4K UHD Review: Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Taken as an individual film, Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning is a decent effort with some solid action sequences. Taken in context of the entire Mission: Impossible series (particularly the last three directed by Christopher McQuarrie), its plot is surprisingly dull at times when compared to the earlier installments. Co-written by McQuarrie, there are numerous […]
4K UHD Review Malcolm X (Criterion Collection)
Criterion has given Spike Lee’s epic “Malcolm X” the superior 4K release it deserves.
Blu-ray Review: Green Lantern (Extended Cut)
Unlike its competitors at Marvel, with the exception of Batman, the Superheroes of the DC Universe hasn’t had much success bringing its characters to the big screen. Warner Bros. was hoping to change all that with Green Lantern, but unfortunately the film never really gets off the ground. Despite a strong mythology at its core, […]
Malcolm X Finally Coming to Blu-ray
Warner Home Entertainment will finally bring Malcolm X to Blu-ray next year. In an Academy Award-nominated performance, Denzel Washington (Glory) stars as the famed activist; director Spike Lee (Inside Man) charts Malcolm’s journey from his early years as a Harlem gangster through his emergence as one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most influential figures. Supporting […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Fifteenth Season (The Final Season)
After countless awards, and well documented highs and lows, ER finally closed up shop after fifteen years on the air. After the unevenness of the previous season, interrupted by the writer’s strike, many wondered if ER had enough gas in the tank to pull off twenty-two more worthwhile episodes. You can count me among the […]
Blu-ray Review: Notorious – Unrated Director’s Cut
Notorious tells the story of Christopher Wallace, aka The Notorious B.I.G./Biggie Smalls/Big Poppa, the multi-nicknamed Brooklyn rapper who rose to fame in the mid-1990s and was murdered in 1997 at the age of 24. His killer(s) remain at large but the focus of this film is not to examine his mysterious death but rather explain […]