Robin Williams—Comic Genius (Time-Life) When Robin Williams committed suicide in 2014, the world was robbed of one of its greatest comedians, an endlessly inventive and original performer who was always “on” whenever in...
Digital Week
Kevin Filipski
Digital Week – October 30
Blu-rays of the Week Mamma Mia 2—Here We Go Again (Universal) In this otherwise turgid sequel to the inexplicably beloved stage and screen musical comprising many Abba songs, Lily James (as Meryl Streep’s character when...
Digital Week – October 23rd
Blu-rays of the Week Arizona (RLJ Entertainment) In this pitch-black comedy that swings for the fences but falls short, Danny McBride is a frustrated homeowner who’s been foreclosed on and who takes it out on the real...
Digital Week – October 16th
Blu-rays of the Week Ant-Man and the Wasp (Disney/Marvel) In this protracted, fitfully entertaining sequel to Ant-Man, the interplay among Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michael Douglas and Michelle Pfieffer makes it...
Digital Week – October 9th
Blu-rays of the Week John & Yoko: Imagine/Gimme Some Truth (Eagle Vision) Accompanying the massive new boxed set celebrating John Lennon’s seminal Imagine album (1971), this release contains John and Yoko’s film...
Digital Week – October 2nd
Blu-rays of the Week Agrippina (Naxos) Handel’s dazzling opera has meaty roles for a pair of sublime singing actresses, and Robert Carson’s otherwise goofy modern-dress production set in the board rooms, bedrooms and...
Digital Week – September 25th
Blu-rays of the Week Andrei Rubelev (Criterion) Russian director Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1966 biographical epic about the medieval Russian icon painter is a mesmerizing classic crammed with sweeping visuals and intimate...
Digital Week – September 18th
Blu-rays of the Week Cold Water (Criterion) French director Olivier Assayas’s 1994 breakthrough was this cutting, insightful exploration of disaffected youth, circa 1972; part of a series of films about young people...
Digital Week – September 11th
Blu-rays of the Week Tag (Warner Bros) With Ed Helms in the lead, this mainly inane comedy about grown men acting like children (based on a true story) tries to equal the vapidity of Helms’s biggest hit, The...
Digital Week – September 4th
Blu-rays of the Week American Animals (Lionsgate) Brutal and brusque, Bart Layton’s crime drama has enough topsy-turviness to keep one watching, even if it ultimately doesn’t achieve the greatness it could have. Still...
Digital Week – August 21st
Blu-rays of the Week Supergirl (Warner Archive) This big, lumbering mess was a complete flop in 1984, but it’s hard to blame then-unknown Helen Slater, charming in the lead but unable to do what Christopher Reeve did in...
Digital Week – August 14th
Blu-rays of the Week Breaking In (Universal) Gabrielle Union makes a kick-ass heroine in this derivative but fun thriller as a mother who takes revenge on the murderous thugs who invade her dead father’s home looking...
