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If you have been following The Movie Mensch for the last few years, it should be hardly a surprise that this guy adores James Bond and the entire universe that the superspy inhabits. We love Daniel Craig as the British agent with a license to kill. We love the title […]

No Time to Die First Poster Premieres: James Bond Is ...

October 6, 2019 in Movie Posters tagged James Bond / Movie Posters by joeldamos

Back in 2006, long before Guillermo del Toro won the Best Director and Best Picture Oscars for The Shape of Water, the filmmaker made an announcement of the highest order with his Pan’s Labyrinth. The beautiful, wickedly creative film has just gotten the most visually pleasing and sonically succulent upgrade […]

Pan’s Labyrinth 4K Blu-Ray Review: Hitting the Haunting High Notes!

October 5, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD-Blu-Ray / Guillermo del Toro by joeldamos

One of my biggest cinematic pet peeves is when a biopic is not handled well by those charged with telling someone’s true tale. No one ever remakes a biopic, so you get one shot to capture a life in the best way possible that salutes the individual, translates to the […]

Judy Review: The Dreams That You Dream Of

October 4, 2019 in Movie Reviews tagged Judy / Movie Reviews / Renee Zellweger by joeldamos

Todd Phillips’ Joker is the most unique of cinematic entities. It is a searing and emotionally charged character study of Arthur Fleck. The world better knows him by the moniker he commands in the Joaquin Phoenix starring triumph. Hint: It’s the movie’s title. Not only is Joker the most extraordinary […]

Joker Review: The Crown Prince of Crime Gets a Sensational ...

October 4, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Joaquin Phoenix / Joker / Movie Reviews / Robert De Niro / Todd Phillips by joeldamos

One of the most wickedly entertaining movies of the 80s got the 4K Blu-Ray upgrade treatment. Gremlins landed in 1984, starring Phoebe Cates and Zach Galligan, and came from the esteemed combo of director Joe Dante (The Howling, InnerSpace) and writer Chris Columbus (who would end up directing two Harry […]

Gremlins 4K Blu-Ray Review: Mogwai Mania!

October 4, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / Gremlins by joeldamos

Some of you might be too young to remember the 1996 Olympic bombing in Atlanta. It shocked the nation, after all, this was pre-World Trade Center bombing and 9/11. Immediately after the bomb went off in Centennial Park in Atlanta, the blame game started and it searingly focused on the […]

Richard Jewel Trailer: Clint Eastwood Exposes Atlanta Bombing Innocence Ruined

October 3, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Clint Eastwood / Movie Trailers / Richard Jewell / Sam Rockwell by joeldamos

Casting is key to any film, play or television program—for that, there is no argument. When it was decided to bring the classic black and white TV sitcom, The Addams Family, to the big screen … the million dollar question was, “who will play Gomez and Morticia Addams?” That was […]

The Addams Family/The Addams Family Values Blu-Ray Combo Review: Snap, ...

October 3, 2019 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Addams Family Values / DVD Reviews / The Addams Family by joeldamos

The trailer for The Good Liar is here and if after watching it, the film doesn’t land on your fall must-see movie list, perhaps you should watch it again! Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen star as a pair of older souls who have found each other through online dating. As […]

The Good Liar Trailer: Helen Mirren & Ian McKellen, Who’s ...

October 3, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Helen Mirren / Ian McKellen / The Good Liar by joeldamos

Guy Ritchie is back to his crime soaked cinema roots! The first trailer for The Gentlemen has arrived and boy oh boy is it awesome. The film stars Matthew McConaughey as one of the biggest weed dealers in London. Someone comes along (Hugh Grant) and wants a piece of the […]

The Gentlemen Trailer: Guy Ritchie Returns to His Crime Cinema ...

October 2, 2019 in Movie Trailers tagged Charlie Hunnam / Guy Ritchie / Matthew McConaughey / Movie Trailers / The Gentlemen by joeldamos