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James Reviews Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:57:25 +0000

James takes a look at the recent Blu-ray release of Rare Exports from Oscilloscope Laboratories.

Oscar Nominated BULLHEAD To Get Limited Release February 17th

James McCormick — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:19:52 +0000

Recently nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming Academy Awards, Michael R. Roskam's Bullhead has finally been given the green light by its distributor, Drafthouse Films, for a limited release starting February 17th in New York City, Los Angeles and Austin.

James Reviews Shinji Imaoka’s Underwater Love [UK DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 02:43:46 +0000

For months we were hearing little whispers of this pinku eiga film from Japan. Why was a pinku eiga film getting so much attention? [...]

Goodbye Uncle Ken: James’ Top 10 Favorite Films By Ken Russell (1927 – 2011)

James McCormick — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 08:10:34 +0000

It’s always a sad day when anyone dies. Especially for we, the film fanatics out there, when one of our cinematic [...]

James Reviews MST3K’s “Manos” The Hands of Fate [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:18:01 +0000

Where does one begin when speaking about one of the worst movies ever made? Well, when you’re the Mystery Science Theater 3000 [...]

For Criterion Consideration: William Friedkin’s Sorcerer

James McCormick — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:10:01 +0000

When one thinks of iconic Criterion releases, many people will mention (rightfully so) the 2 disc edition of Henri-Georges Clouzot’s The Wages [...]

James Reviews Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado’s Rabies [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:16:59 +0000

If anyone knows me, they know I’m a bit of a horror fanatic. I will check out the majority of horror films [...]

James Reviews Brian De Palma’s Dressed To Kill [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 05:09:05 +0000

Following his ‘Carrie-lite’ The Fury in 1978 and his comedy Home Movies the same year as the film that will be reviewed, [...]

James Reviews Yoshimasa Ishibashi’s Milocrorze: A Love Story [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:41:10 +0000

Director Yoshimasa Ishibashi (of The Fuccons TV series fame) brings us a fever dream of colors, self help, violence, love, pain, destruction, [...]

James Reviews Noboru Iguchi’s Karate-Robo Zaborgar [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 05:00:37 +0000

Sometimes a film comes along, shoves insanity right into your eyeballs and you accept it right from the start. This is one [...]

James Reviews Michael Roskam’s Bullhead [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:43:49 +0000

When you think about crime films, usually you don’t think of Belgium. I personally do, but that’s because I love the film [...]

James Reviews Nacho Vigalondo’s Extraterrestrial [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 05:32:33 +0000

When Nacho Vigalondo came into Austin back in 2007 with his film Timecrimes, nobody knew who he was. This all changed when [...]

James Reviews Evan Kelly’s The Corridor [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 03:51:00 +0000

Paranoia is one of the most frightening things in life and when done well in a film, it gives you that sense of [...]

James Reviews Justin Kurzel’s Snowtown [Fantastic Fest 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 01:14:10 +0000

Sometimes when you go into a film with some lofty expectations, you’re going to be left disappointed. Sometimes it’s the [...]

James Is Heading To Fantastic Fest 2011, Here Are His Ten Most Anticipated Films

James McCormick — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 02:49:56 +0000

It’s true! It’s less than a day until I board a plane and land in beautiful Austin, Texas! Lots of exclamation points! [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Month In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 06:49:42 +0000

It’s back and a long time coming indeed. Taking the month of August off (not by choice, but sheer insanity by yours truly), [...]

James Reviews MST3K Vs. Gamera: Mystery Science Theater 3000, Vol. XXI [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:04:59 +0000

The gang from the Satellite of Love are back, and this time their tackling the first five Gamera films. When being sent [...]

The Criterion Comparison: Captain America: The First Avenger and Mr. Freedom

James McCormick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 13:00:02 +0000

When I went to see Captain America: The First Avenger this past weekend, I enjoyed it immensely. It was a [...]

James Reviews Doctor Who Season 6 Part 1 [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 07:07:09 +0000

Amy Pond and Rory Williams haven’t seen the Doctor in some time as have we, the audience, since the stellar [...]

James Interviews Van Gore Co-Director Keith Hodder

James McCormick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 06:53:17 +0000

When picking up the new Hobo With a Shotgun Blu-ray release, I had heard that a faux trailer was included, one that had [...]

James Reviews Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 04:23:55 +0000

That’s an alien bruv, believe it.

Coming out of the streets of South London, Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block is [...]

