A Greek soldier tries to get home while his wife and son try to keep it safe in Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of the classic tale of The Odyssey. While filled with magic and monsters, Nolan finds a heartfelt humanity in a grand, but grounded, epic, a fantastical triumph of confident filmmaking.
Tag Archives: Drama
Mexicali (2026)
A man with secrets lives in Mexico on an avocado farm with his partner goes back to fighting to make a bit of money before finding himself fighting a much bigger enemy.
Now available on VOD.
Sugar Cookies [1973] [Troma “Tromatic” Special Edition Blu-ray]
A softcore starlet is murdered, and her lady lover sets up a revenge plot by finding a new starlet who looks just like her in Theodore Gershuny’s Sugar Cookies, a 1972 early Troma written by Lloyd Kaufman, and now on Blu-Ray via Troma Entertainment
The Elephant Man [1980] [Criterion Collection 4k UHD & Blu-Ray]
In THE ELEPHANT MAN, David Lynch’s heartfelt and humanist second film, a deformed man finds compassion and care with a noted doctor. Originally on Criterion Collection Blu-ray in 2020, it now has a 4k upgrade.
The Invite [2026]
A couple on the rocks invites a set of neighbors for a dinner party. Secrets, insecurities, and more come out in Olivia Wilde’s dynamically shot, character-strong anxiety comedy The Invite.
Desperate Living [1977] [Criterion 4k & Blu-Ray]
A housewife and her housekeeper commit murder and escape to the fascist enclave of Mortville in John Waters’s 1977 trash epic Desperate Living, now on 4k UHD & Blu-Ray via Criterion.
Pittsburg (short film) (2026)
A young girl is dropped off at the airport by her father to travel as an unaccompanied minor. When the flight is delayed overnight, she ends up in the care of a flight attendant.