Blu-ray Review: Little Big Man
Three years after the influential Bonnie and Clyde director Arthur Penn helmed the epic and revisionist Western, Little Big Man. Based on the novel Thomas Berger and adapted for the screen by Calder Willingham Dustin Hoffman stars as Jack Crabb, a man whose various adventures take him back and forth between the Native American and […]
Blu-ray Review: Straw Dogs
Straw Dogs, one of Sam Peckinpah’s best films, was released in 1971 as American soldiers were fighting in Vietnam and citizens at home were protesting United States involvement in the conflict. Shocking at the time because of its explicit gore, and its analysis of the hidden bestiality of civilized human beings, the film manipulates viewers’ […]
Straw Dogs 40th Anniversary Blu-ray on September 16
Los Angeles, CA (August 11, 2011) – How far will one man go to protect his wife and his home? One of the grittiest and controversial thrillers of all-time and banned in the United Kingdom for over 18 years, STRAW DOGS debuts on Blu-ray Disc September 6 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Released in […]
Blu-ray Review: Papillon
Warner Bros. | 1973 | 151 mins. | PG Based on a best seller by the late Frenchman Henri Charriere, who claimed it was a true story, Papillon offers a lot to like. Compared to today’s blockbusters, with their explosions and CGI trickery, Papillon is the kind of over-the-top, escapist adventure Hollywood used to excel […]
Barney’s Version Coming to Blu-ray and DVD
CULVER CITY, CALIF. (April 25, 2011) – Barney’s Version, the warm, wise and witty story of the politically incorrect life of Barney Panofsky, comes to Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack from Sony Pictures Classics and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment on June 28th. The critically acclaimed film stars Paul Giamatti (Win Win), who won a Golden Globe® for […]
Blu-ray Review: Rain Man
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 1988 | 133 mins. | R 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. Most importantly […]
All The President’s Men Getting Blu-ray Digibook Treatment
It was a highpoint of investigative reporting in the 20th century, and the resulting Watergate scandal put the pressure on President Nixon to resign from office–the only American president to do so. All the President’s Men tells the story of reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, whose investigation beginning with “Deep Throat” ended with the […]
Blu-ray Review: Kramer vs. Kramer
The 1970’s was a seminal decade in the history of American film. A new crop of directors including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, William Friedkin and others ushered in a new era of weaving personal narratives into their stories in a way that had never been done before. At nearly the same time, another crop […]
DVD Review: Kung Fu Panda / Secrets of the Furious Five
Hollywood has enjoyed a long and storied lineage of animals in lead roles. Old Yeller, Lassie, Babe, and even Remmy the Rat from last year’s Ratatouille effortlessly capture the hearts of audiences everywhere with their often human-like personas, showing a range of emotion and stirring the soul through the good times and the bad. DreamWorks’ […]
Blu-ray Review: Kung Fu Panda
Hollywood has enjoyed a long and storied lineage of animals in lead roles. Old Yeller, Lassie, Babe, and even Remmy the Rat from last year’s Ratatouille effortlessly capture the hearts of audiences everywhere with their often human-like persona’s, showing a range of emotion and stirring the soul through the good times and the bad. DreamWorks’ […]