James Reviews Jonathan Hensleigh’s Kill The Irishman [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 04:45:54 +0000

When I heard about the film Kill the Irishman, I thought Jonathan Hensleigh had it out for me. I liked plenty [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:10:43 +0000

Criterion tried playing a fast one this week by releasing all the new films while we were recording our super two year [...]

James Reviews John Carpenter’s The Ward [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 05:44:36 +0000

I’ve been contemplating this review for the last week since seeing the film. I’ve been attempting to piece together the words that [...]

Save the Date! MGM To Release West Side Story on Blu-ray November 15th

James McCormick — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 22:04:12 +0000

If that’s got you excited as much as it has here at The Criterion Cast, MGM promises an amazing edition for this [...]

James Reviews Prachya Pinkaew’s Elephant White [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 06:08:08 +0000

A straight to DVD movie starring Djimon Hounsou as an assassin and Kevin Bacon as a gun runner in Thailand directed by [...]

James Reviews Shout Factory’s Gordon’s War / Off Limits Double Feature [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 05:38:44 +0000

Shout! Factory once again is giving us a double feature DVD, one a blaxploitation film set in New York City and the [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 04:55:15 +0000

Didn’t I just write one of these a week ago? Of course I did, because this is your destination for the best [...]

James Reviews Jules Dassin’s Rififi [Arrow Films Blu-ray]

James McCormick — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:48:50 +0000

Only a few days after he’s been released from prison, Tony Le Stephanois (Jean Servais) is reunited with his former [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Toshio Matsumoto’s Funeral Parade of Roses

James McCormick — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 06:06:58 +0000

When thinking of a film to return to this series of articles, I racked my brain constantly. So [...]

Kick Start This Film: Tom Bean and Luke Poling’s Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton as Himself

James McCormick — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 22:40:57 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 23:23:47 +0000

This one is coming up late, due to Criterion jam packing a ton of releases on Friday, right while I was finishing [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 06:04:47 +0000

It’s another week which means another round up of all the titles Criterion has put up on their [...]

James Reviews Michelangelo Antonioni’s Le Signora Senza Camelie [Masters of Cinema Blu-ray]

James McCormick — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 18:00:21 +0000

Le Signora Senza Camelie (aka The Lady Without Camelias) is about Clara Manni (Lucia Bose), a young woman form Milan who [...]

James’ Top 10 Johnnie To Films That Should Be In The Criterion Collection

James McCormick — Sat, 18 Jun 2011 17:00:10 +0000

One of the the most prolific directors in Hong Kong, let alone the world, Johnnie To is a filmmaker who I’m surprised [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 05:20:11 +0000

There are TONS of new releases this past week, and as my co-host and friend Travis George said, it was [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Sat, 04 Jun 2011 20:14:10 +0000

Another week has gone by and as usual, Criterion has put up some choice content on their page on Hulu [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? This Week In Criterion’s Hulu Channel

James McCormick — Sat, 28 May 2011 18:24:24 +0000

A little late this week, mainly because of my own random b.s. that one goes through when attempting to juggle too many [...]

James Reviews Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Les Diaboliques [Arrow Films Blu-Ray]

James McCormick — Sat, 28 May 2011 00:17:44 +0000

“Don’t be diabolical. Don’t spoil the film for your friends by telling them what happens. Thanks on their behalf.”

Those [...]

Kick Start This Film: Motke Dapp’s The Many Monsters of Sadness

James McCormick — Tue, 24 May 2011 04:48:26 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

James Reviews Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves [Arrow Films Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:28:07 +0000

Vittorio De Sica, director of Bicycle Thieves (Ladri di biciclette), was a leading force in the neorealist movement in Italy. [...]

Kick Start This Film: Scott Swan’s The Real Cowboy

James McCormick — Sun, 22 May 2011 22:23:29 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]

James McCormick — Sat, 21 May 2011 00:10:06 +0000

This past week Criterion put up a ton of new content on their Hulu Plus page, a number totaling 37. [...]

Netflix Signs Multi-Year Streaming Agreement With Miramax

James McCormick — Wed, 18 May 2011 02:33:02 +0000

Miramax Films has signed a multi-year agreement with Netflix to allow the streaming of their vast library of films via [...]

Documentary On Jodorowsky’s Dune In The Works

James McCormick — Tue, 17 May 2011 04:40:32 +0000

As a film nerd, you grow up hearing about certain films that almost got made but something (or everything) went [...]

James Reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XX [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 13 May 2011 05:47:51 +0000

“Uh-oh. Seven years bad acting.”

