All The Way (Blu-ray)
Reprising his Tony Award-winning role as Lyndon Johnson in the HBO adaptation of Robert Schenkkan’s play All the Way, Bryan Cranston continues to show he’s one of the most talented actors working today. President Johnson was a big, physical man and Cranston disappears into his characterization. Directed by Jay Roach and scripted by Robert Schenkkan, […]
Prisoners (Blu-ray)
An ominous and unsettling thriller, the subject of Prisoners—young children in peril—demands the viewers undivided attention. Armed with intense performances and an engrossing mystery, few will find it easy to turn away. Oscar nominated director Denis Villeneuve (Incendies) explores just how far parents are willing to go for their children. How far is too far? […]
Blu-ray Review: Flight
The first live-action film from director Robert Zemeckis since Castaway twelve years ago, Flight is a movie about addiction that manages to include all of the elements of the genre while finding an innovative and powerful way to tell the story. Flight gets rolling with a visceral and intense plane crash sequence. Pilot William “Whip” […]
Blu-ray Review: Mildred Pierce (2011 TV mini-series, Collector’s Edition)
Many are familiar with the story of Mildred Pierce as told in Michael Curtiz’s classic 1945 film starring Joan Crawford in her Oscar winning role. Though that film was based on the 1941 James M. Cain novel, many changes were made to the story before it hit the screen. If you’ve never read the novel, […]
HBO’s Mildred Pierce Coming to Blu-ray and DVD January 3, 2012
HBO Home Entertainment will bring Mildred Pierce to Blu-ray and DVD next January. In an Emmy Award-winning performance, Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) stars in the title role, a divorced housewife trying to successfully navigate through various personal and professional struggles against the backdrop of Los Angeles during the Depression. Chief among […]
Blu-ray Review: The Fighter
Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 116 mins. | R Like Rocky, Raging Bull and many other boxing movies, The Fighter doesn’t offer a particularly original story. We get the underdog who achieves sports glory despite many disadvantages. Where The Fighter succeeds is the inspiration found in the relationship between two brothers, Dicky Eklund (Christian Bale) […]
The Fighter Coming to Blu-ray/DVD on March 8
Directed by David O. Russell, Starring Mark Wahlberg, Christian Bale, and Amy Adams, The Fighter examines the early years of boxer “Irish” Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid 1990s.