Video Views Extra: New Review of an Older Movie
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-06-13
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Horror
Director: James Whale
Cast: Boris Karloff, Colin Clive, Valerie Hobson, Ernest Thesiger, Elsa Lanchester, Una O’Connor, O.P. Heggie, Dwight Frye
Without a question the best sequel in the classic Universal monster cycle, it ranks alongside "Frankenstein" (if not slightly above it) at the apex.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-02-29
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Sexual Content)
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Landis
Cast: Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Jessica Hynes, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry, David Hayman, Ronnie Corbett
Fans of the Simon Pegg/Edgar Wright collaborations may find the material to be engaging but there is little to convince contemporary viewers that this is a forgotten gem.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-01-23
MPAA Rating: "NR" (Profanity)
Genre: Documentary
Director: Seth Porges, Chris Charles Scott
Cast: John Hodgman, Bill Benneyan, Jim DeSaye, Daron Fitch, Joe Hession, Mark Johnson, Chris Gethard, Bob Krahulik
The kind of nostalgia-bait that might cause a pause if one was to stumble upon it while channel surfing.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2025-03-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Drugs)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Linklater
Cast: Jason London, Parker Posey, Ben Affleck, Wiley Wiggins, Michelle Burke, Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Rory Cochrane, Shawn Andrews, Milla Jovovich, Joey Lauren Adams, Matthew McConaughey
This film was made to celebrate a lost culture, and those who were part of it, or are merely curious, will find a path into the past through it.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-26
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Sexual Content, Nudity, Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: Susan Seidelman
Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Madonna, Aidan Quinn, Mark Blum, Robert Joy, Laurie Metcalf, Will Patton
Blessed with the right script and cast, Seidelman crafts the perfect tone – a grounded whimsy that allows the fairy tale elements to take flight.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-05-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Parker
Cast: Irene Cara, Maureen Teefy, Paul McCrane, Barry Miller, Lee Curreri, Laura Dean, Gene Anthony Ray, Antonia Franceschi, Debbie Allen
Cliched dramatic stories aside, the movie has a gritty charm and overall likeability that makes it worth revisiting
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-05-14
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Sexual Content, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: William Malone
Cast: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea, Jeffrey Combs
It hurts to search for logic in the wreckage of a screenplay that feels like it was cut into tiny pieces and glued back together in some random order.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-08-14
MPAA Rating: "PG"
Genre: Documentary
Director: Sara Dosa
Cast: Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft
Feels like a “greatest hits” album, tracking some of the most important volcanoes that the couple visited/investigated during the quarter century of their partnership.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-31
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Situations, Scary Images)
Genre: Horror
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Fred Astaire, Melvyn Douglas, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., John Houseman, Craig Wasson, Alice Krige, Patricia Neal
With the exception of a few jump scares, this is not especially scary, and the book-to-movie condensations cause the occasionally incoherent plot to feel rushed.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-07-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity, Sexual Content, Profanity, Drugs)
Genre: Action
Director: Andy Sidaris
Cast: Ronn Moss, Dona Speir, Hope Marie Carlton, Harold Diamond, Rodrigo Obregon, Cynthia Brimhall, Wolf Larson
Helped to define not only the filmography of Andy Sidaris, but the 80s exploitation subgenre that became popular in drive-ins and video stores.