It always feels like Christmas (no puns about Santa Claus films) when a new Mystery [...]

The Paramount In Austin Announces Their Summer Classics Film Series

James McCormick — Fri, 13 May 2011 03:23:20 +0000

One more reason to be super jealous of our friends in Austin, the announcement of the Paramount’s Summer Classic Film Series 2011 [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]

James McCormick — Fri, 13 May 2011 01:41:19 +0000

It’s the time again, my friends. When I go through Hulu’s Criterion page and give you what’s new, what’s exciting and what [...]

James Reviews Robert O’Hara’s The Inheritance [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:56:25 +0000

Where do I begin with this film The Inheritance? I guess the best place to start in the plot itself. [...]

James Reviews The Ron Howard Action Pack With Eat My Dust And Grand Theft Auto [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:24:28 +0000

I hear you, pappy. But I can’t quite reach you.

When you hear the name Ron Howard, I would assume [...]

Kick Start This Film: Michele Josue’s Matt Shepard Is A Friend of Mine

James McCormick — Thu, 12 May 2011 05:08:27 +0000

Over the past several months, we’ve attempted to showcase several older films that deserve the attention of the Criterion Collection with our [...]

James Reviews Blake Edwards’ Wild Rovers [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:02:17 +0000

It’ll be safer than getting married.

When I first heard about this film, it was when I was being [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Thunderbolt And Lightfoot

James McCormick — Tue, 10 May 2011 22:04:57 +0000

Thunderbolt! Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. That sounds like somethin’.

While you’re waiting for a better flavor of pistachio, this entry in [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]

James McCormick — Sun, 08 May 2011 04:23:02 +0000

It’s that time of the week when you want to sit back, relax a bit and throw on something new and exciting. [...]

What’s All The Hulu-baloo About? [This Week In Criterion's Hulu Channel]

James McCormick — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:46:54 +0000

In a world that is getting more and more used to streaming their TV shows, their movies and even their [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Phantom Of The Paradise

James McCormick — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 03:24:48 +0000

With the release of the amazing Brian De Palma film Blow Out today from Criterion (which the stellar blu is half [...]

James Reviews Benjamin Meade’s Bazaar Bizarre [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 06:23:28 +0000

Bob Berdella. Does the name ring a bell? I know it didn’t for me. But for Kansas City, the name [...]

James Reviews Steve Carver’s Capone [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:49:49 +0000

“You spend all your time hitting people?”

“I take Sundays off.”

Al Capone is a man who has been [...]

James Reviews Nathan Greno and Byron Howard’s Tangled [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 05:25:16 +0000

“You broke my smolder.”

When Disney announced they were making an animated film about the Brothers Grimm story Rapunzel

[...]

Fox Classics Being Released By Twilight Time

James McCormick — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 14:00:43 +0000

Don’t worry folks. This isn’t a Twilight related news article. We don’t do that here on The Criterion Cast. Instead it’s the [...]

James Reviews Lindsay Ellis’ The A Word [Film Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 04:06:16 +0000

Abortion. A word that makes many people uneasy. And it’s also the center of an ongoing war between the Pro-Life supporters and [...]

James Reviews Robert Young’s Vampire Circus [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 06:24:26 +0000

Hammer Films was a premier company when it came to making horror films in the 1950′s and 1960′s. But [...]

Out Of The Vault! Disney And Criterion To Release Song Of The South

James McCormick — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 07:01:00 +0000

What started off as a rumor that in the world of films and rights negotiations, and usually would be scoffed at, has [...]

James Reviews Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 04:11:20 +0000

It was 12 years between films for Alejandro Jodorowsky when he announced his making of the film Santa Sangre. Nobody [...]

James Reviews Shout! Factory’s Gamera Vs Zigra / Gamera: The Super Monster [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 03:41:25 +0000

Nobody has given credit where credit is due when it comes to Shout! Factory’s great treatment of the original Gamera series. Each [...]

James Remembers Elizabeth Taylor With A Top Ten List (1932 – 2011)

James McCormick — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 07:04:26 +0000

We’ve lost a classic star, one that was almost too good to be true. She had brains and beauty in [...]

James Reviews Henry Saine’s The Last Lovecraft: Relic of Cthulhu

James McCormick — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 20:26:11 +0000

As many of you know from reading our site and listening to our podcast, we are pretty big H.P. Lovecraft fans. Fans [...]

