Video Views Extra: New Review of an Older Movie
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-11-07
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Henry Travers, Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Macdonald Carey, Wallace Ford
Although a bona fide classic, the story so implausible that it holds together only because of the directorial skill of Hitchcock and the top-notch work of actors Joseph Cotten and Teresa Wright.
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: 2024-10-24
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Horror
Director: Joel Schumacher
Cast: Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Dianne Wiest, Kiefer Sutherland, Barnard Hughes, Edward Herrmann, Jami Gertz, Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander
A story that starts with promise and seems to be going somewhere devolves into a formulaic disappointment.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-17
MPAA Rating: "NR"
Genre: Thriller
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Schunzel
"Notorious" has stood the test of time and deserves the labels of a classic and one of the most formidable early American productions of Alfred Hitchcock.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-10-09
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Sexual Content, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Thriller
Director: Robert Vincent O’Neil
Cast: Donna Wilkes, Cliff Gorman, Susan Tyrrell, Dick Shawn, Rory Calhoun, John Diehl, Steven Porter, Donna McDaniel, Graem McGavin
There are times when it can be fun to revisit a cheesy, poorly-made movie from another era, but this is not one of those instances.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-09-17
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore, Profanity, Nudity)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Christopher Landon
Cast: Tye Sheridan, Logan Miller, Joey Morgan, Sarah Dumont, David Koechner, Halston Sage, Cloris Leachman
Never remotely scary but there are some solid laughs, a decent amount of over-the-top gore, and a grotesque scene featuring a zombie penis.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2024-09-04
MPAA Rating: "PG" (Sexual Content, Profanity, Scary Images)
Genre: Horror/Comedy
Director: Tim Burton
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Geena Davis, Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara, Jeffrey Jones, Winona Ryder, Robert Goulet, Dick Cavett, Marie Cheatham
Although the sensibilities of director Tim Burton are offbeat and his humor verges on the macabre, there is an oddball charm to the proceedings.
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: 2024-07-26
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: 2024-07-19
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.