View from the Couch: Cool as Ice, The Furies, Judas and the Black Messiah, etc.
View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD.
It’s Touch and Go in Steamy Drama
TOUCH
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Aleksandra Szczepanowska
STARS Aleksandra Szczepanowska, Yang Jun
Hot Water Fails to Make a Splash
HOT WATER
** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Larry Rippenkroeger
STARS Trevor Donovan, Nikki Leigh
Paint Presents a Pleasing Portrait
PAINT
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Michael Walker
STARS Josh Caras, Olivia Luccardi
This Is Not a War Story Shreds Misconceptions About Combat
THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Talia Lugacy
STARS Sam Adegoke, Talia Lugacy
Parallel Minds Not Always in Sync
PARALLEL MINDS
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Benjamin Ross Hayden
STARS Greg Bryk, Tommie-Amber Pirie
Somewhere with No Bridges Links Love, Loss, and a Local Reckoning
SOMEWHERE WITH NO BRIDGES
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Charles Frank
STARS Dale Frank, Ben Madeiras
Donna Delineates Domestic Disturbances
DONNA: STRONGER THAN PRETTY
*** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Jaret Martino
STARS Kate Amundsen, Anthony Ficco
Prime Cuts: Recommended Movies Currently on Amazon Prime
Worthy free flicks starring (among others) George Clooney, Natalie Wood, and Orson Welles.
Blind Suffers from Shortsightedness
BLIND
** (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Marcel Walz
STARS Sarah French, Caroline Williams
Tulsa: Entering a State of Faith
TULSA
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Scott Pryor & Gloria Stella
STARS Scott Pryor, Livi Birch
Wander Never Finds Its Way
WANDER
*1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY April Mullen
STARS Aaron Eckhart, Tommy Lee Jones
Prime Cuts: Recommended Movies Currently on Amazon Prime
Worthy free flicks starring (among others) Jamie Lee Curtis, Marlon Brando, and Florence Pugh.
Catch-up Cinema: Promising Young Woman
PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN
***1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Emerald Fennell
STARS Carey Mulligan, Bo Burnham
Catch-up Cinema: Mank
MANK
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY David Fincher
STARS Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried
Catch-up Cinema: Wonder Woman 1984
WONDER WOMAN 1984
**1/2 (out of four)
DIRECTED BY Patty Jenkins
STARS Gal Gadot, Chris Pine
