Oliver Stone has pretty much cornered the market on films covering the time during the Vietnam War. His resume is rather impressive: Platoon (1986), Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven and Earth (1993) are all part of …
Blu-ray Review: The Sum of All Fears
Although Clear and Present Danger made $207,500,000 worldwide upon its release in 1994, Paramount apparently made the decision to shut down the franchise for awhile. In 2002, the studio attempted to revive the franchise with a much younger Ben Affleck, …
Blu-ray Review Clear and Present Danger
Harrison Ford, James Earl Jones, Anne Archer, and director Phillip Noyce must have enjoyed making Patriot Games so much that they all decided to return for this third film in the Jack Ryan series. Author Tom Clancy, whose novel was …
Blu-ray Review: Beowulf – Director’s Cut
Beowulf is the oldest surviving poem in the English language. The epic work was written sometime between the 8th and 11th centuries. In the poem, Beowulf battles three rivals: Grendel who is attacking the Danish mead hall known as Heorot …
Blu-ray Review: Shine a Light
As a Rolling Stones fan, I have to admit, I had some my doubts when I heard Martin Scorsese was making a documentary about them After all, the Stones have been around for well over forty-five years now, longer than …
Blu-ray Review: Patriot Games
After The Hunt for Red October earned $200,512,643 worldwide, Paramount saw the makings of a franchise, so the studio decided to make some changes. Most notably, Harrison Ford replaced Alec Baldwin as Dr. Jack Ryan. For Ryan’s wife, Anne Archer …
Blu-ray Review: The Hunt for Red October
As a fan of Tom Clancy and the Jack Ryan films, I was thrilled when I heard that Paramount was releasing 1990’s The Hunt for Red October, 1992’s Patriot Games, 1994’s Clear and Present Danger and 2002’s The Sum of …
Blu-ray Review: Dark City – Unrated Director’s Cut
Despite the fact that renowned film critic Roger Ebert called director Alex Proyas’ (The Crow) Dark City his favorite film of 1998, the movie received a lukewarm reception at the box office, and many critics felt the story put forth …
Blu-ray Review: Top Gun (Special Collector’s Edition)
“I feel the need…the need for speed!” –Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards, Top Gun I was thirteen when Top Gun came blazing on to the big screen in 1986. I absolutely loved the film and saw it three or four …
Blu-ray Review: The Ruins (Unrated)
Whenever I can, I like to see the unrated or director’s cuts of films. Often these cuts are better, because they allow you to see what the director’s initial vision for a project was, before the studio gets a hold …