Blu-ray Review: The Best of Times
It was the worst of times, particularly for high school football player Jack Dundee (Robin Williams), who dropped a title-winning pass against Bakersfield. That was twelve years earlier but the citizens of small-town Taft, California won’t let him forget about it. Jack is trying to get on with his life. Yet, he still lives in […]
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 […]
The Hateful Eight (Blu-ray)
Leave it to Quentin Tarantino to make a nearly three-hour film that takes place mostly in one room, yet still manages to be great. While the writer/director still gives in to some of the self-indulgent tendencies his fans have come to expect, The Hateful Eight is smartly crafted and brimming with fine performances. Somewhat unexpectedly, […]
Escape from New York (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
While John Carpenter’s place in cinema history is secure—Halloween alone would have made him an important figure in the horror genre—there’s no denying that his star has dimmed quite a bit since the 1980’s. This is partly due to the fact that a considerable amount of his work has been mediocre at best—Ghosts of Mars […]
Blu-ray Review: The Fox and the Hound / The Fox and the Hound II – 30th Anniversary Edition
Disney’s 24th animated film, The Fox and the Hound began production during a time of transition at the studio. Although the two surviving members of Disney’s legendary “Nine Old Men” began work on the project in 1977, they soon stepped aside, passing their duties to a new generation of animation masters, among them Don Bluth. […]
Blu-ray Review: Overboard
A twist on the reliable storyline of the snob who learns how the other half lives; the character is stuck up, arrogant and spoiled. Eventually, something happens that brings them down to reality. By the end of the film, the hero has discovered humility, gratitude and the true meaning of love. In the case of […]
THE FOX AND THE HOUND’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY- ON BD 8/9/11
The 24th film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series is loosely based on the 1967 novel by Daniel P. Mannix and marks the turning point where animator Don Bluth left Disney to form his own production studio. The direct-to-video sequel released in 2006 is also included in this set.
Blu-ray Review: Tombstone
Disney / Buena Vista | 130 mins.| 1993 | Rated R Though Clint Eastwood’s 1992 film Unforgiven was lauded with Oscars—and rightfully so—the 1993 film, Tombstone also stands as one of the finest westerns of the decade. Yes, we’ve seen it all before in John Ford´s My Darling Clementine, in 1946, with Henry Fonda as […]
Blu-ray Review: Poseidon
Warner Bros. | 2006 | 98 mins | Rated PG-13 I admit, I’m a fan of 1972’s The Poseidon Adventure. Granted, like most of producer Irwin Allen’s films (The Towering Inferno), the story is only so-so, but the star power he could bring to a project often made his projects better than they should have […]
DVD Review: Elvis (1979)
Shout Factory | 1979 | 170 mins. | Not Rated Airing on ABC just two years after his untimely death, Elvis was the first film to examine the life of the legendary entertainer. Directed by John Carpenter (Halloween, Big Trouble in Little China), the three-hour biopic ends in 1969, thus avoiding the last several years […]