4K UHD Review: Pitch Perfect 3
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Blu-ray Review: The Edge of Seventeen
Being a teenager is rough; thank goodness, I don’t ever have to go through those years again. As a teenager, back when the John Hughes scripted Pretty in Pink (1986) came out, I related to Duckie (Jon Cryer) the most. He was the outcast, the nerd and always seemed to find a way to trip […]
Romeo and Juliet (2013) (Blu-ray)
William Shakespeare’s play of youthful, melodramatic love, Romeo & Juliet has been made into a film several times. Most of the adaptations of the past seem to feel an obligation to engage with the (preferably youthful) populace. It comes as a bit of a surprise then that this latest iteration doesn’t kowtow to the youth […]
Blu-ray Review: True Grit (2010)
Most of the time I detest remakes; however, True Grit proves they don’t have to be bad. The Coen Brothers’ interpretation of the 1968 Charles Portis novel is superior in almost every way to the 1969 Henry Hathaway version. While no actor could ever hope to eclipse John Wayne’s performance as Marshall Rooster Cogburn (the […]
2010’s True Grit Coming to Blu-ray and DVD
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the western True Grit for Blu-ray release on June 7, in a BD/DVD/Digital Copy combo pack. This new adaptation of the novel by Charles Portis (previously brought to the screen by Henry Hathaway in 1969), was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, although it came out of the Oscar ceremony empty-handed.