For Criterion Consideration: The Films of Alan Clarke

James McCormick — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:41:52 +0000

Sometimes in this series of articles, we’re going to focus on specific filmmakers who deserve a spot within the Criterion Collection. Especially [...]

James Reviews Yony Leyser’s William S. Burroughs: A Man Within [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 03:28:39 +0000

William S. Burroughs, the beat poet who took the literary world by storm with his novel Naked Lunch gets the documentary [...]

James Reviews Kenji Mizumi’s Shinsengumi Chronicles: I Want to Die a Samurai [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 01:54:00 +0000

“Your eyes were sparkling when you wanted to join. Now they are dull.”

If anyone knows me, they’ll know I’m a [...]

James Reviews Samuel Fuller’s Shock Corridor [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 17:00:19 +0000

All of the men want me, Johnny. But I want you. And you – you want the Pulitzer Prize.

A [...]

James Remembers Tura Satana (1938-2011)

James McCormick — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 19:00:51 +0000

One of the great personalities of cinema has passed away this weekend. Tura Satana, the iconic actress from Russ Meyer’s equally [...]

James Reviews Disney’s Alice In Wonderland [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 15:00:13 +0000

A film that was ripped apart by critics when it was released, especially in England, Walt Disney’s Alice in [...]

James Reviews Adam Green’s Hatchet II [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:00:46 +0000

Victor Crowley is back with a vengeance, this time with more gore filled kills than the first time around, [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Ossie Davis’ Cotton Comes To Harlem

James McCormick — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 03:42:32 +0000

Now what would a bail of cotton be doing in Harlem?

We’ve been gone for a bit, but like any good [...]

James Reviews Lynn Hershman Leeson’s W.A.R.: !Women Art Revolution [Sundance 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 19:41:12 +0000

W”.A.R.” asks the question, “Can you name three women artists?” Can you do it? I know I had to think long [...]

James Reviews Leonard Retel Helmrich’s Position Among the Stars [Sundance 2011 Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:40:40 +0000

Leonard Retel Helmrich has been chronicling the lives of Bachtiar “Bakti” Becker and his mother, Rumidjah Sjamsuddin for three films and [...]

James Reviews Rob Epstein’s and Jeffrey Friedman’s Howl [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 05:00:21 +0000

Sadly, Howl was a film that flew right under my radar completely in 2010′s full roster of films. A film dealing [...]

James Reviews Fritz Lang’s Metropolis [Masters Of Cinema UK Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:00:42 +0000

There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.

How can one review [...]

‘Tis the Season For a Top 10 Toshirō Mifune Films List!

James McCormick — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 20:17:26 +0000

Toshir? Mifune is one of the greatest actors to ever grace the silver screen. I don’t say that with any doubt [...]

James Reviews Joel And Ethan Coen’s True Grit [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:05:59 +0000

The last time The Coen Brothers tried to remake a classic film, they didn’t hit one out of the park and [...]

Alejandro Jodorowsky’s Santa Sangre Coming To DVD In America Thanks To Severin Films

James McCormick — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:00:52 +0000

Thanks to the fine folk over at Severin Films, they are bringing us a forgotten gem from 1989 from a master [...]

James Reviews Robert Houston’s Shogun Assassin [UK Blu-Ray review]

James McCormick — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:59:36 +0000

I guess I wish it was different. But a wish is only a wish.

Looking at the film Shogun Assassin, it’s [...]

James Reviews Leo McCarey’s Make Way For Tomorrow [UK Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 06:00:50 +0000

Two old-fashioneds, for two old-fashioned people.

Sometimes you hear about a film for years, from your grandparents, from friends and colleagues [...]

James Reviews Joseph Kosinski’s Tron: Legacy [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:58:47 +0000

It’s been 28 years since the first Tron light cycled its way into the film world from the Walt Disney Company. [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Sam Peckinpah’s Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia

James McCormick — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 05:00:53 +0000

Why is his head worth one million dollars and the lives of 21 people?

Ah, they don’t have taglines like that [...]

For Criterion Consideration: Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye

James McCormick — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:00:24 +0000

When trying to think of a worthy title for the second installment in the For Criterion Consideration series we have started here at [...]

For Criterion Consideration: David Gordon Green’s Undertow

James McCormick — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 04:00:10 +0000

David Gordon Green is a favorite filmmaker with our writers here at Criterion Cast. With his sudden emergence in the world [...]

