The BFG (Blu-ray)
Nearly thirty-five years after its publication, director Steven Spielberg has delivered Roald Dahl’s The BFG onto the big screen. By reimagining the story with a script by the late Melissa Mathison, combined with cutting-edge digital effects, the magical world that Dahl created comes alive. Is The BFG one of Spielberg best films? No. That would […]
Disney’s The BFG Arrives on Blu-ray December 6th
This month, the world celebrates the 100th anniversary of the birth of Roald Dahl, beloved children’s author of family favorites like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” “James and the Giant Peach,” “Matilda” and Dahl’s personal favorite, “The BFG,” as well as World Dream Day, an annual event honoring “the dreamer, visionary and innovator in all […]
Blu-ray Review: Lay the Favorite
After the dull Chéri and the uneven Tamara Drewe, the generally reliable Stephen Frears appears to be in something of a slump. Unfortunately, his frivolous, superficial adaptation of Lay the Favorite, Beth Raymer’s memoir about her path from stripper to bookie isn’t going to change that trend. Rebecca Hall plays Beth Raymer, a private […]
Blu-ray Review: The Town (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
When considering all the Warner Brothers classics that deserve Ultimate Collector’s Edition status—Casablanca and Ben-Hur, for instance—The Town doesn’t immediately spring to mind. Granted, The Town, one of the best heist pictures I’ve seen in years reestablished director/actor Ben Affleck as a force to be reckon with after the whole “Bennifer” period threatened to make […]
Blu-ray Review: The Town
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 125 mins. | R Just a few years ago, it looked like Ben Affleck might have thrown away much of a promising career. After scoring an Academy Award (with Matt Damon) for writing 1998’s Good Will Hunting, he spent several years trying to be an action star and superhero, both […]