Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: Das Boot

For fans of war films, Das Boot is an absolute must-see. Here, director Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm, In the Line of Fire) he manages all the facets of the genre perfectly, using visual imagination, and directorial restraint to take…

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Blu-ray Review: The Romantic Englishwoman

Lewis Fielding (Michael Caine) is a successful novelist. He and his wife Elizabeth (Glenda Jackson) have a young son, a big, beautiful house in the country, and plenty of hired help. They are a couple who appear to have it…

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DVD Review: Shot in the Dark

I’ll admit it right off the top: If I wasn’t a fan of HBO’s Entourage, I probably would have had little interest in star Adrian Grenier’s documentary, A Shot in the Dark. But then, it’s probably safe to assume that…

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Blu-ray Review: The Long Riders

After honing his writing skills on small, independent documentaries, and getting experience as an assistant director on major box-office hits such as The Thomas Crown Affair (1968) and Bullitt (1968), Walter Hill became a real force in Hollywood with the…

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Blu-ray Review: Sucker Punch

Zack Snyder has gained a reputation as a fine director on the strength of his adaptations of others stories.  Dawn of the Dead was a memorable remake of George Romero’s zombie masterpiece. 300, a mesmerizing tour de force, was a…

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