Video Views Extra: New Review of an Older Movie
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-10-31
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Sexual Content, Brief Nudity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Action
Director: Peter Manoogian
Cast: Paul Satterfield, Hamilton Camp, Claudia Christian, Marc Alaimo, Shari Shattuck, Armin Shimerman, Michael Deak
One of those films that, despite its overt shoddiness, presents an opportunity to absorb something supremely silly without having to devote much attention to the proceedings.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-09-28
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Sexual Content)
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Director: Henry Bean
Cast: Ryan Gosling, Billy Zane, Theresa Russell, Summer Phoenix
An interesting film for the things it does right but, by the time the end credits rolled, I was unable to fight back a sense of frustration with its limitations.
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: 2024-02-19
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Nudity)
Genre: Documentary/Horror
Director: Andrew J. Keuhn
Cast: Nancy Allen, Donald Pleasence
In the 21st century, this is a throw-away but what it offered at the time of its release was substantial.
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U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-30
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Gore, Profanity)
Genre: Science Fiction/Adventure
Director: Scott Beck, Bryan Woods
Cast: Adam Driver, Ariana Greenblatt
The most lofty goal "65" can claim is being a slickly-made B movie.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2022-12-06
MPAA Rating: "R" (Violence, Gore)
Genre: Comedy/Thriller
Director: David O. Russell
Cast: Christian Bale, Rami Malek, Zoe Saldana, Taylor Swift, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Matthias Schoenaerts, Chris Rock, Anya Taylor-Joy, Andrea Riseborough, Alessandro Nivola, John David Washington, Margot Robbie, Robert De Niro
It takes over an hour before "Amsterdam" decides what it wants to be and, by that time, viewers may be exasperated by the film’s quirkiness and exhausted by its meandering storyline.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-05-16
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Violence, Profanity)
Genre: Action/Fantasy
Director: Peyton Reed
Cast: Paul Rudd, William Jackson Harper, Katy O’Brian, Bill Murray, Kathryn Newton, Jonathan Majors, Michelle Pfeiffer, Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Corey Stoll
Maintains a high level of energy to go along with its eccentricity but, for all its epic aspirations, it feels slight.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-01-03
MPAA Rating: "R" (Profanity, Violence)
Genre: Drama
Director: James Gray
Cast: Banks Repeta, Anne Hathaway, Jeremy Strong, Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Sell, Jaylin Webb
Some of the individual moments are impactful or effective at evoking nostalgia. But, as they say, the whole is less than the sum of the parts.
U.S. Home Release Date: 2023-08-15
MPAA Rating: "PG-13" (Nudity)
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wes Anderson
Cast: Jason Schwartzman, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Hanks, Jake Ryan, Jeffrey Wright, Maya Hawke, Rupert Friend, Edward Norton, Bryan Cranston
An occasionally enjoyable diversion that offers enough low-key laughs to paper over a few the filmmaker’s annoying tendencies.