4K UHD Review: Pulp Fiction (30th Anniversary Limited Edition)
Released thirty years ago, Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction reshaped American filmmaking and became a cultural phenomenon. Loaded with nods to various film genres and their legendary stars, Pulp Fiction also reignited the career of John Travolta. Filled with well-developed characters, it won the Palme d’Or at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival and became a critical […]
4K UHD Review: Face/Off
If I were to make a list of the worst trailers ever, John Woo’s Face/Off would be on it. The clip turned me off so much, I avoided the film in theaters. It was only after countless recommendations from friends that I caught it at the cheap theater several months later. I was happy I […]
Blu-ray Review: Urban Cowboy
Inspired by an article by the same name in Esquire Magazine, and capitalizing on the late 1970’s early 1980’s popularity of country music, Urban Cowboy stars John Travolta as Bud Davis, a rural Texan who moves to Houston for a job with his uncle in the city’s oil refinery industry. At a sprawling honky-tonk bar […]
4K UHD Review: Grease (40th Anniversary Edition)
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Blu-ray Review: Saturday Night Fever (Director’s Cut)
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Welcome Back, Kotter: The Complete Series (DVD)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00JHH1VDC”]Throughout the history of television, there have been countless shows that experienced significant turmoil during their run, with cast members coming and going, word of backstage strife, and the inevitable downturn in quality. However, few shows managed to experience such incredible highs and incredible lows in just four seasons on the air as Welcome […]
Blu-ray Review: Be Cool
F. Gary Gray’s follow up to Barry Sonnenfeld’s Get Shorty, Be Cool is an adaptation of yet another Elmore Leonard novel. Continuing the story of Chili Palmer, Gray’s film lacks much of the black humor and slick charm of the first film but still manages a few laughs. Picking up just after where Get Shorty […]
Pulp Fiction Coming to Blu-ray October 4th
Called “one of the most wanted Blu-ray titles of all time” (IGN) and ranked as such on numerous critics’ lists, Pulp Fiction is “nothing less than a cultural phenomenon” (Moviemaker Magazine). The film was honored with an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay (1994) and earned seven total nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director […]
DVD Review: Blow Out
Criterion | 1981 | 108 mins. | R Brian De Palma is a directorial enigma. In America, many consider him nothing more than a talented rip-off artist who takes from the greats—Michael Powell, Michelangelo Antonioni, Hitchcock, and Kubrick. One of his biggest stateside successes, 1983’s Scarface, was a remake. Regarded as a misogynist in some […]
Blu-ray Review: The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 106 mins. | Rated R Helmed by high octane director Tony Scott, The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 is a remake of a 1974 film that starred Walter Matthau and Robert Shaw. The acting of John Travolta and Denzel Washington elevates a story that probably runs around twenty minutes […]