Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast (1946)

Long before Disney’s 1991 animated triumph, Jean Cocteau filmed Beauty and the Beast (La Belle et la Bete) in 1946, in France. Before the days of CGI, and modern creature makeup, Cocteau simply dazzles. Known primarily as a poet and a painter before the release of the film,  Cocteau’s version of the much-filmed Jean-Marie Leprince […]

Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast (Diamond Edition)

Disney | 1991 | 92 mins. | G I saw Beauty and the Beast for the first time in 1991, but as a college student I thought myself too cool to admit the films goodness. Now, nearly twenty years later, I’ve grown to appreciate Disney’s accomplishment. The first animated filmed to be nominated for the […]

DVD Review: Beauty And The Beast: The Final Season

Beauty and the Beast was one of those shows that never did that well in the ratings but had a loyal following. When the show premiered in 1987, Catherine (Linda Hamilton) was a wealthy Assistant District Attorney looking for meaning in her life. Vincent (Ron Pearlman) was a man-beast forced to live his life under […]