Blu-ray Review: Georgia
A realistic, sometimes harrowing drama, Georgia is about the relationship between two siblings: the elder sister Georgia Flood (Mare Winningham) has found success in both her professional and personal life. A folk singer in the mold of Judy Collins, she is happily married with children. Her younger sister Sadie (Jennifer Jason Leigh), is an addict […]
The Hateful Eight (Blu-ray)
Leave it to Quentin Tarantino to make a nearly three-hour film that takes place mostly in one room, yet still manages to be great. While the writer/director still gives in to some of the self-indulgent tendencies his fans have come to expect, The Hateful Eight is smartly crafted and brimming with fine performances. Somewhat unexpectedly, […]
Miami Blues (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
Frederick Frenger, Jr. (Alec Baldwin), who prefers to be called Junior, is a con man, thief and a cheat. Just out of prison, he’s headed to Miami looking for a fresh start (and a whole new crop of victims). Things get off on the wrong foot. At the airport, he’s approached by a Hare Krishna […]
DVD Review: Margot At The Wedding
Writer/director Noah Baumbach seems to enjoy exploring the dark underbelly of family dynamics and relationships. Baumbach wrote the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, in which the father (Jeff Daniels) of an intellectual, if slightly eccentric Brooklyn family claims to have been a great novelist but has settled into a teaching job. When his […]