Category: DVD Review

Director: Naji Abu Nowar Starring: Jacir Eid Al-Hwietat, Hussein Salameh AL-Sweilhiyeen Year: 2014 Out of the United Arab Emirates and filmed in Jordan comes Theeb, a film nominated for Best…

Director: Gurinder Chadha Starring: Manish Dayal, Hugh Bonneville, Gillian Anderson Year: 2017 I’m completely fine with Hugh Bonneville being type cast as the friendly English duke/earl/lord/viceroy/whathaveyou until further notice, because…

Director: Alex Helfrecht, Jorg Tittel Starring: Lorenzo Allchurch, Agyness Deyn, Jonathan Pryce Year: 2016 Just when I think I’ve seen the worst movie of the year, something unexpectedly awful jumps…

Director: Carroll Ballard Starring: Vanessa Sharp, Hugh Bigney, Patricia Barker Year: 1986 As the holiday season winds up, I wanted to visit one of my favorite traditions, The Nutcracker, a…

Director: Dustin Guy Defa Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Tavi Gevinson, Michael Cera Year: 2017 The director of this movie has one of the coolest names in the industry, a perfect moniker…

Director: Nicole Garcia Starring: Marion Cotillard, Louis Garrel, Alex Brendemuhl Year: 2016 It’s not as hard for Brits to make the figurative journey to American cinema as it is for…

Director: Robert Greenwald Starring: Farrah Fawcett, Paul Le Mat, Richard Masur Year: 1984 When your only claim to fame is Xanadu, you know your career didn’t work out exactly the…

Director: Frederic Mermoud Starring: Emmanuelle Devos, Nathalie Baye, Diane Rouxel Year: 2016 The understated French drama of the year is Moka, a revenge tale without the revenge. This is a…

Director: Werner Herzog Starring: Nicole Kidman, James Franco, Damian Lewis Year: 2015 Nicole Kidman paired with Colin Farrell is a winning combination, Nicole Kidman paired with James Franco is not.…

Director: John R. Leonetti Starring: Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee Year: 2017 I don’t care what you can prove to the contrary, I discovered Joey King. She completely…