Homevideo Review

  • HomeVideo Review Little Shop Of Horrors: The Director’s Cut

    A notorious, long-suppressed “director’s cut” ends Frank Oz’s musical on an appropriately dark note.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Funhouse

    With the slasher movement in full effect, director Tobe Hooper offers his own twist on the Universal monster movie.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Pet Sematary

    One of Stephen King’s darkest novels got an adaptation that’s slightly better than its reputation suggests.

    October 24, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review This Is Cinerama

    Even multiple projectors, this demonstration of a spectacular widescreen format is still a fascinating piece of film history.

    October 17, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Battle Circus

    Humphrey Bogart gave one of his last performances in a musical melodrama that presaged the success of M*A*S*H.

    October 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (Blu-ray)

    Steven Spielberg’s storybook fantasy makes viewers cry by hitting close to home.

    October 17, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Pursued

    Robert Mitchum stars as a man haunted by his past in a Western that behaves more like a film noir.

    October 10, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • HomeVideo Review Iron Sky

    A Sarah Palin-like figure is president in a Finnish-German-Australian sci-fi satire that bites off more than it can chew.

    October 10, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review End Of The Road

    Terry Southern co-wrote and co-produced this X-rated, super-freaky 1969 cult item.

    October 10, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review DVDs In Brief: October 10, 2012

    Our weekly DVD review round-up.

    October 10, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Halloween II / Halloween III: Season Of The Witch 

    These two sequels were doomed to a hostile reception 30 years ago, but they’re looking better now.

    October 3, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Eating Raoul

    Fed up with their neighbors in swinging Los Angeles, a couple takes matters in their own hands in Paul Bartel’s black comedy.

    October 3, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1

    The first half of a two-part animated feature gets close to the letter of Frank Miller’s source material.

    October 3, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Carol Burnett Show: The Ultimate Collection

    The highs and lows come one right after the other in this most uneven of classic shows.

    September 26, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • HomeVideo Review Black Sunday

    Mario Bava’s debut feature set a new standard for gothic horror. 

    September 26, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Karate-Robo Zaborgar

    A secret agent and a transformer robot teamed up in this repurposed take on an outrageous 1970s Japanese series.

    September 26, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review DVDs In Brief: September 26, 2012 

    Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

    September 26, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Get A Life: The Complete Series

    After years in rights exile, the full-blown insanity of Chris Elliott’s cult TV show can finally be appreciated on DVD.

    September 19, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • HomeVideo Review Eclipse Series 35: Maidstone And Other Films By Norman Mailer

    The art movies of Norman Mailer have all the strengths and weaknesses of his prose.

    September 19, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Rescuers / The Rescuers Down Under 

    The before-and-after of digital technology gets a meaningful demo in a 1977 Disney film and its 1990 sequel.

    September 19, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review DVDs In Brief: September 19, 2012 

    Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

    September 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review A New Leaf  

    Elaine May’s directorial debut casts Walter Matthau as a potentially murderous curmudgeon who might be beyond redemption. 

    September 12, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • HomeVideo Review Abbott And Costello Meet Frankenstein

    In 1948, struggling Universal made an unlikely team out of some of its biggest past-their-prime stars. 

    September 12, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review The Lieutenant: The Complete Series, Parts 1 & 2

    Gene Roddenberry’s topical military series captures a creator on the verge of packing up 20th-century problems and heading into space. 

    September 12, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review DVDs In Brief: September 12, 2012 

    Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

    September 12, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Quadrophenia 

    Franc Roddam’s 1979 adaptation of The Who’s rock opera isn’t particularly operatic, but it bursts with details of Mod life. 

    September 5, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • HomeVideo Review Portnoy’s Complaint 

    Six-time Oscar nominee Ernest Lehman was an adaptation specialist, but not even he could crack Philip Roth’s feisty novel. 

    September 5, 2012 | 12:02am -

  • HomeVideo Review Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection 

    Two discs’ worth of early Chuck Jones projects reveal his time as Warner Brothers' specialist in cute. 

    September 5, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • HomeVideo Review DVDs In Brief: September 5, 2012 

    Our weekly DVD review round-up. 

    September 5, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • HomeVideo Review Thinner 

    Classy packaging can't disguise the stink of a forgotten 1996 Stephen King adaptation. 

    August 29, 2012 | 12:03am -