4K UHD Review: Brokeback Mountain
Based on the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted into a beautifully articulate screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. While considered one of the best scripts around, the story of a love affair between to men remained unproduced for years, until Focus Features stepped in, and Director Ang Lee expressed […]
I Give It A Year (Blu-ray)
Classified as a romantic comedy, Dan Mazer’s I Give It a Year offers plenty of laughs if not much romance. By design, the relationship at the center of things isn’t easy to root for, and the film’s love quadrilateral doesn’t leave a lasting impression. Nonetheless, I’ll Give It a Year offers up enough genuine laughs […]
The Dictator Coming to Blu-ray and DVD August 21st
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 11, 2012) – The brilliant Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) “establishes a claim to be the best comic filmmaker now working” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times) as Third World ruler Admiral General Aladeen in the “outrageously funny” (Rafer Guzman, Newsday) comedy The Dictator, reigning supreme in an all-new Banned* & Unrated version debuting August […]
Blu-ray Review: Yogi Bear
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 80 mins. | G Yogi always was “smarter than the average bear.” However, having watched the Hanna-Barbera cartoon for years, I also remember him as funnier than the average bear. Unfortunately, the makers of this live and computer generated film didn’t get the memo. It’s not original, inventive or funny. […]
Blu-ray Review: Observe and Report
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 86 mins | Rated R Perhaps we should call this the year of the mall security guy. In January, there was the Kevin James hit Paul Blart: Mall Cop; three months later, Observe and Report, another movie about a mall cop with delusions of grandeur hit theaters. However, that’s where […]