4K UHD Review: Terms of Endearment (Paramount Presents)
In a career that has spanned more than fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and Lou Grant. In 1978, Brooks was a co-creator of the sitcom Taxi. […]
Steve Jobs (Blu-ray)
It’s long been established that the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs was a controlling, egomaniacal bully. Nonetheless, the man who urged the world to “Think different” and introduced the iMac, the iPod and the iPad was one of the most visionary businessman ever. While the aptly titled Steve Jobs makes it clear that the man […]
The Purple Rose of Cairo (Blu-ray)
The second Woody Allen film in which he didn’t appear, The Purple Rose of Cairo is similar to Radio Days in that it’s a tribute to the entertainment of his childhood. While Radio Days pays tribute to the radio stars of the past, The Purple Rose of Cairo is a homage to the films he […]
Terms of Endearment (Blu-ray)
In a career that has spanned nearly fifty years, writer/director James L. Brooks has had success in both television and film. Having created Room 222 in 1969, Brooks teamed up with Allan Burns to create The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Rhoda, and Lou Grant. In 1978, Brooks was a co-creator of the sitcom Taxi. In […]
Blu-ray Review: Gods and Generals
The prequel to Gettysburg, Gods and Generals is well intentioned. Director Ronald F. Maxwell’s dedication to the era is unquestionable. Unfortunately, his love for the subject has led to a bloated project that feels like a mediocre mini-series rather than a movie.
Blu-ray Review: Gettysburg
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara, Gettysburg tells the story of four hot days in the summer of 1863, that changed the tide of the Civil War. A densely packed 271-minutes, and featuring over 13,000 volunteer Civil War re-enactors, Gettysburg is a true epic.
DVD Review: Something Wild
Criterion | 1986 | 113 min | Rated R 1986’s Something Wild is a quirky movie that is often lost in the shuffle of director Jonathan Demme’s filmography. It was his first dramatic film following Swing Shift two years earlier, a terrible experience that caused him to consider leaving filmmaking all together. Fortunately for film […]
Blu-ray Review: Pleasantville
New Line | 1998 | 124 mins. | PG-13 Pleasantville was written and directed by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit). Though this was his directorial debut, Ross wrote Big, the 1988 hit starring Tom Hanks as a kid trapped inside the body of a kid. With Pleasantville, Ross has taken teenagers and put them in an alternative […]