Everything deserves at least one viewing
This week for Disc Dive we’re taking to the skies. Buckle up and keep your tray table stowed, because things are about to get turbulent with Red Eye. Title: Red Eye Director: Wes Craven Released: August 4, 2005 (Premiere – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 25 minutes Disc Format: DVD Lisa Reisert (Rachel McAdams) is a…
Welcome back to another look at an offering from a featured Letterboxd List! This time around we’re revisiting the Top 250 Short Films where we find A Sense of History. Title: A Sense of History Director: Mike Leigh Released: September 12, 1992 (Theatrical – Canada) Runtime: 26 minutes The 23rd Earl of Leete (Jim Broadbent)…
This week for Disc Dive we’re going back to school. So make sure your lunch is packed up, your boots tied tight, and here’s hoping we don’t get in a fight with Billy Madison. Title: Billy Madison Director: Tamra Davis Released: February 10, 1995 (Theatrical – Canada and the United States) Runtime: 1 hour 30…
Welcome back to another globetrotting journey through my Letterboxd Map! Make sure your vehicle registration is in order as we’re off to North Macedonia for Sticker. Title: Sticker Director: Georgi M. Unkovski Released: September 25, 2019 (Theatrical – North Macedonia) Runtime: 19 minutes Dejan (Saško Kocev) is on his way to see his daughter’s school…
It is said that you are what you eat, in this week’s edition of Disc Dive we see how true that is with Ravenous. Title: Ravenous Director: Antonia Bird Released: March 16, 1999 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 41 minutes Disc Format: Blu-ray John Boyd (Guy Pearce) is a United States soldier receiving…
This week for our look at a featured Letterboxd List we’re hitting the video store. No, unfortunately, not a physical one. But I do have the next best thing: it’s the Letterboxd Video Store list! As I browsed the shelves, I decided to rent something very much not in my wheelhouse: anime, with All You…
Welcome back for another installment of Disc Dive! This week we’re heading to outer space for Gravity. Title: Gravity Director: Alfonso Cuarón Released: August 28, 2013 (Premiere – Venice Film Festival – Italy) Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes Disc Format: DVD Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is on her first space mission along with veteran…
This time around my Letterboxd Map journey takes me to Togo for Ashakara. Title: Ashakara Director: Gérard Louvin Released: January 1, 1991 (Theatrical – Togo) Runtime: 1 hour 38 minutes A viral outbreak is resisting Western medicine, and village elder Dodi (Gbegnedji Yawavi) has a remedy: fermented roots steeped with a sacred stone that keeps…
This week on Disc Dive we’re starting the week off right. We’re going to have a shpadoinkle day as we look at Cannibal! The Musical. Title: Cannibal! The Musical Director: Trey Parker Released: October 31, 1993 (Premiere – Boulder, Colorado) Runtime: 1 hour 37 minutes Disc Format: DVD Alferd Packer (Trey Parker) sits on trial…
For this week’s look at a featured Letterboxd List I turn to Akira Kurosawa’s 100 Favorite Movies, where I find The Thin Man. Title: The Thin Man Director: W.S. Van Dyke Released: May 25, 1934 (Theatrical – United States) Runtime: 1 hour 31 minutes Clyde Wynant (Edward Ellis) is a scientist with unfinished business. He fires…