The death of actor Albert Finney last week unleashed an outpouring of tribute and praise to an actor, whom many considered among the Greatest Actors of All Time, and I’m in no position to argue, because I’ve been a ...
MARK BURGER’S VIDEO VAULT DVD PICK OF THE WEEK THE HATE U GIVE (Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment): Producer/director George Tilman Jr.’s award-winning ...
Two years ago, Fathom Events and Lionsgate scored a direct hit when they joined forces to re-release Dirty Dancing (1987) to the big screen to commemorate its 30th anniversary. Such success does not go unnoticed, and once again Patrick ...
MARK BURGER’S VIDEO VAULT DVD PICK OF THE WEEK IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (The Criterion Collection): Director Norman Jewison’s 1967 adaptation ...
Filmmaker Pawel Pawilowski’s evocative romantic drama Cold War (three stars) earned unsurprising Academy Award nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Lukasz Zal’s superb cinematography, and a surprise one for Pawilowski as Best Director – thereby likely edging Bradley ...
MARK BURGER’S VIDEO VAULT DVD PICK OF THE WEEK GET SHORTY (Shout! Factory): Despite having retired from acting 15 years ago, Gene Hackman ...
With the 21st annual RiverRun International Film Festival scheduled for April 4-14, the festival turns up the heat for its first “RiverRun Retro” screening event for 2019 – writer/producer/editor/director Alexandra Dean’s award-winning documentary feature Bombshell: The Life of Hedy ...
MARK BURGER’S VIDEO VAULT PICK OF THE WEEK THE PLAGUE OF THE ZOMBIES (Scream Factory/Shout! Factory): Before zombies of the gut-munching variety ...
All kidding aside, Pledge is undoubtedly a cut above most of its slasher ilk. Boasting crisp cinematography by William Tracy Babcock, an effective score by Jon Natchez and cool, confident direction by Daniel Robbins, it’s a shocker with more ...
MARK BURGER’S VIDEO VAULT DVD PICK OF THE WEEK THE BLACK WINDMILL (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): In his autobiography, Michael Caine lamented ...
