Blu-ray Review: Sliver
In 1993, with the massive success of Basic Instinct, Sharon Stone had become a bonafide movie star. She had titillated viewers with an unforgettable integration scene, as well as love scenes with both Michael Douglas and Jeanne Tripplehorn. Screenwriter Joe Eszterhas adapted Ira Levin’s novel Sliver—set in a mid-town Manhattan apartment building known as “The […]
Blu-ray Review: Cleopatra (1963)
For many moviegoers, Cleopatra (1963) has long been lauded for its undeniable kitsch value. It’s the most epic of Hollywood epics, got co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton entangled in one of the most talked about love affairs of the 20th century, and nearly bankrupt 20th Century Fox. Oddly enough, once you get past all […]
Blu-ray Review: Frankenweenie
After several years of mostly crafting other people’s work into his own vision, Tim Burton returned to his own material for Frankenweenie. An expansion of a live-action short Burton made for Disney way back in 1984, the black-and-white and stop-motion animation film plays homage to horror classics of yesteryear and the bond between a boy […]
Blu-ray Review: Rounders
“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.” With those words, begins the tale of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a card shark who plays people as well as he does cards. Nonetheless, Mike is still looking for his shot at the World Poker Championship. When […]