Tag: Alan Cumming

4K UHD Blu-ray Review: The Smurfs

March 28, 2017

[amazon_link asins=’B01N25O6PD’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazetteo-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’42a27545-140e-11e7-9d5d-bb808f11a3d8′]Conveniently timed to coincide with the upcoming theatrical debut of Smurfs: The Lost Village, Sony has released The Smurfs (2011) on UHD. The disc includes a new transfer and a new Atmos soundtrack while carrying over all of extras from the 2011 Blu-ray release on the included 1080p disc. While some of the information below about the film itself can

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The Good Wife Season 3

DVD Review: The Good Wife – The Third Season

September 8, 2012

Without having gone to any other buffet on the Las Vegas Strip yet, the best is the Carnival World Buffet at the Rio, which is, ironically, off the Strip, but still as equally considered as all the others because if you want a little break from the sometimes-frenzied nature of the Strip, you go to the Rio. The Carnival World Buffet is what I assume

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PTown Diaries

DVD Review: PTown Diaries

June 21, 2012

PTown Diaries is a documentary in search of a town. It has it in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where the Pilgrims landed, and which has become creativity personified for artists and writers, and home to everyone, no matter their sexual orientation, no matter their views of life. It moves at a fairly relaxed pace, if you don’t notice that filmmaker Joseph Mantegna flits and zooms from the

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The Smurfs

Blu-ray Review: The Smurfs

November 28, 2011

The Smurfs debuted on North American television as a Saturday morning cartoon in 1981. Created by Peyo, the Smurfs, a population of adorable blue creatures who were named according to their occupations or personalities, with Papa Smurf their wise leader. Their idyllic existence was only occasionally interrupted by small, simplistic problems and an evil wizard named Gargamel, whose “henchman” was his cat. Like most PG

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Blu-ray Review: The Tempest

September 25, 2011

When compared to his other works, William Shakespeare’s last play, The Tempest is a bit of an odd duck. While it combines elements of his previous comedies, romances, and tragedies into something original, it can also come off as a bit stuffy. That’s not the case for Julie Taymor’s big screen adaptation which features lots of beautiful imagery and fine performances. Even so, The Tempest

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