Blu-ray Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Originally released in theaters last November, those behind Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms clearly hoped to be destination viewing for the many of us who count a viewing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet as tradition. Based on the original short story “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” by E.T.A. Hoffman and the Nutcracker Ballet, Disney […]

Interstellar (Blu-ray)

While seeing Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar at home on television will not have the same effect as seeing it in the sprawling space of a darkened theater, it’s still an assault on the senses. While it can be debated whether this is Nolan’s best film, it’s certainly his most ambitious, combining elements from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, […]

Ernest and Celestine (Blu-ray)

Very simple, yet undeniably charming, Ernest and Celestine is the story of two animals that are supposed to be enemies being friends. Based on a Belgian series of books by Gabrielle Vincent, the film opened in Europe at the end of 2012, but didn’t arrive in the United States until a year later; first in […]