Digital Review: The Best You Can
For the first time in twenty years, married couple Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have reunited on screen for the character driven dramedy The Best You Can. Directed by Michael J. Weithorn (best known as co-creator of televisions King of Queens), Sedgwick plays Cynthia Rand a fifty-something urologist who must take care of her eighty-something […]
4K UHD Review: Footloose (40th Anniversary Edition)
Based on the real-life effort from the kids of Elmore City, Oklahoma, to overturn a law in their town banning public dancing, Footloose is about more than rowdy high school kids wanting to show off their cool moves. Though driven by its soundtrack (Footloose was one of the first films to use its soundtrack as […]
4K UHD Review: Planes, Trains and Automobiles
I first saw Planes, Trains and Automobiles shortly after its November 25, 1987 theatrical release. A fan of director-writer producer John Hughes, his name in the credits made it a must-see for me. I laughed a lot and thought the pairing of Steve Martin and John Candy was pure genius. Watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles […]
Blu-ray Review: Friday the 13th (40th Anniversary Limited Edition)
Inspired by the success of John Carpenter’s Halloween two years before, Friday the 13th was made on a budget estimated to be $550,000 and went on to gross over $39.7 million at the box office in the United States and went on to become one of the most profitable horror films in the history of […]
The Following: The Third and Final Season (Blu-ray)
From creator Kevin Williamson (The Vampire Diaries) comes The Following: The Third and Final Season which saw the series starring Kevin Bacon come to a dramatic end, while leaving things open for a possible return at some point. As the third season begins, Ryan Hardy (Bacon) is sober and beginning to move on with his […]
Cop Car (Blu-ray)
Marvel and Sony surprised many when they tapped little known director Jon Watts to helm the latest Spider-man reboot. While we wait to see what Watts does with this opportunity, his sophomore effort Cop Car, is worth a look. A stripped down neo-noir clearly influenced by the Coen brothers, Cop Car has some weaknesses but […]
Blu-ray Review: Quicksilver
Kevin Bacon achieved star status with the release of Footloose in 1984. Given the film’s success, Bacon presumably had many projects to choose from as a follow up. One can only assume that Quicksilver looked better on paper than it turned out on screen. Perhaps best described as a typical 1980’s riches to rags to […]
Blu-ray Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Let’s face it; most romantic comedies are pure fluff. So, when a love story with substance emerges, it’s quite notable. Crazy, Stupid, Love. is one of those rare romantic comedies that could appeal to both men and women and presents a story that offers more than the typical boy-meets-girl premise. Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) is […]
Blu-ray Review: Footloose
Based on the real life effort from the kids of Elmore City, Oklahoma, to overturn a law in their town banning public dancing, Footloose is about more than rowdy high school kids wanting to show off their cool moves. Though driven by its soundtrack (Footloose was one of the first films to use its soundtrack […]
Blu-ray Review: X-Men – First Class
After the poor reception of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine the franchise was clearly on life support. If the franchise we to survive, the latest installment, First Class had the tall order of revitalizing a well known story. For those who didn’t know, producer-director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Kick-Ass) was the original choice […]