Blu-ray Review: Finding Nemo (Three-Disc Collector’s Edition)
Right up there with the Toy Story franchise, Finding Nemo is one of Pixar’s finest efforts to date. Equal parts comedy, family drama and adventure, this story about a father and son is wonderfully executed. In case you’re one of the few not familiar with Finding Nemo, here’s a recap: Marlin (voiced by Albert Brooks) […]
Blu-ray Review: Twilight’s Last Gleaming
Loosely adapted from novelist Walter Wager’s 1971 thriller, Viper Three, Twilight’s Last Gleaming sets up an improbable plot, but still manages to be an interesting film with clearly more in mind than being just a standard thriller. Directed by Robert Aldrich, a man who brought his liberal humanist thematic vision to many of his films, […]
Blu-ray Review: Brave (2012)
With 2011’s Cars 2, the Pixar brain trust (namely John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Pete Docter) took a bit of hit. For the first time in the studio’s history really, some began to wonder if after an unprecedented string of successes, Pixar had finally given into the pressure to make flashier kids’ movies without much […]
DVD Review: Fan Favorites – The Best of Cheers
The phenomenon of “fan favorites” always seems a bit contrived to me; just another marketing strategy to get people to repurchase already released material. This time, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount recently conducted a Facebook poll about seven of its most popular programs (Cheers, Happy Days, Frasier, The Odd Couple, Hogan’s Heroes, The Honeymooners, and […]
Blu-ray Review: Toy Story 3
Disney/Buena Vista | 2010 | 103 mins. | G Pixar hit another home run, extending an amazing streak of successes that stretches all the way back to the original Toy Story, which changed the face of feature length animation when it reached theaters in 1995. Now, 15 years after their original debut and 11 years […]