4K UHD Review: The Peacemaker
Perhaps best known for being the first film from the new Dreamworks Studio, The Peacemaker is rather brave, taking seventeen minutes before anything resembling a well known Hollywood star shows up, or for that matter, the English language. Opening with the hijacking of a locomotive, the picture announces itself as an unpredictable actioner with worldwide […]
Blu-ray Review: Ticket to Paradise (Collector’s Edition)
Well meaning but formulaic, Ticket to Paradise is a premise that works better as a trailer than a full-length feature. At 104 minutes it feels about 20 minutes too long and relies on the well-worn romantic comedy clichés. The filmmakers are banking on stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, who long ago established their onscreen […]
Hail, Caesar! (Blu-ray)
An homage to Hollywood of the 1950s, the Coen Brothers’ Hail Caesar! likely won’t appeal to everyone, but for anyone with a taste for Hollywood of yesteryear, it’s a chance to relive several old style productions including scenes from a Busby Berkeley clone, a Gene Kelly-inspired musical, a Cecil B. DeMille-influenced Bible Epic and straight […]
The Facts of Life: The Complete Series Coming to DVD in January 2015
“You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of Life…” The Facts of Life: The Complete Series arrives on January 13th, 2015, courtesy of Shout Factory. The Facts of Life: The Complete Series contains all 201 episodes of this quintessential 80s show as originally aired, […]
Gravity (Blu-ray)
Redefining the use of cinematography, visual, and sound effects, Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity is a truly unique cinematic experience. Opening the film with a 17-minute “unbroken” shot, it’s quickly apparent that the camera is as important to the story as any character. As astronauts Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) and Matt Kowalski (George Clooney), perform a spacewalk […]
Fantastic Mr. Fox (Criterion) (Blu-ray)
20th Century Fox released a fairly impressive Blu-ray of Fantastic Mr. Fox back in 2010. However, Criterion is renowned for producing wonderful looking, and sounding editions packed with special features. This release is no different; I’m going to go out on a limb and say that this release might show up on a few “Best […]
Blu-ray Review: The Descendants
Matt King is the sole trustee of acres of untouched Hawaiian land that he and his cousins are debating what to do with. While deciding what to do with the land that has belonged to their family since the 1800s, he must also deal with his hospitalized wife that he learns will not make it […]
The Descendants on Blu-ray and DVD March 13
Los Angeles, CA – From director Alexander Payne creator of the Oscar® winning Sideways comes one of the Best Pictures of the year, The Descendants , featuring a stunning cast including Best Actor nominee George Clooney (Ides of March) and Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) in her Golden Globe nominated and […]
Blu-ray Review: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
A period piece road picture about a trio of ex-cons who wind their way around the state of Mississippi during the Great Depression, the basic premise of O Brother, Where Art Thou? seems ideally suited for the Coens’ oeuvre, combining quirky characters and ridiculous situations. Though inspired by equal parts Homer’s The Odyssey and Preston […]
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind Coming to Blu-ray November 1
An A-List cast takes center stage this November as Lionsgate debuts Miramax’s Confessions of a Dangerous Mind on Blu-ray Disc for the first time. The Academy Award® winning* actor and Oscar® nominated** director, George Clooney, stars and directs the film adaptation of Chuck Barris’s cult classic memoir – the story of a television producer who […]