweet drama featuring two incredible, award-worthy, performances (not to take away from Laura Dern who was great in her own right) by both Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver.
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The House by the Cemetery 4K Ultra HD Review
The House by the Cemetery might have its merits and perhaps die-hard fans of Lucio Fulci may find it entertaining, but for myself it was more confusing and even tedious. However, the 4K release does have great video and audio transfers.
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Tales from the Darkside: The Movie – Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie has two decent stories, one was dull and the other, the wrap-around, so-so. Still, it’s an anthology film worth checking out.
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Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons Blu-ray Review
Deathstroke: Knights and Dragons is a well done animated movie and good enough substitution for a live action feature that is unlikely to happen. I did like the story, bridging together the character’s interesting backstory.
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Batwoman: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review
Batwoman is pretty much in line with other CW shows, meaning the writing, and dialogue, aren’t exactly top notch and here even the acting never quite jives, even Ruby Rose whom I really like, never fit.
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The Phantom of the Opera: Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review
The Phantom of the Opera is an entertaining enough adaptation thanks to a heartfelt performance from Herbert Lom. The Blu-ray release from Shout Factory has a good selection of bonus features and high-quality video/audio transfers.
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The High Note Blu-ray Review
The High Note is a fine music-drama-comedy with some good performances from Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross, but can’t say this is a terribly memorable film and unlikely will remember a month from now.
Blue Bloods: The Tenth Season DVD Review
Blue Bloods: The Tenth Season, starring Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan and Will Estes, arrives on DVD August 18th through CBS Paramount and includes two featurettes and deleted scenes.
G-LOC DVD Review
Comet Over Broadway is a fun little 1930s-era crime-drama that features fine performances, headlined by Kay Francis.
Taz-Mania: The Complete Third Season DVD Review
Taz-Mania: The Complete Third Season debuts on DVD through the Warner Archive Collection and is available on August 25.
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The Sin of Nora Moran Blu-ray Review
The Sin of Nora Moran is a fine film that by today’s standards is really tame, though I can imagine back in the pre-code era, it probably played far differently. Even so, it’s a short film worth checking out.
The Specials: 20th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review
The Specials has some aspects of a young James Gunn personality though the humor is a bit raw as is the plot, which was done better in 1999’s Mystery Men.
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The Eleventh Commandment Blu-ray Review
The Eleventh Commandment is perhaps the worst kind of bad movie, an all around boring one. I can’t think of one thing that really stands out, not the characters, kills, plot, villains, nothing.
James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction
James Cameron’s Story of Science Fiction is a must-watch for any fan of cinema, science fiction or otherwise, and while you’re not going to really learn very much new information but do hear from some experts in the genre or involved with it over the years.