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 […]
Blu-ray Review: The Odd Life of Timothy Green
The Odd Life of Timothy Green offers a family friendly story, best enjoyed by those that don’t mind some improbability mixed with their entertainment. After years of trying, Jim and Cindy Green (Joel Edgerton and Jennifer Garner) have had to accept they can’t have a child. Despite their best efforts, adopting a child doesn’t seem […]
Blu-ray Review: Blood Simple
1984’s Blood Simple was the first film from Joel and Ethan Coen. Featuring the debut of then-unknown actress Frances McDormand, the title comes from a slang term invented by Dashiell Hammett to suggest a murderer’s state of fear and confusion, which suggests that the ‘perfect’ murder is impossible. In the middle of nowhere Texas, rich […]
DVD Review: The Civil War – 150th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
Paramount | 1990 | 680 mins. | NR Though Ken Burns’ 1990 epic documentary, The Civil War has been released on DVD at least twice before, the new “Commemorative Edition” is worth buy if you haven’t already done so. It’s less expensive than previous editions and some retailers are selling it at half that price […]