Category: HOME VIDEO
HOME VIDEO: “The Sisters Brothers” (2018) – Blood & Balance
There’s a lesser known Tragically Hip song I really, really like. It’s off of their hit 1998 record, “Phantom Power.” The band, if you don’t…
HOME VIDEO: “King Jack” – (2015) – Standing Up By Falling Down
Coming of age is a bitch. That’s why it makes such compelling material for rookie and veteran writers alike. Not quite a child, not quite…
HOME VIDEO: “Ruthless” (1948) – Toothless
More money, more problems. Money doesn’t bring happiness. Money doesn’t talk, it swears. All of that wisdom is on full display in the unfortunately stale,…
HOME VIDEO: “The Window” (1949) – A View Without A Thrill
Apparently, Cornell Woolrich was not a happy man. Born in New York in 1903, Woolrich would go on to become a successful writer. In his…
HOME VIDEO: “The Red Lily” (1924) – Vice and Quiet
(minor spoilers) Take all of modern movies’ whispering and yelling – a couple quietly cooing to each other in bed after making love; the gruff…
HOME VIDEO: “Brad’s Status” (2017) – Pulling Punches and Getting No Kicks
(whole lotta spoilers) Ben Stiller is a gifted performer. Hilarious in the hit “Meet the Parents” movies, Stiller plays the well intentioned, earnest schmuck with…
HOME VIDEO: “Blow Out” (1981) – Jack Terry And The Tools Of His Unmaking
(whole lotta spoilers) I found myself thinking of Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssey” while taking yet another look at my favourite Brian De Palma…