Blu-ray Review: Song Sung Blue
An unapologetic tearjerker, Song Sung Blue would be unbelievable if it weren’t true. The film is based on a 2008 documentary (available here on YouTube), about a Neil Diamond tribute band from Milwaukee, featuring Mike and Claire Sardina (Hugh Jackman & Kate Hudson) as Lightning and Thunder, who were really good. While the new movie […]
Deepwater Horizon (4K UHD)
Based on the worst oil spill in U.S. history, Deepwater Horizon stars Mark Wahlberg as Mike Williams an electronics technician employed by Transocean, hired to dig a well in the Gulf of Mexico that will be pumped for oil by BP. As anyone aware of the news back in April of 2010 will remember, things […]
Blu-ray Review: Something Borrowed
Romantic comedies often referred to as “rom-coms,” have been around almost as long as commercial films themselves. As any fan of the genre knows, a good rom-com should include two primary ingredients: romance and comedy. Unfortunately for 2011’s Something Borrowed, the story is neither romantic nor particularly funny. Big Love’s Ginnifer Goodwin stars as Rachel […]
Blu-ray Review: Nine
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 119 mins. | Rated PG-13 An adaptation of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit Tony winning stage musical, Nine seemed like a sure-fire hit. Directed by Rob Marshall, who steered Chicago to a Best Picture Oscar in 2002;. Packed with kinetic choreography (by Marshall himself), melodic songs, and a substantive story based […]
Blu-ray Review: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days
Paramount Pictures | 2003 | 115 mins. | Rated PG-13 Matthew McConaughey got his big break back in 1996 in A Time to Kill, playing a lawyer who defended a black man accused of killing his young daughter’s rapists. Kate Hudson’s big break came in 2000’s Almost Famous. In the Oscar nominated role she played […]