The Cat Returns (Blu-ray)
A loose sequel to writer Hayao Miyazaki and director Yoshifumi Kondô’s Whisper of the Heart, The Cat Returns was the first directorial effort from animator Hiroyuki Morita. Though the film found success and a certain level of acclaim in Japan, internationally many critics felt as though the film didn’t live up to the high standards […]
The Shadow (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)
Based on the very popular 1930’s radio character, original comic books, and several pulp novels, The Shadow stars Alec Baldwin as Lamont Cranston, the crime fighter “who learned in the Orient the power to cloud men’s minds so they cannot see him.” Once a ruthless drug lord, he’s been trained by Tibetan holy man named […]
Blu-ray Review: The Santa Clause (Complete 3-Movie Collection)
Released in 1994, The Santa Clause is one of the few Christmas movies that could be a modern classic. For the last several years, it’s been one of those films that get watched at least once in my house in the month leading up to Christmas. Like most sequels, Santa Clause 2 and Santa Claus […]
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: Monster’s Ball
Written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, under the direction of Marc Forster, Monster’s Ball is a film in which the characters seem to jump off the screen and draw us in to their difficult lives right from the start. Forster uses a slow, mournful tone that accentuates the sorrow in all the characters, without […]