4K UHD Review: Demolition Man (Collector’s Edition)
The early 1990’s weren’t particularly kind to Sylvester Stallone. Rocky V (1990) received lukewarm reviews and underperformed at the box office. Sly then starred in a couple of poorly received comedies—Oscar (1991) and Stop or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)—before returning to the action genre with Cliffhanger, (1993), finally, a relative box office success. A […]
Watership Down (Blu-ray) (Criterion Collection)
Not simply a cartoon about bunnies, Watership Down is not a film for children. An adaption of Richard Adams’ massive, complex novel, director Martin Rosen has fused concrete scripting, a wonderful original score, and unforgettable characters with excellent voice casting to create a mesmerizing and unflinching look at animals and their behavior—violence and all. All […]
DVD Review: The Black Cauldron (25th Anniversary Edition)
Disney/Buena Vista | 1985 | 80 mins. | PG By the mid-eighties, Disney had released a string of lackluster films. In 1985, the ‘House of Mouse’ was poised to release The Black Cauldron. Their most expensive project since Pinocchio, and only the second to be shot on 70mm film (Sleeping Beauty was the first) Cauldron […]