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UNDER WRAPS (1997): The Best Halloween Film The Disney Channel Ever Made
by John Larkin On the subject of Disney Channel Halloween films, over the years I have heard many a fellow millennial shower praise upon HALLOWEENTOWN (1998) and crown it the quintessential Halloween film of their upbringing. For me, though, that distinction belongs to UNDER WRAPS (1997), a comedy about a 3,000-year-old mummy accidentally brought back to life by three kids who discover his sarcophagus in a neighbor’s basement and expose his ancient amulet to moonlight. The fi
THE SOCIAL RECKONING
by Victoria Alexander Lots of gibberish, a whistleblower, a terrifying Zuckerberg and a hounding, pounding soundtrack. Aaron Sorkin, the writer and director of THE SOCIAL RECKONING, starts the film with lots of views of legs sitting and walking. What’s up with this? A hysterical woman, Kayleigh (Portia Doubleday), has a crazy confrontation with police who stop to help her when they see her standing on a busy highway beside her car. Kayleigh goes stark raving mad. She posts th
MARKED WOMAN (1937)
Blu-Ray Review by John Larkin Lloyd Bacon was the kind of director on whom Warner Bros. could depend to keep its production schedule moving. He could turn out a musical, a comedy or a crime picture with the efficiency the studio demanded, yet his name has never acquired the distinction of contemporaries such as Michael Curtiz or William Wellman. Even two of his most enduring films, 42ND STREET and FOOTLIGHT PARADE, both released in 1933, are more readily associated with Busby
