I Am Steve McQueen Comes to Blu-ray/DVD April 14th
I AM STEVE MCQUEEN Featuring narration by Robert Downey Jr., commentary by Kristin Kreuk, Insightful Interviews with McQueen’s close group of friends and family, and appearances by Pierce Brosnan, Gary Oldman, Marisa Miller, Ali MacGraw, Robert Vaughn, Norman Jewison, Randy Couture, Zoë Bell, Ben Makiewicz, Chad McQueen, Steven R. McQueen, Molly McQueen, Neile Adams […]
Blu-ray Review: Sid and Nancy
Based on the romance between Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and groupie Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb) that eventually led to their deaths (both presumably by Vicious’ hand), Alex Cox’s Sid and Nancy uses a documentary style intermingled with surrealistic dream sequences to tell the story. This unique approach allows viewers to get a […]
Blu-ray Review: Red Riding Hood
With Twilight’s Catherine Hardwicke at the helm, one should have a pretty good idea what Red Riding Hood is going to be like: a young girl torn by loyalty to several lovers (one or more may be some sort of beast), and is riddled with angst at the inability of her community to cope with […]
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
The first Harry Potter effort for director Peter Yates, Order of the Phoenix is probably my least favorite of the films. While the ending creates some excitement, getting there is ponderous to say the least, even after cutting the standard 200 pages from J.K. Rowling’s original text.
Blu-ray Review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 98 min | PG Published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted novellas in literary history. Filmed numerous times for film and television, adapted for the stage repeatedly, It’s seems that anyone who’s anybody in the annals of pop culture has had […]
Blu-ray Review: Lost in Space
Warner Bros. | 1998 | 130 mins. | PG-13 The 1998 film Lost in Space is a reboot of the classic 1960’s television series. Starring William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Matt LeBlanc and Gary Oldman with Party of Five’s Lacey Chabert, the movie is largely unsuccessful. Going in, the idea was to modernize the beloved show […]
Blu-ray Review: The Book of Eli
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 118 min. | Rated R As is usually the case with movie apocalypses, the one in The Book of Eli leaves the United States covered in a thick coating of grime, dust and dirt. However, we have little information about what caused the whole thing. What we do know is […]