4K UHD Review: Pride & Prejudice (20th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
Based on the Jane Austen novel of the same name, Pride & Prejudice tells the story of Elizabeth Bennet (Keira Knightley) and her five sisters, who live with their overbearing mother (Brenda Blethyn) and their gentle and loving father (Donald Sutherland), in the English countryside. As the second eldest, Elizabeth and eldest daughter Jane (Rosamund […]
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 […]
Blu-ray Review: The Three Musketeers (2011)
The Three Musketeers based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, has long been a Hollywood favorite. There are over twenty adaptations of the story, including The Three Musketeers starring Douglas Fairbanks, Disney’s The Three Musketeers and The Musketeer, which added Asian fighting to the mix. Now, Paul W. S. Anderson, the man behind Event Horizon, […]
Blu-ray Review: Death at a Funeral (2007)
Frank Oz, better known as the voice of Yoda, Fozzie Bear and Miss Piggy, has taken over the director’s chair regularly in his career. Understandably, his first experience as a director was with Jim Henson on The Dark Crystal. Usually helming comedies, Oz went on to direct Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1986), and What About Bob? […]