4K UHD Review: All the President’s Men
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who broke and doggedly investigated the story. What initially seemed like […]
4K UHD Review: Rain Man
[et_pb_section][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text]Released in December of 1988, Rain Man was a surprise hit with audiences and critics alike. Nominated for eight Oscars, Rain Man collected four including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Director for Barry Levinson, and Best Actor in a leading role for Dustin Hoffman. Rain Man also film spread awareness of autism, a […]
Blu-ray Review: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Collection: Common Threads, Where Are We? Paragraph 175
In a career that has spanned more than thirty years, the work of Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman has been honored with two Academy Awards, five Emmy Awards and three Peabody Awards. Recently released by Kino Lorber, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Collection brings together three of their films: Common Threads: Stories from the Quilt […]
Death of A Salesman (1985) (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
A 1949 play by Arthur Miller, Death of a Salesman received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and won the Tony for Best Play. Considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century, over the years, Death of a Salesman has been made into an American feature film, revived on Broadway four times and spawned […]
American Buffalo (Blu-ray)
Written by David Mamet and based on his 1975 play, American Buffalo offers a decidedly pessimistic view of mankind. Though the film starts out slowly, it soon becomes clear that two down-on-their-luck guys, are prepping to pull off some kind of “job.” These men are Those men are Don (Dennis Franz), the owner of a […]
Lenny (Blu-ray)
A social crusader and a champion of the first amendment, Lenny Bruce was a man ahead of his time. Incarcerated repeatedly for his act, comedians such as George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy and a slew of others owe him a debt of gratitude for their success. Lenny Bruce was smart, socially aware, and boldly […]
All The President’s Men (Blu-ray)
1976’s All the President’s Men dramatizes the Watergate scandal that had unfolded just a couple of years before. As with the book of the same name, the film witnesses the events through the eyes of young Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward who broke, and doggedly investigated the story. What initially seemed like […]
Blu-ray Review: Marathon Man
If people only know Marathon Man for one thing, it’s undoubtedly a decidedly brutal torture sequence that has left countless viewers clutching their mouths in shock. As well constructed and effective as the scene is, it has often eclipsed the rest of the film. It’s too bad really, because Marathon Man is a well crafted, […]
Blu-ray Review: Ishtar (Director’s Cut)
A notorious box office bomb, Ishtar became the butt of countless jokes centered on Hollywood excess and failure. Made for $55 million (around $110 million today) Ishtar took in only $14.3 million in North American box office receipts. Despite three positive previews, negative buzz about the film and it’s seemingly astronomically budget had been in […]
Blu-ray Review: Dick Tracy
Scripted by Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. and directed by Warren Beatty, Dick Tracy got a lot of press prior to its 1990 release for its dynamic approach to filmmaking. The special effects were mind-boggling for the time and the make-up, very impressive. Dick Tracy was expected to be a real blockbuster, but Disney […]