Blu-ray Review: Orwell – 2+2=5
Given his background as a child refugee from Haiti’s brutal Duvalier dictatorship, it’s no surprise that Raoul Peck’s career has a filmmaker has centered on socio-political issues. His latest film, Orwell 2 + 2 = 5 centers on George Orwell, the visionary author of 1984 and Animal Farm. In the years since Orwell died in […]
Romeo and Juliet (2013) (Blu-ray)
William Shakespeare’s play of youthful, melodramatic love, Romeo & Juliet has been made into a film several times. Most of the adaptations of the past seem to feel an obligation to engage with the (preferably youthful) populace. It comes as a bit of a surprise then that this latest iteration doesn’t kowtow to the youth […]
Blu-ray Review: Homeland – The Complete Second Season
Hooked on Homeland from the first episode, the series was so strong during its debut season it was natural to wonder whether the writers could keep things at such a high level through the second season. While the sophomore season was occasionally uneven, the stellar performances of Claire Danes, Damien Lewis, and Mandy Patinkin’s performances […]
Blu-ray Review: Homeland – The Complete First Season
Homeland, loosely based on an Israeli series, and developed for television by the producers of 24, had me hooked fifteen minutes into the first episode. A conspiracy flavored drama, Homeland concerns Sergeant Nicholas Brody (Damian Lewis). Missing for eight years, he was found after American forces raided a terrorist compound in the Middle East. Having […]