Frozen (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Snow Queen,” Frozen is the story of two sisters, princesses, named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) from the seaside kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa, the elder, was cursed with a tremendous power at birth, one that allows her to create snow, ice and other […]
Stop-Loss (Blu-ray)
Director Kimberly Peirce made a major breakthrough with her 1999 film, Boys Don’t Cry which chronicled the real-life story of Brandon Teena, a trans-gendered teen who preferred to identify as a male and was brutally murdered when it was discovered he was born a female. It took Peirce nearly ten years to bring her next […]
Blu-ray Review: John Carter
Cited as the inspiration for several science fiction films (Star Wars, Flash Gordon and Avatar, among them), Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “A Princess of Mars” finally made it to the big screen after years of development, as John Carter. Given its impressive budget of $250 million, it’s unfortunate that a novel that influenced so many films […]
Blu-ray Review: The Rite
Goodness knows Hollywood has produced plenty of films claiming to be based on true events—The Exorcist and The Amityville Horror fall under that heading. The Rite is the latest member of the group. However, the filmmakers want us to take this film very seriously. “What do you expect? sighs Father Trevant (Anthony Hopkins) veteran exorcist […]
DVD Review: Margot At The Wedding
Writer/director Noah Baumbach seems to enjoy exploring the dark underbelly of family dynamics and relationships. Baumbach wrote the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, in which the father (Jeff Daniels) of an intellectual, if slightly eccentric Brooklyn family claims to have been a great novelist but has settled into a teaching job. When his […]