DVD Review – The Tribes of Palos Verdes
Director: Brendan & Emmett Malloy Starring: Maika Monroe, Cody Fern, Jennifer Garner, Justin Kirk Year: 2017 Maika Monroe has yet to prove her staying power since her emergence five years…
DVD Review – The Breadwinner
Director: Nora Twomey Starring: Saara Chaudry, Soma Chhaya, Noorin Gulamgaus Year: 2017 Nora Twomey is an Irish artist/director known for three films: The Secret of the Kells, Song of the…
DVD Review – Porto
Director: Gabe Klinger Starring: Anton Yelchin, Lucie Lucas Year: 2016 Anton Yelchin’s death was less a tragedy and more a robbery; something was taken from us that we’ll never get…
DVD Review – The Teacher
Director: Jan Hrebejk Starring: Zuzana Maurery, Csongor Kassai, Martin Havelka Year: 2016 My brother-in-law is Czech, and grew up in Communist-era Prague during the 70s and 80s. I texted him…
DVD Review – True Love Ways
Director: Mathiue Seiler Starring: Anna Hausburg, Kai Michael Muller, David C. Bunners Year: 2014 True Love Ways (which is a title that doesn’t really make any sense in English, I…
DVD Review – Walking Out
Director: Alex & Andrew Smith Starring: Josh Wiggins, Matt Bomer, Bill Pullman Year: 2017 One of my favorite movies from the late 90s, during my teenage years, is The Edge,…
DVD Review – Goodbye Christopher Robin
Director: Simon Curtis Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Margot Robbie, Will Tilston, Kelly Macdonald Year: 2017 An imperfect but heart-melting melodrama, Goodbye Christopher Robin is a new Finding Neverland and another peek…
DVD Review – Camelot (1982)
Director: Marty Callner Starring: Richard Harris, Meg Bussert, Richard Muenz Year: 1982 In 1960, Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot opened on Broadway and ran for 873 performances. Based on the classic…
DVD Review – The Square
Director: Ruben Ostlund Starring: Claes Bang Year: 2017 I have never seen a film quite like The Square, and perhaps that feeling is bolstered by how little I was prepared…
DVD Review – Marshall
Director: Reginald Hudlin Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Dan Stevens Year: 2017 Director Reginald Hudlin hasn’t attempted a feature film since a string of odd choices in the 90s and…