Blu-ray Review: Blue Moon
Blue Moon marks the ninth collaboration between director Richard Linklater and actor Ethan Hawke. Spanning over thirty years, the two have been jointly nominated at the Academy Awards for three. The duo’s familiarity with each other adds an inherent sweetness to a story that could otherwise exhaust viewers rather than delight. Once one of Broadway’s […]
4K UHD Review: Training Day
For many years, Denzel Washington was known for playing good guys and heroic figures. This all changed with the release of Antoine Fuqua’s Training Day. Washington plays Alonzo Harris, a crooked narcotics cop who long ago stopped caring about the law he had sworn to uphold. He’s a disturbing reminder of every police scandal—Rodney King, […]
Blu-ray Review: Snow Falling On Cedars (Collector’s Edition)
Set in the Pacific Northwest in the years following World War II, Snow Falling on Cedars is an adaptation of David Guterson’s best-selling novel. When local fishermen Carl Heine Jr.’s (Eric Thal) body is pulled from the water, his estranged childhood friend, Japanese American Kabuo Miyamoto (Rick Yune) is charged with his murder. The Sheriff […]
The Magnificent Seven Debuts on Digital Dec. 6 and on 4K/Blu-ray Combo Pack, Blu-ray & DVD December 20
CULVER CITY, Calif. (November 7, 2016) – Director Antoine Fuqua, alongside an all-star ensemble cast, delivers a modern take on the classic Western genre in THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, debuting on Digital December 6 and on 4K Ultra HD™/Blu-ray™ Combo Pack; Blu-ray and DVD December 20 from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment and MGM Studios. The “perfectly […]
Boyhood (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)
Though Paramount released a barebones Blu-ray of Richard Linklater’s Boyhood back in 2015, Criterion’s newly released Blu-ray, with a new 2K digital transfer supervised by Linklater himself and an impressive selection of extras about the film, is well worth the double-dip. Filmed over a twelve-year period using the same cast, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is impossible […]
Boyhood (Blu-ray)
Filmed over a twelve year period using the same cast, Richard Linklater’s Boyhood is impossible to discuss without at least mentioning how it was completed. This wasn’t a case of special effects wizardry. Instead, the cast and crew gathered annually to film for several days, and then resumed their lives, and other projects. This technique […]
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood Comes to Blu-ray and DVD January 6th
“One-of-a-kind storytelling shot over 12 years. ‘Boyhood’ touches something deep and true, which is that we all grow up to be the people we are by letting every moment form us”—Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Hailed as “a moving 12-year epic that isn’t quite like anything else in the history of cinema” […]
Blu-ray Review: Dead Poets Society
Many who’ve been through high school had a teacher who affected them in a way no other one could; a teacher who makes a real honest-to-goodness impact on a student’s life. Perhaps that explains the enduring popularity of Dead Poets Society, the 1989 coming of age story directed by veteran Australian filmmaker Peter Weir. At […]
Dead Poets Society and Good Morning, Vietnam Heading to Blu-ray
Disney has officially announced that it will release on Blu-ray Barry Levinson’s Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), starring Robin Williams, Forest Whitaker, and Tung Thanh Tran, and Peter Weir’s Dead Poets Society (1989), starring Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, and Josh Charles. The two releases will hit retail shelves on January 17th. Special Features: […]