DVD Review: El Dorado (Paramount Centennial Collection)
Last time you took the front door and I took the back, this time we’ll do’er the other way around. –John Wayne as Cole Thornton El Dorado was the second to last film of legendary director Howard Hawks. Released in 1967, El Dorado is the second film in a trilogy directed by Hawks varying the […]
Blu-ray Review: Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road opens with a young man and a young woman (perhaps in their early to mid-twenties), meeting at a party and charming each other with meaningless small talk. In the world of movies, this means there destined to fall in love. In the next scene, time has jumped forward several years; the same couple […]
DVD Review: Enchanted April
Based on the 1922 novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, Enchanted April is a wonderful gem of a movie. Released in 1992, it is the story of two married women quietly living unhappy lives. One day, Lottie (Josie Lawrence and Rose (Miranda Richardson), impulsively decide to escape their depressing lives in post World War I London […]
Blu-ray Review: Goldfinger
More than forty-five years after the first James Bond film hit movie theaters, it’s hard to remember when the character felt fresh and different, the plots bold and exciting. Though the first and second Bond films, Dr No (1962) and From Russia With Love (1963), were unquestionably successful, it was 1964’s Goldfinger that became the […]
Marley & Me: 3-Disc “Bad Boy” Edition (w/ Bonus Digital Copy + DVD) (Blu-ray Review)
For whatever reason, I still haven’t gotten around to reading the 2005 memoir by John Grogan, on which Marley & Me is based. Before watching the film, I knew it was a story about a family’s relationship with their dog. What I didn’t realize is that Marley & Me is really a much larger life […]
DVD Review: Wonder Woman
In this direct-to-video animated release of Wonder Woman, the plot is based on George Perez’ reboot of the character. Specifically, the “Gods and Mortals” arc that started the character’s second volume back in 1987. The film presumes that Wonder Woman exists in a world of her own and there are no references to the greater […]
DVD Review: The Tudors – Season Two
Created and completely written by Michael Hirst (Elizabeth (1998) The Tudors is very loosely based on the early reign of monarch Henry VIII (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). For anyone who hasn’t seen The Tudors before, be warned; the series does not pretend to be factual and has been criticized for stretching the truth. Creator Michael Hirst […]
Blu-ray Review: Thunderball – Ultimate Edition w/ Movie Ticket
Released December 21, 1965, Thunderball was the fourth James Bond film based on the Ian Fleming novel of the same name. It was the highest grossing film with Connery in the lead role. Connery would star in just one more film before handing over the reins to George Lazenby and eventually Roger Moore. As a […]
DVD Review: Private Practice – The Complete First Season (Expanded Edition)
Given the massive success of Grey’s Anatomy, it came as no surprise that someone from that series would be chosen to star in their own spinoff. Created by Shonda Rhimes, the series chronicles the life of Dr, Addison Montgomery (Kate Walsh) after she decides to leave Seattle Grace Hospital and head to Los Angeles to […]
DVD Review: Snow Angels
Out of the crop of current directors, David Gordon Green is one of the few who makes a point of focusing on the realities of American life. In a time where most directors are trying to outdo themselves with more special effects and impressive CGI animation with each successive film, in movies like George Washington […]