Blu-ray Review: Running Scared (Special Edition) (1986) (Reissue)
Directed by Peter Hyams, 1986’s Running Scared is the story of two Chicago southside police detectives, Ray Hughes (Gregory Hines) and Danny Costanzo (Billy Crystal). They tend to bend the rules a bit, but get the job done. They’re out to put away Julio Gonzalez (Jimmy Smits) a rising drug dealer determined to become the […]
Blu-ray Review: Clueless
Loosely based on the Jane Austen novel, Emma focuses on Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) a vapid, spoiled teenager living in Beverly Hills. One of the coolest girls in school, Cher drives a white jeep even though she only has a learners permit, and chats on her cell phone. Cher’s mother passed away when she was […]
Blu-ray Review: Blood Simple
1984’s Blood Simple was the first film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Featuring the debut of then-unknown actress Frances McDormand, the title comes from a slang term invented by Dashiell Hammett to suggest a murderer’s state of fear and confusion, which suggests that the ‘perfect’ murder is impossible. In the middle of nowhere Texas, rich […]