Blu-ray Review: Hero
Special Edition Disney / Buena Vista | 2002 | 99 mins. | Rated PG-13 Awe inspiring. Even those new or indifferent to the martial arts genre have been blown away by Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s Hero, an internationally acclaimed cinematic masterpiece that continues to amaze, even seven years after the films initial release. Filmed against […]
Blu-ray Review: Three Days of the Condor
Rarely is the hero the reader, that user of mind not body. The routine of the reader is antithetical to that of the hero. The devourer of words is seen as passive, a spectator, an observer of others actions. All of which is unjust, for not only is knowledge power but words too have a […]
Blu-ray Review: The Express
Inspirational sports stories have been being produced since the advent of film. So many sports films follow a cookie cutter plot of failure to redemption, there are too many to mention. On occasion though, a story comes along that transcends sports and becomes a tale about the strength of the human spirit. The Express, based […]
DVD Review: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark – Special Edition
Snakes. Why’d it have to be snakes? –Indiana Jones On the beaches of Hawaii in the summer of 1977, George Lucas and “director for hire” Steven Spielberg decided to make an adventure movie that hearkened back to the old, cheaply made adventure serials of the 1930’s. George Lucas had a story idea for an adventurous […]
Leatherheads Trailer
A romantic comedy set against the backdrop of America’s nascent pro-football league in 1925. Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join […]