Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: Mona Lisa Smile

Sony Pictures | 2003 | 117 mins. | Rated PG-13 Mona Lisa Smile is one of those movies you can’t help but watch and wonder what might have been. When I was tempted to refer to the film as Dead…

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Blu-ray Review: Precious

Lionsgate Films | 2009 | 109 mins. | Rated R Based on the novel Push by Sapphire, Precious is a film I avoided seeing for as long as possible. I knew it would be hard to stomach. Now that I…

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Blu-ray Review: The Informant!

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 108 mins. | Rated R The main character in The Informant! is a fairly high ranking corporate executive who goes undercover to spy on his company for the FBI. At one point, he remarks he…

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Spartacus 50th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Release May 25th

Synopsis: Spartacus, the genre-defining epic from director Stanley Kubrick, is the legendary tale of a bold gladiator (Kirk Douglas) who led a triumphant Roman slave revolt. Filmed in glorious Technicolor, the action-packed spectacle won four Academy Awards including Best Cinematography…

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DVD Review: Elvis (1979)

Shout Factory | 1979 | 170 mins. | Not Rated Airing on ABC just two years after his untimely death, Elvis was the first film to examine the life of the legendary entertainer. Directed by John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble…

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The Sound of Music is Coming to Blu-ray

We don’t have any specific details yet, but 20th Century Fox will release The Sound of Music on Blu-ray “in time for the holiday season.”  Fox has come up with a new trailer advertising the Blu-ray, which you can check…

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