4K UHD Review: Brokeback Mountain
Based on the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted into a beautifully articulate screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. While considered one of the best scripts around, the story of a love affair between to men remained unproduced for years, until Focus Features stepped in, and Director Ang Lee expressed […]
4K UHD Review: Green Book
New York City 1962, bouncer Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), finds himself in need of a job while he waits for the Copacabana to complete renovations. He is asked to with Dr. Don Shirley (Mahershala Ali, Moonlight) for an eight-week job as his driver. To Tony’s surprise, Shirley isn’t […]
Disney’s Gravity Falls: Six Strange Tales (DVD)
I have to admit, before checking out this DVD, I had never seen Disney’s Gravity Falls. What was my general reaction? This is one strange, sometimes funny show. Pre-teen twins Mabel (voiced by Kristen Schaal) and worry wart dipper (Jason Ritter) have been to the small town of Gravity Falls, Oregon to spend the summer […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Fifteenth Season (The Final Season)
After countless awards, and well documented highs and lows, ER finally closed up shop after fifteen years on the air. After the unevenness of the previous season, interrupted by the writer’s strike, many wondered if ER had enough gas in the tank to pull off twenty-two more worthwhile episodes. You can count me among the […]
DVD Review: ER – The Complete Fourteenth Season
Warner Bros. | 2007 | 825 mins. | NR As ER began its fourteenth season, everyone believed it would be its last. However, a combination of the writers’ strike and strong ratings for the series 300th episode brought the show back for a fifteenth season. Unfortunately the fourteenth season, released on DVD from Warner Home […]
Blu-ray Review: Scooby-Doo 1 & 2 Collection
Warner Bros. | 2002-2004 | 179 mins. | PG Created by Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, Scooby-Doo has been one of television’s most popular cartoon characters since hitting the airwaves in 1969. Given its longtime appeal, and Hollywood’s love for turning small screen favorites into movies, it was only a matter of time before Scooby-Doo […]