5th and 300th Anniversary

On July 22nd 2019 Film Ruminations will be turning 5 years old as well as uploading the 300th post. I feel like I have grown as a viewer and a reviewer with room still to grow. I planning on taking a little time to revisit the original thrust of the sight, the BFI Sight and […]

Blu-ray Review – The Last Warning – Flicker Alley

The Last Warning plays exactly like you might expect a silent film version of an episode of Scooby Doo. This is not necessarily a bad thing.

Blu-ray Review – Opera – Scorpion Films

Director: Dario Argento Screenplay: Dario Argento Minutes: 107 Year: 1987 Score: 8.20 Release: Scorpion Limited Edition Opera sits next to Susperia for my favorite Argento films, which is on the left fully depends on my mood. From RoninFlix.com: When young opera singer Betty takes over the leading role in an avant-garde presentation of Verdi’s Macbeth, […]

Podcasts: AGFA Links

Hello, with the AGFA crew at the Billy Wilder Theater for a retrospective I figured I would drop a one stop source for the FilmRuminations Podcast Episodes from the collection. The Zodiac Killer Effects The Violent Years The Sword and the Claw The Soultangler The Godmonster of Indian Flats Lady Street Fighter Ninja Zombie …

Podcast Episode 14: Variations on Evangelism

This is a special episode. This summer my church is having a film series and the Pastor invited me to provide a double feature. I wanted to include this as an episode here. If religious jabber isn’t your bag maybe skip this one, I hope you don’t, but I will understand if you do.

Blu-ray Review – The Man Who Laughs – Flicker Alley

The Man Who Laughs Director: Paul Leni Screenplay: J. Grubb Alexander, Walter Anthony, Mary McLean, Charles E. Whittaker Minutes: 110 Year: 1928 Score: 7.27 Release: Flicker Alley There are few films which have been on my list as long as I can remember having a list. It has been around on video and DVD, it’s […]

Blu-ray Review – US – Universal

First thing first, I loved Us. It is some of the finest, modern, general release, horror films that I have watched in a while.

Game of Thrones Season 8 – Digital Giveaway

Let’s get two things out of the way. First, overall I quite enjoyed the final season, so my feelings won’t be hurt if you click away now and I will go into is more further down below. Second, click HERE for a chance to win a digital copy of the season, which includes a feature […]

Podcast – Ninja Zombie

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Blu-ray Review – GLASS – UPHE

Let’s try a complement sandwich for this one. James McAvoy is incredible in this film. Split is better. It is nice to see a quality mid-range budget action/superhero film.