DVD Review: Rails & Ties
After watching Rails & Ties, I couldn’t help but feel the film could’ve and should’ve been better. Rails & Ties marks the directorial debut of Alison Eastwood (daughter of Clint), and she should be applauded for taking on such difficult material for her debut behind the camera. While I found the first thirty five minutes […]
DVD Review: Home Improvement: The Complete Eighth Season
Created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra (who both produced The Cosby Show) and David MacFadzean, Home Improvement was based on the standup comedy routine of Tim Allen. The show debuted on September 1, 1991 on ABC and became an instant hit ranking 5th in the Neilsen ratings during the series first season, and never leaving […]
DVD Review: Bonneville
The lack of good roles in films for actresses over forty has been an issue almost since cinema began. Through the years, there have always been a few female stars; Katherine Hepburn immediately comes to mind as an actress who could still get a good leading role in an excellent film. For the most part […]
Blu-ray Review: There Will Be Blood
Hands down, Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most talented actors working in films today. He resists the temptation to turn out movie after movie, often taking three, four even five years between big screen performances. However, each time he graces the screen whether he’s playing a man with cerebral palsy in My Left Foot […]
Blu-ray Review: Cloverfield
I know I already reviewed this film two months ago, and declared myself less than impressed with it. However, after hearing friends repeatedly tell me I missed the point of the entire movie and it was indeed one of the best monster movies to come out in a long time, I wondered if maybe I […]
DVD Review: John Adams
As Benjamin Franklin lay on his deathbed in 1790, John Adams said, “The history of our Revolution will be one continued lie from one end to the other, the essence of the whole will be that Dr. Franklin’s electrical rod smote the earth and out sprang General Washington.” As it turns out, Adams wasn’t altogether […]
DVD Review: The Andromeda Strain
As an avid movie watcher, I find myself continually wondering why Hollywood seems so obsessed with remakes. Is it because it’s easy just to reheat ideas that have already been done, or do some entertainment honchos really feel they can improve an old piece of material? Recently, A&E broadcast a four hour mini-series called The […]
TV Review: Army Wives – “Would You Know My Name”
I didn’t watch Army Wives at all last season. I watched it for the first time about ten days ago, when I received a review copy of Army Wives: The Complete First Season. I was initially intrigued by the show because I had been a big fan of JAG and I thought with Catherine Bell […]
DVD Review: The Fugitive – Season Two, Volume One
As I wrote in a review of The Fugitive – Season One, Volume Two, I believe the series stands out as a television masterpiece; Creator Roy Huggins, producer Quinn Martin, and all of the actors involved came together to create one of the finest dramas in television history. More than forty years after the series […]
DVD Review: Army Wives – The Complete First Season
In the last twenty five years, television has taken viewers on a journey through the grittier side of war with series like Tour of Duty, China Beach and The Unit. Rarely has television examined the lives of the families left at home as their husbands, wives, mothers and fathers serve their country. In an effort […]