by John Larkin I had the immense pleasure of attending a truly special evening at The Bedford Playhouse in Bedford, NY, for a screening...

Purchase at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above Robert Zemeckis dangles on the wire Between Spectacle and Wonder One of my filmgoing regrets from the last decade is that I completely missed THE WALK when it was released in 2015. Not just because it is a strong Robert Zemeckis film, but because this was clearly designed to be seen big. This was not a movie meant to casually pass through theaters and eventually land on cable. It was conceived as an event, the kind of larg

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE Review by John Larkin This release was originally scheduled for January but mysteriously disappeared from the Warner Archive Collection slate without explanation. Thankfully, it resurfaced unexpectedly in early April and is now officially part of the Warner Archive Collection lineup. For years, I scoffed at the DVD cover of JUST FRIENDS—a title I frequently made eye contact with during my time working at the now-defunct Borders Books. The film came out

Click here to purchase! Review by John Larkin I've always had a special admiration for Steven Soderbergh—a filmmaker who continues to work prolifically while continually pushing technical boundaries, often on a modest budget. Whether it's experimenting with digital cinematography, shooting on iPhones, or stripping down his crew to the bare essentials, Soderbergh embodies a kind of guerrilla filmmaking spirit that’s both inspiring and rare in Hollywood. I was lucky enough to m

Blu-Ray review by John Larkin THE END can be purchased on blu-ray at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above. It wasn’t Burt Reynolds, but Dom DeLuise who served as my gateway to discovering this film. My family and I have long cherished the 1980 comedy FATSO, in which DeLuise stars as an overweight 40-year-old man coming to terms with his lifelong battle of the bulge. FATSO was the only feature film ever directed by actress Anne Bancroft, working under her husband’s BROOK

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Review by John Larkin FILMWORKER can be purchased on Blu-Ray by clicking the image above. As actor Leon Vitali recounts in the...

Blu-Ray review by John Larkin THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH blu-ray is available to purchase at Moviezyng.com by clicking the image above. Released in 1974, THE LORDS OF FLATBUSH is a charming, low-budget time capsule directed by Brooklyn born Martin Davidson and Stephen Verona. From today’s perspective, the film stands as both a gritty homage to the leather-clad, motorcycle-riding greasers of the late 1950s and an intriguing glimpse into the early careers of Sylvester Stallone and

Review by John Larkin CONCLAVE is available to rent/purchase on Digital Platforms and is available on 4K UHD February 11, 2025 As a lifelong Catholic, I have always been captivated by the intricate rituals and doctrines of the Church—its catechism, the theater of its liturgies, and its unwavering pursuit of moral authority. Edward Berger’s CONCLAVE takes these ideas to a darker, more exhilarating level, delving into the treachery, deceit, and power struggles that unfold withi

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Purchase at MovieZyng.com by clicking the image above Review by John Larkin HEARTS OF DARKNESS has always struck me as one of the most vivid and unsettling behind the scenes portraits ever made about the creation of a film. What continues to fascinate me is that although I admire APOCALYPSE NOW and respect its place in cinema history, it has never been one of my personal favorites. I rarely feel the urge to revisit it. Yet HEARTS OF DARKNESS is something I can return to agai

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Review by John Larkin Aesthetically, this take on the classic Dracula story is masterful, exuding an atmosphere of constant dread while,...

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by John Larkin This past week Season 2, Episode 3 of The Video Archives Podcast was released on all podcasting platforms. For those who...

Click the image above to purchase the set on Amazon.com Review by John Larkin For the first time ever, the complete I LOVE LUCY collection has been released in HD in a gorgeous blu-ray box set. Back in 2014 CBS Paramount released just the first season on blu-ray. After a long strange gap with no subsequent releases of the other seasons, CBS Paramount has finally unloaded all 194 classic TV episodes of one of the most watched and beloved TV shows of all time. I LOVE LUCY ran f

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Blu-Ray Review by John Larkin FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION is available to purchase on blu-ray at MovieZyng.com and by clicking the image above. In 2006, director Christopher Guest reunited with his usual cast regulars from A MIGHTY WIND, BEST IN SHOW and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN to focus his legendary lampooning skills on the business of Hollywood - specifically, the absurdity that revolves around the quest for oscar buzz, even if it's far from deserved! FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION is eve

Review by John Larkin I tend to avoid writing oppressively negative reviews of films, with the exception being if I feel I am bringing...

by John Larkin Now available to stream on TUBi and to purchase on Amazon Prime Six years ago I set out to make a new documentary that...

Review by John Larkin From it's first moments it's clear Brady Corbet's THE BRUTALIST is intended to be a substantial cinematic...