September - 2020

The Winners of the 2021 BAFTA Awards

The Winners of the 73rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards

The Winners of the 27th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards

Secrets & Lies: Mike Leigh's Engaging Tale of Family Connections (Criterion Blu-ray)

The Winners of the 32nd Annual Producers Guild of America Awards

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Rick and Morty: The Complete Fourth Season: The Biggest and Best Season Yet (Blu-ray)

There's nothing quite like Adult Swim's animated show "Rick and Morty" anywhere else on TV, and it's not a show that's particularly easy to

The Winners of the 72nd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards

The Television Academy has just finished presenting their annual awards, and, as expected, "Succession" has come out on top for Drama, winning four awards this evening, including Outstanding Drama Series, Writing, Directing, and Lead Drama Actor (Jeremy Strong). This brings its grand total up to seven wins for the year. The only major surprise came in Lead Drama Actress where Zendaya pulled a huge upset for her performance in "Euphoria," beating out frontrunners Olivia Colman

The Alfred Hitchcock Classics Collection: A Stunning Set of Some of the Maestro's Most Beloved Works

The Films: Sir Alfred Hitchcock, "The Master of Suspense." What can be said of the brilliant auteur that hasn't already been said? Hitchcock was one of the greatest directors of all time, delivering a plethora of fantastic films, many of which are considered among the greatest of all time, and which have gone on to inspire many, including Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, and Quentin Tarantino. To celebrate the Maestro's work, Universal has put together a set of some of his

Tenet: Incredibly Ambitious, but Ultimately Disappointing

Writer/director Christopher Nolan has never been one to think on a small scale. Even in his smaller films ("Memento, "The Prestige"), the ideas tend to be bigger and more complex than you would think from the deceptively simple narratives, leading to intimate character pieces that leave you pondering long after. Then, of course, you have what most audiences know him for: his remarkable epics, which have encompassed the adventures of Batman, a mind-bending journey into dreams,

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The Blu Spot

Blu-ray Reviews, Theatrical Reviews & More

from Film Critic Jeff Beck