4K UHD Review: Contagion
Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion is an eerie reminder of 2020—fear, social distancing and death all around—despite being released nine years before the Covid pandemic gripped the world. Unlike most films about epidemics that simply create chaos and run with it, Soderbergh simply allows the events to unfold, with little over-the-top histrionics to muddy up the narrative. […]
4K UHD Review: John Wick Chapters 1-3 Stash Book Collection
With John Wick: Chapter 4 hitting screens soon, Lionsgate has released the John Wick Chapter 1-3 Stash Book Collection, a collection of SteelBooks available exclusively at Best Buy. The first three Wick films are housed in a box resembling John’s “stash book” from the third film. Each SteelBook contains a 4K disc and a Blu-ray […]
Blu-ray Review: Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Every year we get a few movies (sometimes, more than a few), that fail to live up to expectations, despite wonderful origins. The cast and director are well known and respected by the public, but the material just fails to connect with viewers. Such is the case with Where’d You Go, Bernadette. Based on Maria […]
Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice – Ultimate Edition (Blu-ray)
[yasr_multiset setid=0] Batman V. Superman (referred to from hereon as BvS) isn’t the great film many had hoped it would be, but it’s also not a terrible one. Directed by Zack Snyder, details the initial violent encounters between the Dark Knight (Ben Affleck) and the Man of Steel (Henry Cavill), and takes us through to […]
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: Contagion
Through the years, several films have been made about epidemics. Much of the time, the filmmakers simply create chaos and run with it. However, Contagion, the latest effort from director Steven Soderbergh does something clever: simply allow the events to unfold, with little over-the-top histrionics to muddy up the narrative. By doing that, Soderbergh created […]
Blu-ray Review: Thurgood
Transferring a play for the stage to television is a risky proposition, made all the more difficult when the play is a one man affair. HBO’s Thurgood, written by George Stevens Jr., benefits from a stellar performance by Laurence Fishburne. Captured during the plays run at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts […]
Blu-ray Review: The Matrix (10th Anniversary Blu-ray Book, w/ Bonus Digital Copy)
Released in 1999, The Matrix is credited by many with helping to push the fledgling DVD market into the big time. I actually bought the first DVD release of The Matrix the first day it was in stores. I remember being absolutely mesmerized at how good the action scenes looked on the big screen; she […]