Passion (Blu-ray)
Brian De Palma is one of the most respected, yet unpredictable directors of the last forty years. Responsible for the genre-defining greatness of Carrie (1976) and Scarface (1983), he also had some major disappointments such as Mission to Mars (2000) and The Black Dahlia (2006). De Palma’s latest big screen effort, Passion sounds like it […]
Blu-ray Review: The Notebook – Ultimate Collector’s Edition Gift Set
Generally speaking, romantic melodramas aren’t my cup of tea; I don’t read a lot of them and I usually wait for the Blu-ray release before seeing them in movie form. The Notebook was a bit different. Though I never read the best seller by Nicholas Sparks when it was published towards the end of 1996, […]
Blu-ray Review: Sherlock Holmes – A Game of Shadows
When Guy Ritchie signed on to direct 2009’s Sherlock Holmes, he said he sought to “make a very contemporary film as far as the tone and texture”, because it has been “a relatively long time since there’s been a film version that people embraced.” Given Sherlock Holmes $524,028,679 million box-office, it’s safe to say that […]
Blu-ray Review: Sherlock Holmes
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 128 mins. | Rated PG-13 Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch) Sherlock Holmes. Equal parts buddy film and adventure, the detective is joined by his partner-in-crime-solving, […]
Blu-ray Review: The Time Traveler’s Wife
New Line Cinema | 2009 | 107 mins. | Rated PG-13 A word piece of advice to anyone who might be considering marriage to a time traveler: you need the patience of a saint. The Time Traveler’s Wife emphasizes the problems involved in such a marriage. Though co-stars Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams have turned […]
DVD Review: The Notebook – Limited Edition Giftset
Generally speaking, romantic melodramas aren’t my cup of tea; I don’t read a lot of them and I usually wait for the DVD before seeing them in movie form. The Notebook was a bit different. Though I never read the best seller by Nicholas Sparks, when it was published towards the end of 1996, it […]