The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (Blu-ray)
Jodie Foster has had a career any actor would envy. Beginning her acting career at age five with guest appearances on numerous television shows such as Mayberry R.F.D., The Courtship of Eddie’s Father and Gunsmoke. By the early seventies, Foster began appearing in family films largely for Disney, but one early role was in Martin […]
The Hotel New Hampshire (Blu-ray)
British film director Tony Richardson’s decidedly jumpy, loud approach to Tom Jones shocked purists but brought him the 1963 Oscar for Best Director. In his adaptation of John Irving’s The Hotel New Hampshire, that same frenetic style leaves little time to enjoy what could have been a fascinating narrative. Richardson keeps things moving so quickly, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Beaver
From Mad Max to Lethal Weapon and even Hamlet, Mel Gibson has played variations of crazy characters. Gibson’s latest effort, The Beaver, which has him, portraying a middle-aged man who attempts to deal with his debilitating depression by communicating through a beaver hand puppet is one of his strangest. Despite the films many flaws, Gibson’s […]
The Beaver Comes to DVD and Blu-ray on August 23
Burbank, Calif. (July 18, 2011) – Two-time Academy Award® winner Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs, The Accused) directs and co-stars with two-time Academy Award® winner Mel Gibson (Braveheart – Best Picture and Best Director) in The Beaver, a compelling and original film, slated to arrive on Blu-ray™ and DVD August 23rd from Summit Entertainment. The Beaver — which Rolling Stone […]