Blu-ray Review: Fred Claus
Every year, Hollywood cranks out two or three Christmas movies in hopes of making a classic that will stand the test of time. You know what I mean; become a move like It’s a Wonderful Life or the 1947 version of Miracle on 34th Street starring Natalie Wood–Films that become so identified with the Christmas […]
DVD Review: Noëlle
With the holiday season fast approaching, lots of Christmas specials and Christmas themed movies are showing up at my door. Noëlle is a film that received a limited theatrical release last year, and carries the Dove Family-approved seal. David Wall–who looks exactly like a cross between Robert Redford and Owen Wilson–writes, directs, and stars in […]
DVD Review: Futurama – Bender’s Game
Futurama was an animated sitcom created by The Simpsons Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox network. The series followed the adventures of a former New York pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, after he was cryogenically frozen seconds before the start of the year 2000, and thawed out […]
Blu-ray Review: Standard Operating Procedure
Documentaries have long been overlooked by much of the movie going public. I’m not really sure why, but I’ve always felt most people go to the movies to escape reality, and documentaries tend to bring us right back into the real world we’re trying so hard to escape with a visit to our local Cineplex. […]
DVD Review: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Note: This double-sided DVD includes the movie in three formats: a full-screen version in 2-D, a widescreen version in 2-D, and a widescreen version in 3-D. You’ll find my comments about each of the formats in the Video section below. Journey to the Center of the Earth seems to be Hollywood’s go to novel when […]
Blu-ray Review: Universal Soldier
While I’m not a big fan of horror films, I’ve always had a place in my heart for action films. Action movies of the eighties were about muscle bound machismo; think Schwarzenegger and Stallone–blow a few things up. Save the world. When the credits rolled ninety minutes later, the audience went home pumped up and […]
Blu-ray Review: Wall – E (3 Disc DisneyFile Special Edition
For years, I’ve been waiting for Disney-Pixar to disappoint me. I figured the studio that has brought us Toy Story, A Bugs Life, Cars and Finding Nemo among others was bound to put out a real stinker at some point. After watching Wall – E on Blu-ray, my stinker watch has ended and I’m about […]
DVD Review: The Boys in the Band
Written by Mart Crowley, The Boys in the Band opened off Broadway on April 14, 1968 at Theater Four. The show played to many standing room only crowds during its 1000 performance run. In 1970, Crowley adapted his play for into a film directed by a young William Friedkin and produced by future Vanity Fair […]
DVD Review: Kitt Kittredge – An American Girl
Directed by Patricia Rozema (Mansfield Park) and produced by Julia Roberts is the fourth film to be based on the popular line of American Girl dolls. As any fan of the dolls knows, each of them comes with their own backgrounds and histories. Of the four films produced based on the American Girl dolls, Kitt […]
DVD Review: Sabrina – Centennial Collection
Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954’s Sabrina. The film was adapted from the Samuel A. Taylor play Sabrina Fair. Taylor adapted his play for the screen, along with Ernest Lehman. Paramount originally released Sabrina back in April of 2001, […]