Blu-ray Review: Hidden Figures
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McFarland, USA (Blu-ray)
Disney and Kevin Costner have teamed up for another feel good sports movie, McFarland, USA. While the story itself doesn’t offer anything particularly new, the film’s strength lies in the respect for this true story, and the strong performance from Kevin Costner. Costner plays disgraced Idaho football coach Jim White. Fired from his job after […]
Blu-ray Review: The Company Men
If you’re looking for a bit of escapist entertainment, The Company Men certainly isn’t it. Writer/director John Wells pulls few punches: a large shipping company as they lay off scores of employees as a cost cutting measure. he film follows the fallout as several former employees from various levels within the company console one another […]
Blu-ray Review: Dances With Wolves
MGM | 1990 | 234 mins. | PG-13 To date, Dances With Wolves is by far actor/director Kevin Costner’s best work. Aided by writer Michael Blake, Costner used the Civil War as a background for the story of Dances With Wolves, a film that attempts to give people an honest look at the plight of […]