DVD Review: October Road – The Complete Second Season
Created by André Nemec (Alias), Scott Rosenberg (wrote the film Beautiful Girls) and Josh Applebaum (LIFE ON MARS), who also serve as the series’ executive producers, asks the question, can you really go home again? Written by Scott Rosenberg, he freely admits that the show is semi-autobiographical and based on what happened after Beautiful Girls […]
Blu-ray Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
“I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like all of us, who is unable to stop time. Films are a truly fascinating art form; […]
DVD Review: Rhoda, Season One – 35th Anniversary Edition
A spinoff of the very popular The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda ran for five seasons from 1974-1978. Valerie Harper played Rhoda Morgenstern, the funky, flamboyantly fashioned best friend of Mary Richards who leaves Minneapolis and returns home to New York City. Rhoda had begun her television life as Mary Richards’ slightly overweight, self deprecating […]
Blu-ray Review: The Reader
After five Academy Award nominations, Kate Winslet finally took home the coveted statue on her sixth try, for her portrayal of Hanna Schmitz in The Reader. Based on the 1995 German novel of the same name by Bernhard Schlink, the film adaptation was written by David Hare (The Hours) and directed by Hare’s frequent collaborator, […]
DVD Review: Yes Man
I’ve never been the biggest fan of Jim Carrey. Since he became a star with the release of 1994’s Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, it’s impossible to deny his comedic skills but his manic style hasn’t always appealed to me; in the last few years, Carrey has tried to broaden his horizons with more dramatic roles […]
DVD Review: Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird – 25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition
It seems hard to believe but Follow That Bird is nearly a quarter century old. I was almost thirteen when the film came out and I’m not ashamed to admit, I saw it at a local theater. Having grown up with the gang on Sesame Street, I was curious what their first feature film would […]
DVD Review: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
Directed by Mark Herman (Little Voice), The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is based on the book of the same name by Irish novelist John Boyne. The story focuses on a little boy who is friends with another little boy who is in a Nazi concentration camp, their friendship conducted almost entirely through an electrified […]
Blu-ray Review: A Mighty Heart
Based on the memoir of the same name by Mariane Pearl, A Mighty Heart is the tragic story of American journalist Daniel Pearl. A reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Pearl was abducted by Pakastani militants while investigating the possible connection between Al-Qaeda and Pakistani Intelligence. Pearl was held captive for nine days while his […]
DVD Review: Bewitched – The Complete Seventh Season
As a big Dick York fan, I have to admit I never totally adjusted to Dick Sargent as Durwood, Derweed or whatever his name was. The seventh season was Sargent’s second in the role and by then he seemed to almost fade of the screen. I kept thinking he might bring some originality to the […]
Blu-ray Review: Eagle Eye
There seems little doubt that over the last two years, Hollywood movers and shakers have been promoting Shia LeBeouf as the next big male star. Director/producer Steven Spielberg cast him in 2007’s Disturbia, which became a solid box office hit. He was then cast in Transformers, which made a boatload of money worldwide. If we […]