Blu-ray Review: Honeymoon in Vegas

While Honeymoon in Vegas is far from structural perfection, it’s quite funny (especially if you’re an Elvis Presley fan). With a wonderfully bizarre Nicolas Cage kvetching his way through the story, Honeymoon doesn’t pretend to be anything other than the goofy piece of fun it is. Writer/director Andrew Bergman (Fletch, The Freshman), whom New York […]

Blu-ray Review: The Karate Kid – Part II

Sony Pictures | 1986 | 113 mins. | Rated PG Given the success of 1984’s The Karate Kid, there was little surprise when Columbia Pictures released The Karate Kid II two years later. Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita reprise their roles as Daniel LaRusso and Mr. Miyagi and director John G. Avildsen is back at […]

Blu-ray Review: The Karate Kid

Sony Pictures | 1984 | 127 mins. | Rated PG I was just about to turn eleven when The Karate Kid hit theaters in the summer of 1984. Likely because of my age, I was immediately drawn in. Directed by John G. Avildsen (Rocky), the story combines the coming-of-age teenage drama and the feel-good, inspirational, […]