4K UHD Review: Red Dragon
Based on the same novel as Michael Mann’s 1986 film Manhunter (which starred Brian Cox as Hannibal Lechter) Red Dragon finds Anthony Hopkins (Who won an Oscar for 1991’s Silence of the Lambs) returning to the titular role. Edward Norton co-stars as FBI profiler Will Graham. He is investigating a missing persons case that he’s […]
Blu-ray Review: Motherless Brooklyn
A film he’s wanted to make since buying up the movie rights since before Jonathan Lessem’s novel was published in 1999, Edward Norton wrote, directed and starred in Motherless Brooklyn. Set in 1950’s New York City, Lionel Essrog (Norton) is a private detective who suffers from both OCD and Tourette’s syndrome (though he has no […]
Blu-ray Review: Collateral Beauty
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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 […]
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Blu-ray)
Wes Anderson is rarely accused of being boring or dull. The dollhouse aesthetic, hypersytilization, and droll humor are uniquely Anderson. You either get it, or you don’t; critics be damned. Anderson’s films often have an aura of timelessness about them, even if set in the present day. The dialogue may be updated, but the shot […]
Blu-ray Review: Rounders
“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.” With those words, begins the tale of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a card shark who plays people as well as he does cards. Nonetheless, Mike is still looking for his shot at the World Poker Championship. When […]
Blu-ray Review: Fight Club (10th Anniversary Edition)
20th Century Fox | 1999 | 139 mins. | Rated R With its kinetic style, powerful storyline and powerful social message, Fight Club isn’t a movie likely to be forgotten by those who see it. At a time when a majority of films fail to leave a lasting impact, Fight Club simply refuses to be […]