4K UHD Review: Training Day
For many years, Denzel Washington was known for playing good guys and heroic figures. This all changed with the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Training Day. Washington plays Alonzo Harris, a crooked narcotics cop who long ago stopped caring about the law he had sworn to uphold. He’s a disturbing reminder of every police scandal—Rodney King, […]
4K UHD Review Malcolm X (Criterion Collection)
Criterion has given Spike Lee’s epic “Malcolm X” the superior 4K release it deserves.
Blu-ray Review: Fences
The most popular play of August Wilson’s century spanning Pittsburgh cycle, Fences, had a long, somewhat eventful journey to the big screen, largely due to Wilson’s insistence that an African-American direct the project. In what marks his third time behind the camera (and his burst in nearly a decade), Denzel Washington–who portrayed the lead in […]
The Magnificent Seven Debuts on Digital Dec. 6 and on 4K/Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray & DVD December 20
CULVER CITY, Calif. (November 7, 2016) – Director Antoine Fuqua, alongside an all-star ensemble cast, delivers a modern take on the classic Western genre in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, debuting on Digital December 6 and on 4K Ultra HD™/Blu-ray™ Combo Pack; Blu-ray and DVD December 20 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Studios. The “perfectly […]
The Spike Lee Joint Collection: Vol. 1 (Blu-ray)
With Disney’s recent release of the two-volume, four-movie Spike Lee Joint Collection, three additional films from the prolific, occasionally controversial, director Spike Lee. Vol. 1 features the well written and performed, character study 25th Hour (2002) and the gripping He Got Game (1998), each of which are very different, but showcase some of Spike Lee’s […]
Blu-ray Review: Flight
The first live-action film from director Robert Zemeckis since Castaway twelve years ago, Flight is a movie about addiction that manages to include all of the elements of the genre while finding an innovative and powerful way to tell the story. Flight gets rolling with a visceral and intense plane crash sequence. Pilot William “Whip” […]
Malcolm X Finally Coming to Blu-ray
Warner Home Entertainment will finally bring Malcolm X to Blu-ray next year. In an Academy Award-nominated performance, Denzel Washington (Glory) stars as the famed activist; director Spike Lee (Inside Man) charts Malcolm’s journey from his early years as a Harlem gangster through his emergence as one of the Civil Rights Movement’s most influential figures. Supporting […]
Blu-ray Review: The Book of Eli
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 118 min. | Rated R As is usually the case with movie apocalypses, the one in The Book of Eli leaves the United States covered in a thick coating of grime, dust and dirt. However, we have little information about what caused the whole thing. What we do know is […]
Blu-ray Review: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 106 mins. | Rated R Helmed by high octane director Tony Scott, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a remake of a 1974 film that starred Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. The acting of John Travolta and Denzel Washington elevates a story that probably runs around twenty minutes […]