James Reviews Larry Blamire’s Dark and Stormy Night [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 18:00:57 +0000

Larry Blamire is a lover of the films of yesteryear. But not the sprawling epics or strategic war films of yesteryear. [...]

James Reviews The Terror Within / Dead Space Double Feature [Roger Corman Cult Classics DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 17:00:59 +0000

With the recent passing of Dino De Laurentiis, it had me thinking of the other prolific genre producer who is still [...]

James Reviews Jalmari Helander’s Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 06:15:46 +0000

“This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus.”

Before going into the screening for Rare Exports, all I knew about [...]

James Reviews Kinji Fukasaku’s The Green Slime [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 05:00:34 +0000

What do you get when we have a film produced by MGM but filmed in Tokyo at Toei Company? We have [...]

For Your Holiday Wish List: Star Wars Art: Visions

James McCormick — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 13:00:05 +0000

Lucasfilm has released a new book through Abrams, and it looks to be a must have for this holiday season. Star [...]

James Reviews Roger Vadim’s Pretty Maids All In A Row [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 05:15:49 +0000

[Note from the editor: Full disclosure, the CriterionCast (podcast only) is now being sponsored by the Warner Archive. Their sponsorship does [...]

James Picks Ten Criterion Films That Will Terrify You This Halloween

James McCormick — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 02:53:15 +0000

It’s my favorite time of year, kiddies. It’s Halloween and time to gorge oneself on candy, costumes and horror movies. Even [...]

James Reviews Ivan Reitman’s Cannibal Girls [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:00:36 +0000

Most people would probably think you were crazy if you told them Ivan Reitman directed a horror film about [...]

James Reviews Chris Morris’ Four Lions [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:23:52 +0000

When it comes to horrible villains in the films, terrorists are the new Nazis. Especially in this day and age, after [...]

James Reviews The Evil / Twice Dead Double Feature [Roger Corman Cult Classics DVD Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 13:00:22 +0000

The days of the double feature. Long since dead in the normal every day theater chains, we sometimes [...]

New York Comic Con 2010: What Should You Look Forward To?

James McCormick — Fri, 08 Oct 2010 03:54:46 +0000

It’s been awhile since the last Comic Con here in New York City. Housed in the Jacob Javits Center, [...]

James Reviews The Slumber Party Massacre Trilogy [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 04:00:51 +0000

Let’s go back to the 1980′s. Ronald Reagan was president. Our economy was in the shitter. AIDS was making news as [...]

James Reviews Nagisa Oshima’s Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 04:00:42 +0000

It’s your gods. It’s your bloody, awful, stinking gods. They made you what you are. May they rot away in the [...]

James Mourns the Passing of Sally Menke

James McCormick — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:00:07 +0000

This week has been a bit of a bummer. We lost a great comedian, a great director and the one that [...]

James Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s Film Socialsme [New York Film Festival 2010 Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:02 +0000

First off, right off the bat, I’d like to take this time to ask Jean-Luc Godard to do himself and the [...]

James Reviews David Fincher’s The Social Network [New York Film Festival 2010 Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:00:10 +0000

A million dollars isn’t cool. You know what is cool? A billion dollars.

Many people have been skeptical of The Social [...]

James Reviews Gamera Vs. Guiron and Gamera Vs. Jiger Double Feature [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 02:40:47 +0000

The second DVD featuring some Gamera rumbles this week from Shout! Factory is a fun duo of films, dealing with a [...]

James Reviews Gamera Vs. Gyaos / Gamera Vs. Viras Double Feature [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:17:22 +0000

Shout! Factory has come back strong this week with two new DVDs in their recent acquisition of the Gamera franchise. And [...]

James Reviews Ben Affleck’s The Town [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 22:16:43 +0000

Comparisons will be made to Ben Affleck’s The Town to such films as Heat, Reservoir Dogs, White Heat, La Haine, Blast [...]

James Reviews Jean-Luc Godard’s Breathless [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 13:00:51 +0000

When we talked, I talked about me, you talked about you, when we should have talked about each other.

Soon this [...]

James Mourns The Passing of Claude Chabrol With A Top Ten List

James McCormick — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 20:57:08 +0000

It’s always sad to write about anybody who dies in the film business, but today’s loss is a big one. Claude [...]

James Reviews Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman’s Catfish [Theatrical Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 13 Sep 2010 04:14:08 +0000

A film that carefully balances the line between reality and fantasy, Catfish is a revelation that seems so simple on paper [...]

