Blu-ray Review: Real Steel
Based in part on the 1956 short story “Steel” by Richard Matheson, Real Steel might be best described as souped up Transformers. Set in 2020, fans have decided that regular boxing is simply to tame. In an effort to satisfy audiences’ violent appetites, robot boxing was created; once promising boxer Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is […]
Blu-ray Review: Mildred Pierce (2011 TV mini-series, Collector’s Edition)
Many are familiar with the story of Mildred Pierce as told in Michael Curtiz’s classic 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in her Oscar winning role. Though that film was based on the 1941 James M. Cain novel, many changes were made to the story before it hit the screen. If you’ve never read the novel, […]
HBO’s Mildred Pierce Coming to Blu-ray and DVD January 3, 2012
HBO Home Entertainment will bring Mildred Pierce to Blu-ray and DVD next January. In an Emmy Award-winning performance, Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) stars in the title role, a divorced housewife trying to successfully navigate through various personal and professional struggles against the backdrop of Los Angeles during the Depression. Chief among […]