White Bird in a Blizzard (Blu-ray)
Filmmaker Gregg Araki has made a career of dealing with teenage angst. While his latest effort, White Bird in a Blizzard, is his most adult film to date, he’s careful not to stray too far from familiar territory. Styled similarly to a 1950’s Douglas Sirk melodrama—the bright and colorful surface conceals the darkness of suburban […]
Divergent (Blu-ray)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00GQQ77IU”]Given the monumental success of the Twilight and The Hunger Games franchises, it comes as no surprise that film studios would look to scoop up other Y.A. book series to bring to the big screen. Some recent attempts to launch a new Y.A. franchise have crashed and burned at the box office—Beautiful Creatures and […]
Blu-ray Review: The Descendants
Matt King is the sole trustee of acres of untouched Hawaiian land that he and his cousins are debating what to do with. While deciding what to do with the land that has belonged to their family since the 1800s, he must also deal with his hospitalized wife that he learns will not make it […]
The Descendants on Blu-ray and DVD March 13
Los Angeles, CA – From director Alexander Payne creator of the Oscar® winning Sideways comes one of the Best Pictures of the year, The Descendants , featuring a stunning cast including Best Actor nominee George Clooney (Ides of March) and Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) in her Golden Globe nominated and […]
DVD Review: The Secret Life of the American Teenager, Volume 6
When it debuted in 2008, The Secret Life of the American Teenager raised a few eyebrows for making a pregnant teen the focus of the series. The ABC Family network proved to be very popular with the teen and pre-teen demographic. Even some adults admit to it being a guilty pleasure. Surprisingly, this most recent […]
DVD Review: The Secret Life of an American Teenager – Volume Four
Disney/Buena Vista | 2009 | 516 mins. | Not Rated From Brenda Hampton, the creator of 7th Heaven, The Secret Life of the American Teenager, revolves around teen pregnancy; a topic that would have been taboo little more than a decade ago. Things begin with sixteen year-old Band geek Amy Juergens (Shailene Woodley) discovering that […]
DVD Review: The Secret Life of the American Teenager – Season Two
Disney | 2008 | 516 mins. | Not Rated As a woman in my thirties, I understand I’m not part of the target demographic for ABC Family’s hit series, The Secret Life of An American Teenager. After watching both DVD releases of the show, I truly don’t understand the appeal. The premise is absurdly unrealistic […]
DVD Review: The Secret Life of an American Teenager, Season One
Created and produced by Brenda Hampton (7th Heaven),The Secret Life of An American Teenager was proposed to the Fox network nearly a decade ago. Fox eventually passed on the show, as did Lifetime. Not wanting to give up on the idea, Hampton eventually drafted six scripts for the show and submitted them to a variety […]