Review by Rocco Simonelli I’m a Springsteen fan. I was 14 when BORN TO RUN hit, and it was one of the first albums I ever purchased with my own money; the other was Dylan’s BLOOD ON THE TRACKS. All these years later I still listen to both. That’s important to note, because it’s impossible to watch the current Springsteen biopic DELIVER ME FROM NOWHERE without thinking of Dylan and his biopic from earlier this year, A COMPLETE UNKNOWN. Springsteen was one of the many artists w

In a new episode that feels like a beautifully warped love letter to the grimy underbelly of 1980s independent cinema, Red Letter Media...

by Giovanni Mattera BLUE MOON sets out to be an intimate character study of lyricist Lorenz Hart, one half of the legendary Rodgers and Hart songwriting duo. Directed by Richard Linklater and starring Ethan Hawke, the film positions itself as a theatrical meditation on artistic insecurity, romantic frustration, and the emotional cost of genius. In practice, however, it feels less like a cinematic portrait and more like a stage exercise that never fully justifies its move to t

Review by John Larkin Purchase Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip on 4K by clicking the image above Richard Pryor’s LIVE ON THE SUNSET STRIP marks a significant moment in Pryor's career and personal life. Released in 1982, the performance reflects a turning point after his near-fatal accident in 1980, when he set himself on fire during a freebasing incident. The special captures Pryor’s ability to process deeply personal experiences through comedy, blending vulnerability

Unrated Blu-Ray Review by Giovanni Mattera Purchase at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above I still remember seeing the first HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE in theaters with my high school buddy — we laughed harder than I ever had in a movie theater up to that point. That kind of absurd chemistry and timing made the sequel, ESCAPE FROM GUANTANAMO BAY, feel like a natural follow-up. I watched this one during college, and it delivered just as many shock-value laughs as

FIR's archives go back officially one hundred years, to 1919, before the name change to Films In Review. FIR will start re-publishing...