BLU-RAY REVIEW: THE BONE-BREAKING BRUTALITY OF “BRAWL IN CELL BLOCK 99”
A strange beast of a film that only plays by the rules it creates.
A strange beast of a film that only plays by the rules it creates.
The Winchester Mystery House of San Jose, CA, with its seemingly random layout and labyrinthine hallways to nowhere, is a natural habitat for a horror film. (It previously inspired the original Stephen King TV miniseries ROSE RED.) Much of WINCHESTER, which opened Friday with no critics’ screenings, however, could have taken place in any old mansion.
ATTACK OF THE KILLER TOMATOES may be one of history’s most misunderstood films. It has often been celebrated as a prime example of “so bad it’s funny” cinema, when in fact it’s an attempt at intentional comedy that is, at best, a scattershot success. Yet it has achieved cult status since its 1978 release, which is now well-served by a Blu-ray/DVD edition issued as part of MVD Entertainment Group’s Rewind Collection.
Do you hate hipsters? How about millennials? How about millennial hipsters who live in Brooklyn? If you said yes to any of those questions then this flick might be for you!
Much like Guillermo del Toro’s latest film THE SHAPE OF THE WATER, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest film, BEFORE WE VANISH, is also “a fairy tale for troubled times”.