4K UHD Review: The Color Purple
When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the changes made. Age and time have softened my stance. While I still don’t care for some of […]
Selma (Blu-ray)
Though the events depicted in Ava DuVernay’s Selma occurred fifty years ago, the message resonates even more in light of the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and Baltimore, Maryland. Selma begins with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (David Oyelowo) receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway in 1964, then quickly cuts to the bombing of […]
Lee Daniels’ The Butler (Blu-ray)
Director Lee Daniels (Precious, The Paperboy) has never been known for his subtlety, preferring instead the direct approach, which while admirable, can be difficult to digest. His latest project, which spans more than fifty years of American history, could have easily been a jumbled mess, but Forest Whitaker’s moving performance in the title role gives […]
DVD Review: Hey, Boo – Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird is a reader’s paradise not only in detailing the long-reaching and long-lasting influence of quite possibly the most famous American novel in literary history, but also featuring a bevy of authors talking about how it touched them, how it moved them, how it influenced them (Mark […]
DVD Review: Most Valuable Players
Similar to sports, drama programs provide high schooler’s with a positive outlet for their creativity as they work to find their identities. Nowhere is this more true than in one county in Pennsylvania, where students who participate in their high school musical are also competing for Freddy Awards. Think of it as a junior version […]
Blu-ray Review: The Color Purple
Warner Bros. | 1985 | 153 mins. | PG When The Color Purple hit theaters back in 1985, I didn’t quite know how to feel about it. Though I was only twelve at the time, I had read Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name and I was conflicted about some of the […]
Blu-ray Review: Life (U.S. Version)
BBC – Discovery | 2009 | 484 mins. | Rated PG Four years in the making, shot entirely in high definition and helmed by the BBC Natural History Unit, Life comes to Blu-ray in two distinctly different releases. The first, courtesy of Warner Brothers, offers the original UK version of the series, and features narration […]
Blu-ray Review: The Princess and the Frog
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 97 mins. | Rated G In recent years, Disney has found itself playing catch up with the mighty PIXAR when it comes to animated films. While the ‘House of Mouse’ has put out some enjoyable fare including Meet the Robinsons, and Bolt, they have been surpassed by the […]