10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Collateral”“Coming to America”“The Departed”“Despicable Me”“The Expendables”“The Fast and the Furious”“Ferris Bueller's Day Off”“The Jerk”“Lost in Translation“Paddington” 13 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “Asteroid City” Wes Anderson returned to Cannes this year with his best film since “Moonrise Kingdom.” His latest is a fascinating, moving examination of the entire artistic process. This film takes … Read more
Buy it here Special FeaturesNone Now streaming on: “Breathless” (Criterion) I recently discussed the “gateway” films for young viewers to discover the most influential filmmakers of all time. What’s the first Hitchcock you show someone? The first Scorsese? The first Varda? I think the first Godard might be “Breathless” (or maybe “Band of Outsiders”) as … Read more
Buy it here Special FeaturesInside Pandora’s Box (A series of featurettes on the challenges facing cast and crew as filmmakers motto new technologies to push the limits of cinema)Building the World of Pandora – James Cameron and a team of talented artists combine years of research with their design skills to build the world of … Read more
For the first time in his 50+ year career in Hollywood, Arnold Schwarzenegger is starring in a fictional TV series. In Netflix’s FUBAR, Schwarzenegger plays Luke Brunner, an elite CIA operative who has kept his professional life secret from his family for decades. Now on the verge of retirement, Luke makes a shocking discovery: His … Read more
Now streaming on: “Branded to Kill” (Criterion) Seijun Suzuki’s 1967 hitman flick was such a disaster that it basically led to his exile from filmmaking for a decade. How ironic that it’s become one of the most influential movies of its era, with John Woo, Quentin Tarantino, Jim Jarmusch, Park Chan-wook, and others singing its … Read more
10 NEW TO NETFLIX “American Hustle”“The Bourne Identity”“Holy Spider”“How to Train Your Dragon”“Inception”“Inside Man”“The Last Stand”“The Mustang”“Psycho”“The Raid” 10 NEW TO HBO MAX “Across the Universe”“Blazing Saddles”“Contact”“Coraline”“The Exorcist”“The Goonies”“Office Space”“The Shining”“Twister”“Unforgiven” 6 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD Note: Criterion has also just released Steve McQueen’s “Small Axe” films in a box set that will be reviewed individually … Read more
Director Steven K. Tsuchida, a TV veteran, was also behind 2021’s “Resort to Love,” another Netflix romantic comedy set in a picturesque vacation destination. This is pure formula, but the leads have such a sweet chemistry with each other, and the locations are so enticing, that you may as well just surrender. Cook stars as … Read more
10 NEW TO HBO MAX “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”“Creed”“Dog Day Afternoon”“The Departed”“Eyes Wide Shut”“The Fugitive”“GoodFellas”“Michael Clayton”“One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest”“Point Break” 10 NEW TO NETFLIX “Carol”“The Dark Knight”“Dragged Across Concrete”“Easy A”“Galaxy Quest”“The Hunger Games”“National Lampoon's Animal House”“Pitch Black”“Sleepless in Seattle”“World War Z” 8 NEW TO BLU-RAY/DVD “All Quiet on the Western Front” … Read more