Author: Christopher Zabel
Christopher Zabel has moderated the AVSForum's Picture Quality Tiers for the last decade. A videophile with a real passion for genre films and quality filmmaking, personal favorites include everything from Fight Club to 2001: A Space Odyssey. A firm believer in physical media, his ever-growing film collection has begun threatening the space-time continuum with its enormous mass.
Famed author C.S. Lewis (Anthony Hopkins) finds a surprising connection with Joy Gresham (Debra Winger) in the quietly affecting drama Shadowlands
A lucid examination of the influential graffiti crew Can't be Stopped, hailing out of West Hollywood and first rising to prominence in the 1980s.
Underground Japanese exploitation starring some of the country's top adult stars, Maniac Driver pays delirious homage to giallo masters.
An aged Julian Sands makes his comeback to genre flicks in Ghosts of Monday, which throws everything at you with a dash of style
Goodbye, Don Glees is an earnest and often poignant coming-of-age anime film influenced by Hollywood.
Mandy Moore's first starring role, A Walk to Remember is a wholesome tale of love and self-discovery.
Michael Rooker Time Shudder’s popular horror anthology rambles into its third abbreviated season, still under the guiding hand of horror effects maestro Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead). Continuing its …
Cameron Crowe's Hollywood remake of the powerful Spanish gem, Vanilla Sky is an unsettling Tom Cruise vehicle with a top-flight cast, including a young Penélope Cruz coming along for …
Director Noah Baumbach disowned the indie ensemble effort Highball, an amateurish work closer to sketch comedy.
The lighthearted Elvis vehicle looks stunning in 4K as the King sings and dances his way across a Blue Hawaii as his backdrop.
It's an upgrade only a videophile could love for the Rankin-Bass Christmas special, Santa Claus is Comin' to Town.
Explosive Korean action with an anime-like penchant for over-the-top violence, The Witch 2 is a satisfying sequel for a popular cult gem.