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Weekend Roundtable: Best Book-to-Movie Adaptations

Josh Zyber — Fri, 13 Sep 2019 17:00:51 +0000

Most times, when people think about movies adapted from novels, the inevitable conclusion is that the book was better. Every so often, however, a film will come along that successfully captures, or even improves upon, its source. Deirdre Crimmins One of the better book adaptations to make it on screen has to be Coraline. If...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of May 19th, 2019 – Romantic Upsides, Hidden Dragons

Josh Zyber — Mon, 20 May 2019 12:00:38 +0000

Already feeling the loss of Game of Thrones and need a little more fiery dragon action in your life? DreamWorks has you covered on Blu-ray and UHD this week, albeit with a kids’ cartoon. On the upside, this version probably has less mass murder to depress you. New Releases (Blu-ray) How to Train Your Dragon:...

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Blu-ray Highlights: Week of April 1st, 2018 – Are You the Keymaster?

Josh Zyber — Mon, 02 Apr 2018 12:00:35 +0000

Easter coincides with April Fool’s Day this year, and the combination of the two holidays has apparently inspired most of the home video studios to take the week off. The month begins with very few notable Blu-ray releases, even fewer of which look worth spending money on. We don’t even get any Ultra HD discs...

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‘Call Me by Your Name’ Review: Steamy Honesty

Philip Brown — Thu, 14 Dec 2017 17:00:55 +0000

‘Call Me by Your Name’ is a very specific story about a very specific type of romance from a very specific time and place. Yet like so many of the best films (or even the best stories, full stop), by making something so unapologetically specific, the movie feels universal. It’s a love story, but not...

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TIFF Journal: ‘Call Me by Your Name’

Philip Brown — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 19:00:22 +0000

‘Call Me by Your Name’ is so emotionally specific that it transforms into something universal. It’s a queer love story set in a privileged estate in Italy in the early 1980s, yet so perfectly captures pained glances, hushed suspense and explosive passions of love that almost anyone should recognize part of themselves somewhere in the...

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