James Interviews A Woman, A Gun, And A Noodle Shop Director Zhang Yimou

James McCormick — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:00:07 +0000

A Woman, A Gun and a Noodle Shop, the new film by Zhang Yimou, is an exciting and unique take on [...]

James Reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000 Volume XVIII [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 05:39:15 +0000

I feel as if this Mystery Science Theater 3000 review is the toughest one I’ve ever had to do. Not because [...]

James Reviews Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:15:18 +0000

My brother used to tell everyone they were brother and sister…

Terrence Malick. The man, the myth, the legend? In some [...]

James Reviews Michelangelo Antonioni’s Red Desert [Blu-Ray Review]

James McCormick — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:00:36 +0000

“You ask what you should watch. I ask how I should live. It’s the same thing.“

Sometimes the best duos in [...]

James Reviews John Mackenzie’s The Long Good Friday [Blu-ray Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 19:04:25 +0000

Who lit the fuse that tore Harold’s world apart?

When sitting down to write a review on a new DVD or [...]

James Reviews Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb [Criterion Collection DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:00:43 +0000

The battle to get a film from the United States Postal Service shouldn’t be a battle at all. It should be [...]

James Reviews Shigeo Tanaka’s Gamera Vs Barugon [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:12:00 +0000

When I was a kid and I saw Gamera Vs. Barugon for the first time, I was a bit [...]

James Reviews Joe Dante’s Piranha [Roger Corman's Cult Classics DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 03:56:23 +0000

If anyone has known me for many years, they’ll know that I’m an avid Joe Dante lover. And who can deny [...]

James Reviews Karen Shakhnazarov’s The Vanished Empire [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 21:00:05 +0000

‘The Vanished Empire‘ came out of left field to this viewer, especially when it comes to a part of youth that [...]

James Reviews Michael Powell And Emeric Pressburger’s The Red Shoes Criterion Collection Blu-ray

James McCormick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:00:26 +0000

“Sorrow will pass, believe me.

Life is so unimportant.

And from now onwards, you will dance like nobody ever [...]

James Reviews Aleksandr Sokurov’s The Sun [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:00:34 +0000

A film that came out in 2005 to rave reviews during the Berlin Film Festival and is finally out on DVD [...]

YouTube Is Sticking With Flash For Now, HTML5 & WebM Are Still In Its Future

James McCormick — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:00:24 +0000

Most find it a big surprise that YouTube’s engineers outlining many reasons why they’ll still continue to use Flash, even though [...]

The Third Man Returns To Blu-ray This September From Lionsgate And Studio Canal

James McCormick — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:00:21 +0000

To all the fans of Carol Reed’s ‘The Third Man‘ (listen to our recent episode, discussing the film with [...]

James Celebrates Peter Lorre’s Birthday With His Ten Favorite Films

James McCormick — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 02:50:29 +0000

Look up on that marquee. Whose name do you see? László Löwenstein! Then you shake your head and wonder, “Who is [...]

James Reviews Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train Criterion Collection Blu-ray New Release

James McCormick — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 04:42:45 +0000

“Was that a gun?”

“Probably. This is America.”

Jim Jarmusch’s ‘Mystery Train’ and I have had a tumultuous relationship with one [...]

James Reviews Pablo Larrain’s Tony Manero [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 18:58:29 +0000

A man determined to not just emulate the character of Tony Manero portrayed by John Travolta in the 1977 film ‘Saturday Night [...]

James Mourns The Passing Of Dennis Hopper With A Top Ten List

James McCormick — Mon, 31 May 2010 02:33:05 +0000

Dennis Hopper. One of the greats in cinema history. A consistent rebel in Hollywood, he pushed envelopes as often as he ripped [...]

James Reviews Gamera: The Giant Monster On DVD From Shout! Factory [DVD Review]

James McCormick — Wed, 19 May 2010 07:07:18 +0000

When people mention their love for a ‘monster movie involving a big lizard rampaging through a Japanese city, wreaking havoc on all [...]

James Reviews Akira Kurosawa’s Sanjuro Blu-ray Re-release [Criterion Collection New Releases]

James McCormick — Wed, 19 May 2010 05:04:16 +0000

The story of the wandering ronin is back once again with the Akira Kurosawa’s underrated 1962 gem “Sanjuro“, a sequel [...]

Mubi Preparing To Stream Films In Europe On The PlayStation 3

James McCormick — Wed, 19 May 2010 04:35:29 +0000

Europe is getting a new movie streaming service on their PS3′s this coming fall, exclusively from MUBI, or the artist formerly known [...]