DVD Review: A Happening of Monumental Proportions
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Blu-ray Review: I, Tonya
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Spy Coming to Blu-ray and DVD September 29th
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 4, 2015) – Queen of Comedy Melissa McCarthy “in her funniest movie yet” (Leonard Maltin, LeonardMaltin.com) embarks on the mission of a lifetime as secret agent Susan Cooper in SPY. The September 29th Blu-ray release will include two versions of the film – Theatrical and never-before-seen Unrated Cut. The DVD will […]
Blu-ray Review: The Ice Storm (Criterion Collection)
Based on the novel by Rick Moody, Ang Lee’s The Ice Storm is a film about the things we think we know. New Canaan, Connecticut is the picture of affluence and prosperity. On the outside, the Hood and Carver families appear to fit in perfectly. In truth, they are coming apart. The year is 1973, […]
Blu-ray Review: Finding Nemo (Three-Disc Collector’s Edition)
Right up there with the Toy Story franchise, Finding Nemo is one of Pixar’s finest efforts to date. Equal parts comedy, family drama and adventure, this story about a father and son is wonderfully executed. In case you’re one of the few not familiar with Finding Nemo, here’s a recap: Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) […]
DVD Review: Margaret
Looking for a bracing drama that makes you feel like you spent your evening well? Looking for involving characters embodied by actors who give such insightful, moving performances that you’re locked in all the way to the end, wondering what’s going to happen next and in what emotional shape you’re going to be in by […]
Blu-ray Review: The Help
Despite the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863, and the UN Declaration of Human Rights in 1948, institutionalized indenture existed in the southern United States throughout the civil rights movement in the 1960s. The black “help” were not simply housekeepers, but nannies to the children. In many cases, they were de facto mothers to neglected children at the […]
The Help Comes to Blu-ray and DVD December 6th
BURBANK, Calif., October 5, 2011 — The Help, the inspirational summer hit film people can’t stop talking about, arrives in homes just in time for the holidays, delivering this powerful story on Blu-ray™ Combo Pack, DVD, Digital Download and On-Demand, December 6, 2011. The #1 New York Times bestseller by Kathryn Stockett comes to vivid […]
DVD Review: Two and a Half Men – The Complete Fourth Season
Created by Chuck Lorre and Lee Aronsohn, Two and a Half Men centers on Charlie Harper (Charlie Sheen) whose carefree lifestyle is interrupted when his newly separated brother Alan (Jon Cryer) moves in, along with his son Jake (Angus T. Jones) who lives with them part-time. Berta (Conchata Ferrell), is Charlie’s sarcastic and sharp-tongued housekeeper. […]
DVD Review: Juno
When Juno was released in December of 2007, I paid very little attention. Knee deep in the throes of yet another Christmas season, a movie about a pregnant teenager wasn’t registering very high on my must-see list. Though I was thoroughly amused by director Jason Reitman’s 2005 film, Thank You For Smoking, I just didn’t […]