4K UHD Review: The Color Purple
When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the changes made. Age and time have softened my stance. While I still don’t care for some of […]
Blu-ray Review: Bat 21
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Blu-ray Review: Dreamgirls (Director’s Extended Edition) (2006)
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Rage (DVD)
Nicholas Cage cashes yet another paycheck with the dull and forgettable Rage. Sporting a hairpiece that no tornado could move, the actor offers little in the way of expression, simply going through the motions in this paint-by-the-numbers tail of revenge. In his first American film, director Paco Cabezas attempts to create excitement with scenes of […]
Blu-ray Review: Lethal Weapon – The Complete Collection
The Lethal Weapon series is one of the most successful franchises in film history. Debuting in March of 1987, the first film would spawn three sequels and a host of imitators. Lethal Weapon certainly didn’t invent the buddy cop genre, but it certainly helped to tweak them. The pairing of Mel Gibson and Danny Glover […]
Blu-ray Review: The Color Purple
Warner Bros. | 1985 | 153 mins. | PG When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. Though I was only twelve at the time, I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the […]