Once Upon a Time in America: Extended Director’s Cut (Blu-ray)
Director Sergio Leone, best known for spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, turned down the chance to direct The Godfather to work on his own mobster epic, Once Upon a Time in America. Ultimately, it took ten years and six script writers from Italy and the […]
Any Given Sunday (15th Anniversary Edition) (Blu-ray)
As another football season kicks off this week, it seems appropriate that Warner Brothers should release a 15th anniversary edition of Oliver Stone’s Any Given Sunday. Violent and in-your-face, this is a look at professional football as only Oliver Stone could present it. Unapologetically loud, Stone uses every cinematic trick in the book to draw […]
Jamesy Boy (Blu-ray)
The core story of Jamesy Boy—street thug youth gets involved with gangs and drugs, but turns his life around in prison through writing poetry and a friendship with a longtime inmate—is a familiar one. Based on a true story of James Burns; a former thug-turned-filmmaker, his broken home and a circle of streetwise friends has […]
Blu-ray Review: Be Cool
F. Gary Gray’s follow up to Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty, Be Cool is an adaptation of yet another Elmore Leonard novel. Continuing the story of Chili Palmer, Gray’s film lacks much of the black humor and slick charm of the first film but still manages a few laughs. Picking up just after where Get Shorty […]
Blu-ray Review: Once Upon a Time in America
Warner Bros. | 1984 | 229 mins. | R Director Sergio Leone, best known for spaghetti westerns like The Good, The Bad & The Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars, turned down the chance to direct The Godfather to work on his own mobster epic, Once Upon a Time in America. Ultimately, it took ten […]
Blu-ray Review: Videodrome
Criterion | 1983 | 89 mins. | R Until recently, I’d never made it all the way through director David Cronenberg’s Videodrome. I’m not exactly sure why, except to say that it just seemed a little too weird for me until now. Truthfully, even after watching it, I’m still not completely sure how I feel […]