Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: The Battle of Algiers

First released in 1967 against a backdrop of violence in American cities, The Battle of Algiers (Battaglia di Algeri, La) was hailed by the Black Panther Party and other radical leftist groups as a handbook for urban revolution. In 2003,…

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Blu-ray Review: Rounders

“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.” With those words, begins the tale of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a card shark who plays people as well as he does…

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DVD Review: Dexter – The Fifth Season

As the fourth season ended, Dexter had opened the bathroom door to find Rita’s lifeless body soaking in a bathtub filled with her own watered down blood, while their infant son looks on, howling in a pool of blood. The…

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Blu-ray Review: Wedding Daze

Wedding Daze, the first feature film written and directed by comedian Michael Ian Black, never got a proper theatrical release in America. Instead, Wedding Daze saw a limited release on in some European countries, and was released on DVD in…

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Blu-ray Review: Mars Needs Moms

Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green’s captured motion, Seth Dusky’s voice) believes he has a tough life. The way he sees it, his dad (Tom Everett Scott) isn’t home enough, and his mother (Joan Cusack) gives him endless chores. Not only does…

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Blu-ray Review: Four Weddings and a Funeral

Upon its release in 1994, director Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral became an international hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and turning Hugh Grant into a star. A hilarious look at love and friendship, it was…

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