Blu-ray Review: Paul Blart – Mall Cop
I’ve been ripping on movies with the “Happy Madison Production” label a lot lately but with Paul Blart: Mall Cop, I actually found one I enjoyed. Think of Paul Blart: Mall Cop this way, it’s what Die Hard would have been had John Candy starred in it. More succinctly, it’s a blend of comedic styles […]
Blu-ray Review: Babylon A.D.
Based on the novel Babylon Babies by Maurice Georges Dantec, Babylon A.D. was directed by Mathieu Kassovitz (La Haine), who worked on an English language adaptation of the film for five years, until it finally hit theaters in August of 2008. Kassovitz wrote the screenplay, along with screenwriter Éric Besnard. It has been widely reported […]
Blu-ray Review: The Heartbreak Kid
Ben Stiller’s quick to DVD version of The Heartbreak Kid is a prime example of why Hollywood sometimes needs to think twice about doing a remake. The Heartbreak Kid was originally done by Elaine May back in 1972 in a funny, sympathetic manner but in 2007, Ben Stiller and the Farrelly brothers made an unsympathetic […]
DVD Review: Bernard and Doris
Doris Duke was the only child of tobacco and electric energy tycoon James Buchannan Duke and his second wife, Nanaline Holt Inman. When Doris’ father died in 1925, he left roughly $100 million (about $1 billion in 2005 dollars), to Doris. This lead to her being referred to as the “richest girl in the world,” […]
DVD Review: The Kite Runner
As a voracious reader, if a book is made into a film, chances are I’ve read it. Strangely, before seeing The Kite Runner I had not read the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini. I don’t quite know why, whether it was the serious subject matter or just timing, I never got to it. After […]
DVD Review: Atonement
Based on the best selling novel by Ian McEwen, Atonement is the story of 13-year-old Briony Tallis (Saoirse Ronan), an aspiring writer from an upper class English family who because of a mix of immaturity, misunderstanding and jealousy, tells a lie that changes her life and that of her family’s forever. Briony’s older sister Cecilia […]