Monthly Archives: December 2021

There’s a secret to noir film that lies in a filmmaker’s ability to embrace the milieu and still make it uniquely their own. That is more than achieved in Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley. The film is a simultaneous tribute to the noir films that have indelible impressions in Hollywood […]

Nightmare Alley Review: Guillermo del Toro Tackles Noir & Weaves ...

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After Goodfellas, it seemed impossible that Martin Scorsese would be able to top that gangster cinematic paradise, and then he produced 2013’s The Wolf of Wall Street. Now, full disclosure, the 1991 gangster classic is this writer’s favorite movie. But there is something about the Leonardo DiCaprio tour-du-force performance as […]

The Wolf of Wall Street 4K Review: A Martin ...

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Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up is an allegory for the times we live in where doom looms around the corner and directly in front of us, yet our leaders sat there and did nothing. Worse still, those who bring the news of the potential for an extension level event, are […]

Don’t Look Up: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, & Meryl Streep ...

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The 14th century set true story epic The Last Duel from Ridley Scott has arrived on DVD, Blu-ray, and digital download and rental formats and just in time. Why do you ask? Because too many people missed this sprawling ethics-based, class commentary-knights and maidens story with an all-star cast, the […]

The Last Duel 4K Digital Review: Best of Friends Adam ...

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