DVD Review: Episodes – The First Season
Episodes is my catharsis, a full cleanse before leaving Southern California after nearly nine very trying years and arriving in Las Vegas, a hedonistic paradise and the true home I’ve always wanted. I’m still not happy with how much time was wasted here, with how history is ignored in this region (save for Anaheim, Buena […]
DVD Review: Pie in the Sky – Complete Collection
The sole problem with DVD reviewing is that sometimes we can’t write the review we wish to write. It’s not a matter of editorial oversight, but of time. We have to watch either the feature film or documentary and any accompanying extras to the point that we feel we have enough for a review and […]
Blu-ray Review: Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been incredibly lucrative. The latest installment, On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the series, grossed $1,039,571,802 in worldwide box office. Regardless, the film seems lazy, as if this is a franchise in which the creative juices have run dry. Lacking the creativity, spicy wit, and visual structure that […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will set sail on DVD, stunning high definition Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray 3D™ on October 18th
BURBANK, Calif., July 14, 2011 — The Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films are proud to present the #1 worldwide box office success of 2011 – making over $1 billion globally – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, in stunning high definition Blu-ray™, eye popping Blu-ray 3D™ (a first for the legendary franchise) […]
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
The first Harry Potter effort for director Peter Yates, Order of the Phoenix is probably my least favorite of the films. While the ending creates some excitement, getting there is ponderous to say the least, even after cutting the standard 200 pages from J.K. Rowling’s original text.