Blu-ray Review: 20th Century Women
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Blu-ray Review: Live by Night
For his fourth film in the director’s chair, Ben Affleck again turns to the work of Boston crime author Dennis Lehane, this time for Live by Night. Back in 2007, Affleck made his directorial debut by adapting Lehane’s Gone Baby Gone for the big screen. It was a high point in both of their careers. […]
The Neon Demon (Blu-ray)
The latest offering from director Nicolas Winding Refn, Neon Demon is his version of a horror film, filled with pulsating music and florescent lighting. Whatever. A cutting commentary on the fashion industry, The Neon Demon is pretentious and boring. Horror fans will likely be asleep long before the blood starts flowing more than an hour […]
Trumbo (Blu-ray)
One of the most talented and reliable screenwriters during Hollywood’s famed Golden Age, today, Dalton Trumbo is likely better known as a member of the Hollywood Ten, a group of ten screenwriters, directors, and producers cited for contempt of Congress and subsequently blacklisted for refusing to answer questions about their alleged involvement with the Communist […]
Blu-ray Review: Super 8
J.J. Abrams’ ode to childhood memories, mixed with appreciation for Steven Spielberg’s films can’t possibly recreate the magical experience of say ET or Close Encounters of the Third Kind, but damned if he doesn’t come close. Abrams does such a good job of recreating the kids vs. adults theme Spielberg popularized in the ‘80s, it […]
Win an Autographed Copy of Super 8
Hollywood, CA (November 14, 2011) – The wait for director J.J. Abrams’ sensational coming-of-age story SUPER 8 to arrive on Blu-ray and DVD is almost over…but fans will have a chance to get their hands on early copies signed by the director in a nationwide “Hide & Tweet” event. The DVD/Blu-ray combo pack will be […]
SUPER 8 debuts in a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy November 22nd
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (September 15, 2011) – Called “a mind-blowing masterpiece” (FOX-TV), writer/director J.J. Abrams’ (Star Trek) breathtaking adventure SUPER 8 debuts in a Blu-ray™/DVD Combo Pack with Digital Copy November 22, 2011 from Paramount Home Entertainment. Produced by Amblin, Bad Robot and Academy Awardâ winner* Steven Spielberg, the exhilarating story follows a group of friends […]