4K UHD Review: Brokeback Mountain
Based on the acclaimed short story by Annie Proulx, Brokeback Mountain was adapted into a beautifully articulate screenplay by Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry. While considered one of the best scripts around, the story of a love affair between to men remained unproduced for years, until Focus Features stepped in, and Director Ang Lee expressed […]
Blu-ray Review: The Fabelmans
The most commercially successful director of all time, Steven Spielberg began his professional career in 1969, helming a segment of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery starring Joan Crawford. More than fifty years later, Spielberg has produced over 150 film and television projects. Co-written by longtime collaborator Tony Kushner, The Fabelmans is a semi-autobiographical peek at how […]
4K UHD: Shutter Island SteelBook Review
[The review of the movie itself was taken from the 2010 Blu-ray. A/V and Extras have been updated — RW] A boat emerges out of a thick, dense fog; two men in fedoras are aboard, chain smoking and discussing the reason for their uncomfortable ferry ride—one is clearly more fidgety than the other, at one […]
Blu-ray Review: The Greatest Showman
[amazon_link asins=’B077R32LVQ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’5b13e1eb-4b26-11e8-afb0-85b8af461d7a’]Kicking off with a with a musical number that quickly draws you into a world of larger than life escapism, The Greatest Showman mimics the kind of over-the-top production numbers that help make La La Land a phenomenon in 2016. This shouldn’t come as a surprise since Benj Pasek and […]
DVD Review: All the Money in The World
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Blu-ray Review: Manchester By the Sea
An authentic and moving story, Kenneth Lonergan’s Manchester By the Sea, is a portrait of a man so consumed by grief, going through the motions of a life, but no longer living. Avoiding any social contact and engaging in menial labor as the days turn into nights. When he goes to the local bar, if […]
Blu-ray Review: Oz the Great and Powerful
An imaginative mix of live action and CGI, Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful is a prequel to The Wizard of Oz. While paying homage to the iconic images and sense of magic seen in the classic, the story isn’t so familiar that it feels like little more than a retread. Though L. Frank […]
Blu-ray Review: My Week With Marilyn
At first glance, My Week with Marilyn might appear to be a salacious behind-the-scenes look at the making of a film that had its share of off camera drama. However, a closer look at the movie reveals an incomplete, yet captivating character study of Marilyn Monroe The story takes place in 1956, when the icon-in-the-making […]
Blu-ray Review: Blue Valentine
Starz / Anchor Bay | 2010 | 114 min | R I missed Blue Valentine in theaters, but after hearing and reading so much about it, I was anxious to check it out for myself. Now having done that, I’ll say this: It’s not any easy trip. For many, Blue Valentine will be a gut […]