DVD Review: The Forbidden Hollywood Collection – Volume 3
Warner Bros. Forbidden Hollywood Collections contain films that were released before the Motion Picture Production Code or Hays Code took effect on July 1, 1934 in the United States. A previous code of conduct for the film industry, introduced in 1930, was widely ignored. The original code was written by Father Daniel A. Lord, a […]
Blu-ray Review: The Kite Runner
As a voracious reader, if a book is made into a film, chances are I’ve read it. Strangely, before seeing The Kite Runner, I had not read the best selling novel by Khaled Hosseini. I don’t quite know why, whether it was the serious subject matter or just timing, I never got to it. After […]
DVD Review: Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!
I found myself completely taken with Horton Hears a Who! based on the 1954 classic by Dr. Seuss of the same name. At its core, the story is about recognizing the value of a person, despite their size, as Horton, an enormous elephant, becomes aware of a voice coming from a small speck of matter, […]
DVD Review: The Best of Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
Created by comedian Jonathan Katz and producer Tom Snyder, Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist is an animated series that originally ran on Comedy Central from May 28, 1995 to December 24, 1999. Starring Jonathan Katz, H. Jon Benjamin, and Laura Silverman, the series focused on Dr. Jonathan Katz, who was voiced by, and visually based on, […]
Blu-ray Review: Jingle All the Way (Family Fun Edition)
In a departure from his usual role as an action star, in 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger took a stab at making a Christmas movie, Jingle All the Way. Arnold stars as Howard Langston, a successful businessman that always tells his retail clients that they are his “#1 customer” when on the phone. A type”A” personality, Howard […]
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 […]
DVD Review: Margot At The Wedding
Writer/director Noah Baumbach seems to enjoy exploring the dark underbelly of family dynamics and relationships. Baumbach wrote the 2005 film The Squid and the Whale, in which the father (Jeff Daniels) of an intellectual, if slightly eccentric Brooklyn family claims to have been a great novelist but has settled into a teaching job. When his […]