Another big anticipated 2024 horror film hit theaters and both Chloe and I have our thoughts on it as Lupita N’yongo and Joseph Quinn find themselves in a new Quiet Place this week. I also have a couple of Criterion viewings to mention, a classic one in a brand new 4K as well as an …
This week I finally got to see the new Yorgos Lanthimos masterpiece and it did not disappoint! Angus Cloud’s second last performance hit blu-ray along with a couple other Hong Kong actioners and I immersed myself in one of the best HBO limited series in recent memory.
This week I start with a little dip in the pool for Night Swim and a whopping three Netflix movies. New on DVD, Kitty Green is putting Julia Garner through hell once again, one of the originators of German New Wave cinema is the focus of a new documentary and much, much more.
This week I talk about Sam Esmail’s Leave The World Behind on Netflix, the 4K releases of Titanic, some sci-fi television, both new and classic on Blu-Ray, Spongebob Squarepants and murderous sloths.
New Releases: Silent Night – A gritty revenge tale of a tormented father who witnesses his young son die when caught in a gang’s crossfire on Christmas Eve. While recovering from a wound that costs him his voice, he makes vengeance his life’s mission and embarks on a punishing training regimen in order to avenge …
New Releases: Napoleon – An epic that details the checkered rise and fall of French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte and his relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his wife, Josephine. Expectations: In what seems like a biopic that was a long time coming, Ridley Scott finally gets his take on …
New Releases: A Haunting In Venice – In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends a seance. But when one of the guests is murdered, it is up to the former detective to uncover the killer again. Expectations: Kenneth Branagh returns both behind the camera and in …
New Releases: My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – After travelling to Greece for a family reunion, a woman attempts to locate her deceased father’s childhood friends. Expectations: After the release of The Equalizer 3 last week, September continues to be the month of unnecessary sequels with a double shot this week, kicking off with this film …
New Releases: The Equalizer 3 – Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his …
New Releases: Gran Turismo – Based on the true story of Jann Mardenborough, the film is the ultimate wish-fulfillment tale of a teenage Gran Turismo player whose gaming skills won a series of Nissan competitions to become an actual professional racecar driver. Expectations: Sony Playstation rolls out their second feature film based on one of their …
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