4K UHD Review: E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial (40th Anniversary Edition)
The 40th anniversary edition of this Steven Spielberg classic looks and sounds great. It also includes two new special features.
Blu-ray Review: Charlie’s Angels – Full Throttle
The three Angels (Cameron Diaz, Drew Barrymore and Lucy Liu) are back. The super detectives still work for Charlie (voice of John Forsythe), though there’s a new Bosley (Bernie Mac, replacing Bill Murray). They’ve been hired by the U.S. government to retrieve two high-tech rings, that when combined, reveal the names of people under the […]
4K UHD Blu-ray Review: E.T. The Extra Terrestrial (1982)
[amazon_link asins=’B073WYP73T’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’43f68703-99a6-11e7-b5b5-17bc19fe115e’]Originally released when I was nine years old, Steven Spielberg’s E.T. The Extra Terrestrial became my favorite movie. I saw it several times, owned many E.T. dolls, and related merchandise. Thirty-five years, and countless movies later, E.T. is no longer my favorite film, but I still love it. E.T., with […]
Blu-ray Review: Firestarter (Collector’s Edition)
Based on the Stephen King novel, Firestarter may not be a masterpiece, but more than thirty years after its theatrical release, it’s still entertaining. While the pyrotechnics and special effects occasionally threaten to overtake the narrative, a memorable performance from George C. Scott helps elevate the material. As a teenager in the 1980’s, I was […]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Coming to Blu-ray November 1
An A-List cast takes center stage this November as Lionsgate debuts Miramax’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind on Blu-ray Disc for the first time. The Academy Award® winning* actor and Oscar® nominated** director, George Clooney, stars and directs the film adaptation of Chuck Barris’s cult classic memoir – the story of a television producer who […]
Blu-ray Review: Whip It
20th Century Fox | 2009 | 111 mins. | Rated PG-13 Based on the novel Derby Girl by Shauna Cross (who also wrote the screenplay), Whip It marks the feature film directorial debut of Drew Barrymore. Juno star Ellen Page plays Bliss Cavendar, who is desperately looking for a way out of her dead-end hometown […]
Whip It skates onto Blu-ray and DVD on Jan. 26
LOS ANGELES, Calif. – The memorable heroine of Juno is back and scores huge laughs as Bliss Cavendar, a blue-haired misfit stuck in a tiny Texas town in Whip It, a coming-of-age comedy skating onto Blu-ray Disc with Digital Copy and DVD January 26 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Tired of following in her […]
Blu-ray Review: He’s Just Not That Into You
New Line Cinema | 2009 | 129 mins | Rated PG-13 Based on the New York Times bestseller of the same name by Sex and the City writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, director Ken Kwapis’ (The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants) well-cast romantic comedy, He’s Just Not That Into You, made an impressive splash […]