Surprisingly romantic young “cannibals in love” movie from Luca Guadagnini (Call Me by Your Name). Based on a novel by Camille DeAngelis, it stars the charismatic Taylor Russell as Maren, whose father has deserted her because of her “affliction” of…
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I’m thankful for a lot of things this month. That I get to spend Thanksgiving with people I love. And I get to gorge myself on a meal of tasty Blu-rays this month that include new classics like Peter von…
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I think Tuesday is fast becoming my favorite day of the week. That’s when MHz Choice releases their new episodes and series. MHz is to me more valuable than Netflix and Amazon Prime, with their dizzying array of brilliant series…
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Nocebo is a sinister, slow-burn tale of dark magic and revenge, starring the terrific Eva Green as Christine, an extremely neurotic children’s dress designer living with her successful market strategist husband Felix (Mark Stong) and young daughter Bobs (Billie Gadsdon).…
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I cannot begin to describe how thrilled I am with the new box set from Severin called The House of Psychotic Women, in conjunction with a sensational cinema book by Kier-La Janisee (more on that later). It includes oddball International…
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People often ask me what scary movies to watch for Halloween. I presume it’s either because they know I watch a lot of horror films or maybe it’s because of my face. Either way I am happy to oblige, sharing…
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Colin Farrell gives one of the best performances of his career in this heartbreakingly funny and tragically touching new film by Martin McDonagh. Farrell plays Padraic, a milk farmer who lives on a remote island off the coast of Ireland…
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A lost hiker stumbles on a shack in the middle of the Smoky Mountains only to find a strange old man in red long johns pointing a shotgun in his face in this tense two-hander directed by Lucky McKee. Lucky…
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The great thing about October is that Halloween encourages home video companies to release horror films, and this year many are 4K UHD new incarnations. But this month also includes rare pre-Code murder mysteries, a fictional film set in the…
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Dark Glasses is the first film in 10 years from the 82-year-old Italian master of the macabre Dario Argento and is a glorious return to “giallo” thriller, but with surprising tenderness and compassion alongside the gore. This was a script…
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