Blu-ray Review: Poltergeist II: The Other Side (Collector’s Edition)
Lacking the effective scares of its predecessor, Poltergeist II: The Other Side attempts to provide additional backstory for some of the events that occurred in the first film. While Poltergeist II brought back most of the original cast (save for Dominique Dunne, who was murdered shortly after filming on the first movie was completed), the […]
The Killing Fields (Blu-ray)
Based on a true story, The Killing Fields was released to critical acclaim in 1984, and garnered three Oscars. Set largely during 1975, the film focuses on the period when the Cambodian government, backed by the United States, under tremendous pressure, surrendered to Khmer Rouge, causing the United States to withdraw support and abandon the […]
Blu-ray Review: Poltergeist II – The Other Side
As needless a sequel as one could envision, Poltergeist II: The Other Side has a few genuine scares, and plenty of slime and gore, but for each memorable moment there is a scene of laughable absurdity. Poltergeist II is a film, in the light of its predecessor’s success, that forgot what made the story work. […]
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 Incredibles
Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 115 min | PG I’ll state it right off the top—even seven years after its release, The Incredibles remains one of my animated favorites. Writer/director Brad Bird is one of the best in the in the business; here he gives the animation an intelligence and substance not often […]