Blu-ray Review: 88 Minutes
Al Pacino is one of the greatest film actors of the last thirty-five years. His performances as Michael Corleone in The Godfather, Frank Serpico in Serpico and Sonny in Dog Day Afternoon are just a few of Pacino’s most memorable roles in a celebrated career. With a resume like that, one would think Al Pacino […]
Blu-ray Review: Kill Bill -Volume 2
When Quentin Tarantino began shooting Kill Bill, he originally intended to make only one film. However, as he was shooting, it became obvious that he had shot enough footage for two films. Instead of trying to widdle the story down to an acceptable length, Tarantino wisely decided to produce two films that were released six […]
Blu-ray Review: Kill Bill – Volume 1
Blood is a dominant feature in Quentin Tarantino’s fourth film, Kill Bill – Volume 1. It oozes, drips, flows, gushes and splatters in deep red to jet black Heads and limbs are removed with reckless abandon as characters are struck down with an emotionless fervor. However, Kill Bill begs the viewer to avert their eyes […]
DVD Review: Risky Business (25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
I would never say that Risky Business ranks up there with classics such as Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde or even Rocky. However, the film that is largely credited with making Tom Cruise a star deserve a place in film history, for so vividly capturing a slice of early 1980’s culture. It was 1983, Ronald Reagan […]
Blu-ray Review: The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector’s Edition
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those films that seems to get better with each viewing. You begin to see the subtle nuances in the story and really appreciate writer Tim Burton’s ability to create such a captivating tale and director Henry Selick’s ability to bring it to the screen. Intense emotion oozes from […]
DVD Review: Deal
Back in the day, Burt Reynolds was The Man. Deliverance, The Longest Yard, Smokey and the Bandit and even Cannonball Run are some great movies. However, since the early to mid-eighties with the exception of his Academy Award nominated performance in 1997’s Boogie Nights, Reynolds film career has been mostly forgettable. Unfortunately for Burt, 2008’s […]
DVD Review: The Nightmare Before Christmas Collector’s Edition
The Nightmare Before Christmas is one of those films that seems to get better with each viewing. You begin to see the subtle nuances in the story and really appreciate writer Tim Burton’s ability to create such a captivating tale and director Henry Selick’s ability to bring it to the screen. Intense emotion oozes from […]
Blu-ray Review: Married Life
The snappy animated credits over Doris Day’s recording of “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love,” suggests that Married Life might be a sophisticated comedy about love in the 1950’s. The opening scene tells us that yes, Married Life is about love, but the situation is anything but snappy. It’s Nov. 5, 1949, and in […]
Never-Before-Seen Images from The Nightmare Before Christmas!
As the loyal readers of ElasticPop have undoubtedly figured out, I’m crazy about films and television. As a child, I enjoyed going to showings of classic films put on by a film society near where I lived every Saturday morning. In the days before Turner Classic Movies and American Movie Classics, I saw High Noon, […]
DVD Review: Son of Rambow
When you watch as many DVDs as I do, the bad ones are forgotten quickly and the good one tend to linger in your mind for awhile. I remember being in a movie theater sometime around May of this year (oddly, I can’t recall the feature I saw that day), where I saw a preview […]