Blu-ray Review: The Big Sick (2017)
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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 quirky characters and ridiculous situations. Though inspired by equal parts Homer’s The Odyssey and Preston […]
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, which suggests that the ‘perfect’ murder is impossible. In the middle of nowhere Texas, rich […]
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 far, the best of the lot. Director Sydney Pollack’s vision is just as engaging, suspenseful, […]
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 the in the business; here he gives the animation an intelligence and substance not often […]
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 events such as the assassination of President Kennedy. Given that, it should come as no […]
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 the fast track to nowhere. Times have changed and it’s not uncommon to see a […]