Blu-ray Review: Strays (Unleashed Edition)
At first glance, Strays appears to be a fun family movie. Instead, Strays is a raunchy comedy. The child friendly concept of talking dogs is turned upside down, filling their language with constant swearing and discussions of drugs and sex. Reggie the dog (voiced by Will Ferrell) loves his owner Doug (Will Forte), but Doug […]
Blu-ray Review: Nocturnal Animals
Seven years after fashion designer Tom Ford made his impressive directorial debut with A Single Man based on the Christopher Isherwood novel, he turns to another novel, “Tony and Susan, “as the basis for his latest film, Nocturnal Animals, a psychological thriller starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Shannon. Stylish as you would expect, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
Widely recognized as one of great American novels of the 20th century, there have been several attempts to turn F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby into a film (most famously the 1974 version starring Robert Redford and Mia Farrow). However, none have quite succeeded in capturing the sense of magic that surrounds the characters in […]
Blu-ray Review: Wedding Daze
Wedding Daze, the first feature film written and directed by comedian Michael Ian Black, never got a proper theatrical release in America. Instead, Wedding Daze saw a limited release on in some European countries, and was released on DVD in the United States in January of 2008. American Pie star Jason Biggs plays Anderson who, […]
Blu-ray Review: Rango
Director Gore Verbinski reteams with his Pirates of the Caribbean star, Johnny Depp, for Rango, an animated Western featuring a lizard as its unlikely hero. This wickedly imaginative and original film pays loving tribute to nearly every western master, including John Ford and especially the “man with no name,” Clint Eastwood. As the film begins, […]
RANGO arrives on Blu-ray/DVD combo July 15th
Paramount Home Entertainment has announced the Blu-ray/DVD release of Rango, the Industrial Light & Magic computer-animated film from director Gore Verbinski (The Pirates of the Caribbean) that earned more than $230 million at the worldwide box office earlier this year. Johnny Depp voices Rango, a chameleon who dreams of being a fearless hero and gets […]
Blu-ray Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 104 mins | Rated PG I’ve never read the series of books by Sophie Kinsella that inspired Confessions of a Shopaholic but I can say the movie didn’t impress me. Maybe it’s the current economic crisis but an ode to shallow consumerism isn’t going to make it to […]