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Alex Saveliev

Alex graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a BA in Film & Media Arts and studied journalism at the Northwestern University in Chicago. While there, he got acquainted with the late Roger Ebert, who supported and inspired Alex in his career as a screenwriter and film critic. Alex has produced, written and directed a short zombie film, “Parched,” which is being distributed internationally and he is developing a series for a TV network, and is in pre-production on a major motion picture.

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4K Ultra HD Review: Grant, Kelly, And The French Riviera: Revisiting Alfred Hitchcock’s “To Catch A Thief”

Alex SavelievUpdated on July 22, 2025July 22, 2025

  A retired jewel thief sets out to prove his innocence after being suspected of returning to his former occupation.

Movie News

“Live And Die In East LA” Is 100% Fresh On Rotten Tomatoes And Touches Lives

Alex SavelievMarch 19, 2025March 19, 2025

Attila Korosi, a self-taught filmmaker who grew up in a war-torn region, immigrated to the US, and formed a strong bond with East LA natives, makes his feature film debut, ‘“Live and Die in East LA.” The movie deals with an E.R. doctor who, after treating an injured boy, is pulled into the world of …

4K/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Reviews

4K Ultra HD Review: Le Big Macs, Foot Massages, And Gimps: Revisiting Quentin Tarantino’s Seminal Masterpiece “Pulp Fiction”

Alex SavelievUpdated on December 17, 2024December 17, 2024

The lives of two mob hitmen, a boxer, a gangster and his wife, and a pair of diner bandits intertwine in four tales of violence and redemption.

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: “When It Rains In LA”

Alex SavelievSeptember 21, 2024September 21, 2024

Following the story of an Eastern European girl who escapes the horror of losing her boyfriend in her own country for an LA vacation with friends, she faces the reckoning of the trauma she left behind….and the rain she unearthed coming here.

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: A Subdued Nicolas Cage Takes A Back Seat To Space Bugs And Children In Post-Apocalyptic Horror “Arcadian”

Alex SavelievUpdated on April 13, 2024April 13, 2024

A father and his twin teenage sons fight to survive in a remote farmhouse at the end of the end of the world.

4K/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Reviews

4K Ultra HD™ Review: “The Expendables” Franchise Exclusive SteelBook Collection: Nostalgia Outpaces The Timeless Glow Of Its Stars

Alex SavelievNovember 27, 2023November 27, 2023

A team of aging but badass mercenaries is tasked to eliminate various nemeses.

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4K Ultra HD™ Review: Kermit, Broadway, And Joan Rivers: Revisiting “The Muppets Take Manhattan”

Alex SavelievUpdated on November 1, 2023November 1, 2023

Kermit and his friends go to New York City to get their musical on Broadway, only to find it’s a more difficult task than they anticipated.

Movie Reviews

Movie Review: Kitty Green’s “The Royal Hotel” Is A Pit Of Toxic Masculinity And Micro-Aggression

Alex SavelievOctober 2, 2023September 15, 2023

US backpackers Hanna and Liv take a job in a remote Australian pub for some extra cash and are confronted with a bunch of unruly locals and a situation that grows rapidly out of their control.

4K/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Reviews

Blu-ray™ Review: Led Zeppelin, Jack Black, And The SATs: Revisiting Richard Linklater’s “School Of Rock”

Alex SavelievSeptember 27, 2023September 27, 2023

“School of Rock” stars Jack Black as Dewey Finn, a hell-raising guitarist with delusions of grandeur. Kicked out of his band and desperate for work, Dewey impersonates a substitute teacher and turns a class of fifth-grade high-achievers into high-voltage rock and rollers.

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