The Accountant (Blu-ray)
Ben Affleck’s third film of 2016, The Accountant finds him playing Christian Wolff, a self-described high-functioning autistic, with incredible math abilities and even better skills with a gun. He can process years’ worth of corporate ledgers in a single night without a computer and shoot a sniper rifle with perfect accuracy. It’s all in a […]
The Hangover: Part III (Blu-ray)
Surprisingly dark and depressing, to call The Hangover Part III a comedy seems disingenuous. After the lively debauchery that made up the bulk of the first two films, it seems director Todd Phillips attempted to do something different with the franchise (which he deserves some credit for), unfortunately, the result is a far too serious, […]
Blu-ray Review: Heavyweights
Released in 1995, Heavyweights is a real throwback to the Disney live-action films of the late ‘70s and ‘80s. You know the ones. They were happy to provide lightweight entertainment and a few laughs and leave it at that. Written by Judd Apatow and Steven Brill, produced by Apatow, and directed by Brill, Heavyweights is […]
Blu-ray Review: The Hangover – Part II
When The Hangover hit theaters back in the summer of ’09, most figured it would be an also-ran, considering it was going up against surefire blockbusters like X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the Star Trek reboot, and Angels and Demons among others. Surprisingly, The Hangover was an immediate hit, eventually going on to become the highest-grossing R-rated […]
Blu-ray Review: Paul (U.K. Edition)
Region Free | U.K. Triple Play Clive (Nick Frost) and Graeme (Simon Pegg) are British science fiction geeks. As such, they make a pilgrimage to Comic-Con in San Diego. Not content to simply revel in nerdom, the guys take to the road in a rented RV to tour UFO holy sites scattered around the Southwestern […]
Paul Coming to Blu-ray, DVD and Digital Download August 9
Universal City, California, June 7, 2011— One tiny alien makes for big, big trouble in the comedy adventure Paul, coming to Blu-ray™ Combo Pack and DVD August 9, 2011, from Universal Studios Home Entertainment. Both versions will feature the theatrical movie, as well as an unrated version of the film, not shown in theaters. The […]
Blu-ray Review: Tangled
For their 50th feature-length cartoon, Disney has returned to the genre that defined the studio: fairy-tale princesses. With Tangled, Disney takes on the retelling of Rapunzel in a style we’ve come to expect—softening the edges and assuring a happy ending. That’s not a criticism—Disney knows their audience and is adept at crafting fables for maximum […]
DVD Review: Max Headroom – The Complete Series
Shout Factory | 1987 | 660 mins. | Not Rated Created by George Stone, Annabel Jankel, and Rocky Morton and portrayed by Matt Frewer, Max Headroom was a product of British artificial intelligence, known for his wit and stuttering, distorted, electronically sampled voice. Anyone over thirty years old will likely recall the ubiquitous New Coke […]