Blu-ray Review: The Favourite
With films like The Lobster, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and original directors working today. His latest film, The Favourite, only cements that reputation. For those unfamiliar with his style and expecting yet another stuffy drama about royalty in early 18th […]
Mad Max: Fury Road (Blu-ray)
A visual wonder and gorgeous to watch, George Miller’s latest installment of the Mad Max series, Fury Road, sucks you in from the opening moments and doesn’t let go until the closing credits. Miller has maintained the feel of the movie he began creating over 35 years ago, while successfully adjusting to new technology and […]
Blu-ray Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
Another in a growing number of films that seek to offer alternate versions of popular fairy tales, Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer reworks Jack the Giant Killer. As is often the case with these films, our hero has a surprising taste for destruction. While the Jack the Giant Killer narrative never truly soars, director […]
Blu-ray Review: X-Men – First Class
After the poor reception of X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine the franchise was clearly on life support. If the franchise we to survive, the latest installment, First Class had the tall order of revitalizing a well known story. For those who didn’t know, producer-director Matthew Vaughn (Stardust, Kick-Ass) was the original choice […]
X-Men: First Class Arrives on Friday September 9th
LOS ANGELES (July 19, 2011) – Before they were superheroes, the fate of humanity depended on an extraordinary group of youngsters who went on to become X-MEN: FIRST CLASS. Based on the international bestselling Marvel Comics franchise, this box office hit bursts onto Blu-ray and DVD Friday, September 9 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. […]
Blu-ray Review: A Single Man
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 100 mins. | Rated R Based on the 1964 novel by Christopher Isherwood, A Single Man marks the directing debut of Tom Ford (who also co-wrote the script with David Scearce), a Fashion designer renowned for his work with Gucci. Made for $7 million, A Single Man brought in just […]