Blu-ray Review: Live by Night
For his fourth film in the director’s chair, Ben Affleck again turns to the work of Boston crime author Dennis Lehane, this time for Live by Night. Back in 2007, Affleck made his directorial debut by adapting Lehane’s Gone Baby Gone for the big screen. It was a high point in both of their careers. […]
The Accountant (Blu-ray)
Ben Affleck’s third film of 2016, The Accountant finds him playing Christian Wolff, a self-described high-functioning autistic, with incredible math abilities and even better skills with a gun. He can process years’ worth of corporate ledgers in a single night without a computer and shoot a sniper rifle with perfect accuracy. It’s all in a […]
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray)
[yasr_multiset setid=0] Batman V. Superman (referred to from hereon as BvS) isn’t the great film many had hoped it would be, but it’s also not a terrible one. Directed by Zack Snyder, details the initial violent encounters between the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) and the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill), and takes us through to […]
Blu-ray Review: Argo
Few directors have enjoyed as much success as Ben Affleck this early in their careers. Few would deny that his previous directorial efforts, Gone Baby Gone and The Town showed that Affleck had a real affinity for guiding a film, with the later turning out to be one of the most intense crime dramas in […]
Blu-ray Review: The Town (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
When considering all the Warner Brothers classics that deserve Ultimate Collector’s Edition status—Casablanca and Ben-Hur, for instance—The Town doesn’t immediately spring to mind. Granted, The Town, one of the best heist pictures I’ve seen in years reestablished director/actor Ben Affleck as a force to be reckon with after the whole “Bennifer” period threatened to make […]
Blu-ray Review: Dazed and Confused (Criterion Collection)
Given time, nearly every generation gets a film made about them. Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused is for the survivors of the 1970s: that group of Americans who came of age when bellbottoms, love beads, mantras, and marijuana were in vogue, drinking and driving hadn’t become taboo, and safe sex only meant preventing pregnancy and […]
Blu-ray Review: Good Will Hunting
Good Will Hunting is part of a rare breed. As someone who reviews films regularly, I often rail against formula. However, Good Will Hunting thrives on it. We have a pretty good idea how the entire story will play out, but the films rich characters and deeply personal interactions with each other keep audiences interested. […]
Good Will Hunting Coming to Blu-ray August 30th
One of the most beloved films of the ‘90s makes its Blu-ray Disc premiere as Lionsgate releases Good Will Hunting in August. Presented for the very first time in 1080P High Definition and 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, the Miramax film launched the careers of two pals from Boston, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck, who co-penned […]
Blu-ray Review: The Company Men
If you’re looking for a bit of escapist entertainment, The Company Men certainly isn’t it. Writer/director John Wells pulls few punches: a large shipping company as they lay off scores of employees as a cost cutting measure. he film follows the fallout as several former employees from various levels within the company console one another […]
Blu-ray Review: The Town
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 125 mins. | R Just a few years ago, it looked like Ben Affleck might have thrown away much of a promising career. After scoring an Academy Award (with Matt Damon) for writing 1998’s Good Will Hunting, he spent several years trying to be an action star and superhero, both […]