Tag: Holly Hunter

Blu-ray Review: The Big Sick (2017)

[amazon_link asins=’B07472V1B9′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’1482056c-ade9-11e7-a542-9b67dc47c1f4′]Funny, touching, and intuitive, The Big Sick is the kind of romantic comedy many of us can relate to–one that gets interrupted by real life. An Uber driver by day, and aspiring stand-up comedian by…

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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…

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Blu-ray Review: Blood Simple

1984’s Blood Simple was the first film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Featuring the debut of then-unknown actress Frances McDormand, the title comes from a slang term invented by Dashiell Hammett to suggest a murderer’s state of fear and confusion,…

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Blu-ray Review: The Firm

For much of the 1990’s, John Grisham’s novels dominated bestsellers lists. A Time to Kill, The Pelican Brief, The Client, and The Firm are considered among his best. While all four were adapted into successful films, The Firm is by…

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Blu-ray Review: The Incredibles

Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 115 min | PG I’ll state it right off the top—even seven years after its release, The Incredibles remains one of my animated favorites.  Writer/director Brad Bird is one of the best in…

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DVD Review: Broadcast News

Criterion | 1987 | 132 mins. | R Early in his career, director, producer and screenwriter James L. Brooks worked as a copywriter for CBS News, and then as a writer for the news broadcasts, where he wrote reports on…

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DVD Review: Saving Grace – Season Two

20th Century Fox | 2008 | 601 mins. | Not Rated There was a time when, if a successful film actress made the transition to television, it was considered a major step down; an admission that their career was on…

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