COPSHOP, (aka COP SHOP), Alexis Louder, 2021. ? Briarcliff Entertainment / Courtesy Everett Collection In Joe Carnahan's first film in seven years, the director of The A-Team, Smokin' Aces, and The Grey moves Gerard Butler, Frank Grillo, and relative newcomer Alexis...
Disrespected, ignored, and abused, hotel worker Ana (Grace Van Patten) exists in a world where men are largely abusive, violent, and maniacal. Thrust through a looking glass scenario, Ana tumbles like Alice into a paradise of sorts, where women lure passing soldiers...
The ninth episode in the Fast & the Furious stream of action flicks takes our crew of car thieves-turned-government-heroes into space. Seriously. Your ability to appreciate the film depends on how you read that first sentence. It's either a recognition that when...
Mare of Easttown was an unexpected gem, first telecast on HBO Max and now available via DVD. Over seven episodes, Kate Winslet's detective Mare Sheehan navigates the troubling world of her hometown, where she once starred on the basketball court for her high school,...
Based on Anthony Burgess' novel, Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange dives into a satirical (murderous) discourse on the nature of humanity and free will. Along the way, it'll question where a person can be forced to be good or if goodness can only be determined by the...
Before he was helming The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, or The Outsiders, Francis Ford Coppola began his directing career with a Psycho knock-off commissioned by Roger Corman with funds left over from Corman's The Young Racers. The end result is a black-and-white film...
Whenever I'm asked what my favorite movies are, The Shawshank Redemption always appears in my top five. Rewatching the film again in beautifully clear 4K Ultra HD, it's at the top of the list, a remarkable story ("Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption") by Stephen...
In Catch the Bullet, twenty-two-year-old, veteran actor Gattlin Griffith rides in on a horse - as the villain. Alongside stars like Tom Skerritt and Jay Pickett, Griffith and his younger brother Callder share the story of a U.S. Marshal Britt MacMasters (Pickett) who...
Ji-Yoon (Sandra Oh) is the newly-minted chair of the English Department at Pembroke University, an institution of higher learning that has struggled financially and publicly with its appearance. She is subject to Dean Paul Larson (David Morse) and in love with fellow...