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Bob Cashill
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An Editorial Board Member of Cineaste magazine, Bob is also a member of the Drama Desk theatrical critics society in New York. See what he's watching on Letterboxd and read more from him at New York Theater News.
The Coen brothers’ cult smash has gone Blu. Just take it easy, man.
Bob Cashill checks out the tight-skirted babes in Zack Snyder’s folly, and eventually critiques the extended edition on Blu-ray.
The Oscar-winning director of “Man on Wire” returns with a documentary that’s in no way monkey business.
Is a movie that’s 90% awful still worth seeing? If it’s (Optimus) prime Michael Bay, yes, almost. Other, less awful movies are also considered.
“This is no fantasy…” A DVD megaset of all things “Superman” has made it to Blu-ray.
Manufactured-on-demand discs bring the rockin’ 60s artifacts Hold On! and How I Won the War to light.
The French classic Diabolique and the Korean thriller I Saw the Devil will tingle spines in any language.
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Robin Wright may be The Conspirator in Robert Redford’s Lincoln assassination film, as Michelle Williams goes west in Meek’s Cutoff.
Bob Cashill takes a look at some of the less familiar chapters from a storied career.
No fooling — Insidious, from the makers of Saw, gets things bumping in the night. Plus, Hilary Swank is The Resident, and the phantasmagorical Santa Sangre, both on DVD.
Is Disney’s take on Rapunzel a bad hair day for the studio? Bob Cashill takes his scissors to it.
London’s hottest show is now playing at a movie theater near you. And a former bride of Frankenstein stars in The Tourist, now on Blu-ray.
A megahit from Korea slams onto Blu-ray. Expect a fair amount of destruction, a lot of slashed throats, and some flying body parts.
Who’s that girl? Why it’s Jane Eyre, back again, as a new documentary revisits The Boys in the Band and some Monsters cause trouble on home screens.
There are worse things than fumbling the lyrics of the national anthem at the Super Bowl or tabloid crackups, Xtina. There is Burlesque.
Bob Cashill goes on the road again with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as they hit Blu-ray.
Meet Jacki Weaver, the Oscar-nominated star of Animal Kingdom…but don’t get too close, Bob Cashill cautions.
Liam Neeson wants to know who he is in Unknown. Characters in Another Year would rather be someone else. Bob Cashill analyzes these identity crises.
Bob Cashill commemorates Valentine’s Day with the notorious rape-revenge saga from the 70s and its remake. See them with someone you loathe.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger–but should you invite him into your home theater? Bob Cashill advises.
Bob Cashill asks if it’s possible to feel bad about a movie that earns an Academy Award nomination. Yes, says sorrowful Way Back star Ed Harris.
Bob Cashill counts ’em down. “I better be on there, buster,” growls The Fighter himself, Mark Wahlberg.
Bob Cashill discusses the state of the market, and ticks off a few top releases, but mostly just spotlights this pic from The Green Slime (Warner Archive).
A new horror film serves up blood and guts…and food for thought.
Just how depressing are the “holiday movies” that have lingered into the new year? Film Editor Bob Cashill tests for gloom as the star of Blue Valentine and All Good Things, Ryan Gosling, anxiously awaits results.
Still time to stuff stockings with an assortment of new tomes on movies, theatre, and TV, bookended by a poster collection that drips blood and a rundown of renowned Broadway hits–and flops.
Bob Cashill says movies weren’t just a laughing matter for the director of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “The Pink Panther,” and “Victor Victoria.”
Tis the season for awards, nominations, and citations. As he makes his own list Bob Cashill separates the naughty (“Black Swan”) from the nice, including an uncloseted Jim Carrey.