This week’s minor VOD releases feature a documentary filmed inside a video game, a Kiwi comedy about psychic warfare, and the unfortunate return of Uwe Boll. First Shift (VOD and select theaters August 30): Notoriously inept provocateur Uwe Boll announced his retirement from filmmaking in 2016, but he returned with a movie in his native […]
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When Carol Reed’s classic thriller unspooled in London cinemas 75 years ago this week, it gripped viewers with its cynical view of a war that was still quite fresh in the mind.
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The reality of racism is the real horror in this dreadful demon possession movie.
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Four months before ‘Black Christmas’ invented the modern slasher, director Bob Clark dragged a much older kind of horror story through the foxholes of Vietnam to even more disturbing effect.
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The recently-departed actress’s four films for Miramax in the mid-to-late 1990s weren’t among her crowning achievements, but they also showed that she never phoned it in.
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Our bi-weekly look at the best new titles on Blu-ray, 4K, and your subscription streaming services.
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The charming Julie Andrews may have a reputation for being essentially a piece of confectionery in human form, but that doesn’t mean she wasn’t capable of delivering the most genteel burn in awards speech history.
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John Huston’s 1982 adaptation of the Broadway smash is a bit of a mess, but an undeniably engaging one.
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Zoë Kravitz reveals herself as a natural born filmmaker in this fast-paced, whip-smart thriller.
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A new 4K restoration of Hitch’s penultimate feature gives us a chance to look at this ugly, mean-spirited masterpiece with fresh eyes.
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Did the American giallo begin with Alan J. Pakula’s 1972 thriller?
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Our mini-reviews of “Smoking Tigers,” “The Clean-Up Crew,” “Place of Bones,” and more of this week’s under-the-radar VOD releases.
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