The Iron Giant (Signature Edition) (Blu-ray)
While critics and audiences praised The Iron Giant when it arrived in theaters back in 1999, it wasn’t considered a box office success, with a budget of $70-$80 million and a box office take of $31.3 million. Through home video releases and repeated television airings, the film gained a cult following and is now widely […]
Blu-ray Review: Not Fade Away
The directorial debut of The Sopranos creator David Chase, Not Fade Away, is, at its core, a bittersweet story masked by comedy and music. Chase attempts to tackle the whole of the 1960’s, from the assassination of JFK to the arrival of The Beatles to the decline of the hippie movement. It’s clear from the […]
Blu-ray Review: 61*
In the spring of 1961, major league baseball was changing. The American League had expanded its ranks by two teams (the Los Angeles Angels and the second incarnation of the Washington Senators), and the 154-game baseball season had been extended by eight games. As a result, Babe Ruth’s 1927 single-season home run record–a since-shattered sixty–seemed […]
DVD Review: Lemonade Mouth
Loosely based on the 2007 young adult novel by Mark Peter Hughes, Lemonade Mouth begins with Mesa High School freshmen in detention: Olivia White (Bridgit Mendler), Mohini “Mo” Banjaree (Naomi Scott), Charlie Delgado (Blake Michael), Stella Yamada (Hayley Kiyoko), and Wen Gifford (Adam Hicks). It is through this chance meeting, and the encouragement of detention […]
Blu-ray Review: Thelma & Louise
MGM | 1991 | 130 mins. | R As a frequent moviegoer, I was thrilled when Thelma & Louise showed up at my local multiplex in 1991. After years of waiting, there was finally an honest-to-goodness female buddy picture that worked. With a solid script by first-timer Callie Khouri, fine star performances from Susan Sarandon […]