Criterion’s remastered “Night of the Living Dead” (1968) puts “Night” in a whole new light…

*****SPOOKY SPOILERS!***** Note: This will not be a traditional review of George Romero’s classic “Night of the Living Dead,” since there are already countless books/reviews plumbing the depths of this groundbreaking movie (more about those below). This is a review of the Criterion BluRay of the film.  In the Darkest “Night” In an age where, sadly,…

Criterion’s lovingly remastered “War of the Worlds” (1953)…

Preface. For those seeking a more in-depth analysis of this movie (as I normally do in this column), I’ve already done a retrospective of H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” a few years back ( War and Remembrance: “The War of the Worlds”), so I won’t rehash Wells’ book, the various films, or the TV…