4K UHD Review: Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Taken as an individual film, Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning is a decent effort with some solid action sequences. Taken in context of the entire Mission: Impossible series (particularly the last three directed by Christopher McQuarrie), its plot is surprisingly dull at times when compared to the earlier installments. Co-written by McQuarrie, there are numerous […]
Blu-ray Review: Blinded By the Light
Gurinder Chadha, director of Bend it Like Beckham, delivers another lively character study with Blinded By the Light, a period piece set in England,1987. 16-year-old Pakistani immigrant Javed (Viveik Kalra) lives in the industrial town of Luton with his parents, Malik (Kulvinder Ghir) and Noor (Meera Ganatra). A factory worker for years, Malik now finds […]
Jimi: All is by My Side (Blu-ray)
Written and directed by 12 Years a Slave scribe John Ridley, Jimi: All is by My Side is unsatisfying in every way. As a lifelong Jimi Hendrix fan, initially, I was thrilled when it was announced that a film about his life was being made. However, when word came that the filmmakers were unable to […]
Blu-ray Review: Captain America – The First Avenger
Captain America: The First Avenger is the first fully formed, complete movie from Marvel Studios. The first Iron Man film is a lot of fun, but the second half drags in parts. Thor has great characters, but the story doesn’t seem as strong as it could’ve been. All of the studio’s other films have worked […]
Captain America: The First Avenger explodes onto a 3-disc Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD Set and a 2-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo on October 25th
HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (September 21, 2011) – Marvel Studios and Paramount Pictures introduce the latest addition to the incomparable Marvel Super Hero team with CAPTAIN AMERICA: The First Avenger, ready for action on high definition Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD October 25, 2011. Called “the best superhero movie ever” (Brian Erdy, CBS-TV), the thrill-packed adventure is […]
DVD Review: Brideshead Revisited
As a fan of British history and films, I was curious to check out the latest film incarnation of Evelyn Waugh’s 1945 novel, Brideshead Revisited. Set in England during World War II, much of the story is told through a series of flashbacks from several decades earlier. Charles Ryder (Matthew Goode) is studying history at […]