In 1996 a basketball player that is considered the Greatest of All Time (GOAT) teamed up with a group of Warner Bros. Animation stalwarts for a highly successful hybrid of animation and live-action that centered on basketball. Michael Jordan starred with Bugs Bunny and others from that animated cadre to […]

Space Jam A New Legacy Blu-ray Review: LeBron James & ...

Two couples, four parents, united by an unthinkable tragedy that has led to questions, anger, and most of all—an emotive powerhouse that is what happens when the parents of the shooter and the mom and dad of a victim of a school shooting meet in a New England church. We […]

Mass Review: A Masterclass in Parents Drowning in Grave Grief

One of my first horror movie memories involved Barbara Hershey and the too scary for my age The Entity. Now, she’s returned to the horror genre with the Welcome to the Blumhouse production of The Manor. Hershey portrays Judith, a 70-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. She doesn’t […]

Welcome to the Blumhouse The Manor Review: Barbara Hershey Returns ...

As soon as Escape Rooms became all the rage, one knew that a creative screenwriter somewhere would put pen to paper and craft a horror flick that centered around that highly tense landscape. That is exactly what happened in 2019 with Escape Room when writers Bragi F. Schut and Maria […]

Escape Room Tournament of Champions Blu-ray Review: A Minefield of ...

Movie franchises don’t usually blow up their entire landscape unless those behind it are making a point. That is firmly the case with The Forever Purge—available now on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital formats. The Purge landed in 2013 and had the most intriguing of premises: One night a year, all […]

The Forever Purge Blu-Ray Review: Latest “Purge” Is The Best ...

David Chase certainly knows his New Jersey mob stories as the prequel to his pop culture transcending the Sopranos hits theaters and HBO Max, The Many Saints of Newark. We’ve seen New York-centric mob stories (Goodfellas et al) and after witnessing Chase’s HBO series and the first movie that takes […]

The Many Saints of Newark Review: The Sopranos Prequel Is ...

This is quite the week for female filmmakers putting their stamp on the world we live in, circa 2021, and in particular how our global society considers women. There is Titane (full review here) from writer-director Julia Ducournau and Karen Cinorre’s Mayday. Cinorre also wrote and directed the fantasy/action/look at […]

Mayday Review: Fantastical Film Will Leave You Wondering, “What’s Real?”