Locked and loaded with a decent screenplay, Michael Winner and Charles Bronson acquit themselves well in this brutal 1974 hit that launched a decade’s worth of nasty vigilante movies. The lynch-mob formula presents crimes so awful that the audience demands violent retribution. The shock is that this incitement to ‘fight back’ is not direct right-wing propaganda — vigilantism is glamorized but not endorsed. A fine supporting cast includes Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats and unexpected treats like Olympia Dukakis and Jeff Goldblum. “Fill your hand!”
Death Wish, 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date January 24, 2023 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Fred J. Scollay, Chris Gampel, Robert Kya-Hill, Ed Grover, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Paul Dooley, Olympia Dukakis, Al Lewis, Robert Miano.
Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz...
Death Wish, 4K
4K Ultra HD + Blu-ray
Kl Studio Classics
1974 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 93 min. / Street Date January 24, 2023 / available through Kino Lorber / 39.95
Starring: Charles Bronson, Hope Lange, Vincent Gardenia, Steven Keats, William Redfield, Stuart Margolin, Stephen Elliott, Kathleen Tolan, Jack Wallace, Fred J. Scollay, Chris Gampel, Robert Kya-Hill, Ed Grover, Jeff Goldblum, Christopher Logan, Gregory Rozakis, Christopher Guest, Paul Dooley, Olympia Dukakis, Al Lewis, Robert Miano.
Cinematography: Arthur J. Ornitz...
- 1/28/2023
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
The Mitchells Vs. The MacHines – (L-r) Danny McBride as “Rick Mitchell”, Abbi Jacobson as “Katie Mitchell”, Mike Rianda as “Aaron Mitchell”, and Maya Rudolph as “Linda Mitchell”. Cr: ©2021 Spai. All Rights Reserved.
Netflix was the big winner at the 49th Annual Annie Awards Saturday evening garnering top honors in 20 categories with the brilliant The Mitchells vs. The Machines taking home the top prize for Best Animated Feature. Produced by Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), the delightful film tells the story of a quirky, dysfunctional family’s road trip that’s upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope. The Mitchells vs. The Machine features the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Beck Bennett, Fred Armisen, Eric Andre, and Oscar winner Olivia Colman
The film’s eight Annie Awards include Best...
Netflix was the big winner at the 49th Annual Annie Awards Saturday evening garnering top honors in 20 categories with the brilliant The Mitchells vs. The Machines taking home the top prize for Best Animated Feature. Produced by Oscar winners Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse), the delightful film tells the story of a quirky, dysfunctional family’s road trip that’s upended when they find themselves in the middle of the robot apocalypse and suddenly become humanity’s unlikeliest last hope. The Mitchells vs. The Machine features the voices of Abbi Jacobson, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Beck Bennett, Fred Armisen, Eric Andre, and Oscar winner Olivia Colman
The film’s eight Annie Awards include Best...
- 3/13/2022
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Netflix owned the Annie Awards on Saturday, picking up 20 of the night’s 31 competitive trophies during the virtual show. The streamer’s “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” was named best animated feature, topping the film categories with eight wins while “Arcane” ruled the TV side with nine, including best TV/media – general audience.
Neon’s animated documentary “Flee,” by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, was named best indie feature.
In addition to the top film award, “Mitchells,” from Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, won awards for writing, FX, character design, production design, voice acting and editorial. The victory could give it an edge at the Academy Awards, with final Oscar voting set to start Thursday.
“This team never settled for anything that wasn’t original, bold or new and they broke the rules,” said Christopher Miller, who produced the film along with his Lord Miller partner Phil Lord and Sony Pictures Animation’s Kurt Albrecht.
Neon’s animated documentary “Flee,” by Jonas Poher Rasmussen, was named best indie feature.
In addition to the top film award, “Mitchells,” from Sony Pictures Animation for Netflix, won awards for writing, FX, character design, production design, voice acting and editorial. The victory could give it an edge at the Academy Awards, with final Oscar voting set to start Thursday.
“This team never settled for anything that wasn’t original, bold or new and they broke the rules,” said Christopher Miller, who produced the film along with his Lord Miller partner Phil Lord and Sony Pictures Animation’s Kurt Albrecht.
- 3/13/2022
- by Terry Flores
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix’s “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” dominated the 49th annual Annie Awards on Saturday, winning eight awards to only three for Disney’s “Encanto.” While “Mitchells” from Mike Rianda and Jeff Rowe has won more critics’ awards than “Encanto,” the Disney film has won virtually every Hollywood guild award and is the prohibitive favorite to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
“Mitchells” won in every one of the eight categories in which it was nominated at the Annie Awards, including Best Feature, Best Direction, Best Writing and Best Voice Acting (Abbi Jacobson). The three wins for “Encanto” – for character animation, music and storyboarding – came in categories in which “Mitchells” was not nominated.
Netflix won an additional 12 awards in the 13 TV categories, nine of them for “Arcane.” Overall, the company was nominated in 25 categories and won in 20 of those.
The result was reminiscent of Annie ceremonies in 2009 and 2011, when...
“Mitchells” won in every one of the eight categories in which it was nominated at the Annie Awards, including Best Feature, Best Direction, Best Writing and Best Voice Acting (Abbi Jacobson). The three wins for “Encanto” – for character animation, music and storyboarding – came in categories in which “Mitchells” was not nominated.
Netflix won an additional 12 awards in the 13 TV categories, nine of them for “Arcane.” Overall, the company was nominated in 25 categories and won in 20 of those.
The result was reminiscent of Annie ceremonies in 2009 and 2011, when...
- 3/13/2022
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you have not watched Monday night’s episode of “The X-Files”) The second episode of “The X-Files” event series took fans back to the “monster of the week” episodes of the original series. The episode begins with a doctor (Christopher Logan) at a genetic research lab that works closely with the Department of Defense suffering from strange auditory hallucinations, which compel him to break into a secure server room at the lab and try to download sensitive information. The high-pitched noises he keeps hearing eventually drive him to jam a letter opener into his brain via.
- 1/26/2016
- by Joe Otterson
- The Wrap
The X-Files frequently gives its viewers images that are hard to shake: A demonic death fetishist skulking through the shadows. An armless and legless inbred woman hidden under a bed. Twin Kathy Griffins. (Okay, forget that last one.) So it's appropriate that "Founders Mutation" opens with an extreme close-up of a heavily bloodshot eye. Someone, it seems, has seen too much.His name is Dr. Sanjay (Christopher Logan), and he's an employee at Nugenics Technology who, when asked whether his weekend activities were "work or pleasure," responds with a morose, "I haven't known pleasure for quite some time." Life of the party, this one. Things don't get much better for Sanjay when he attends a staff meeting. While the other employees rattle on about their work and their company's mysterious "founder," Sanjay hears a high-pitched screech that nearly doubles him over. As a flock of crows ominously gathers outside, Sanjay...
- 1/26/2016
- Vulture
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