4K UHD Review: Mission Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Taken as an individual film, Mission: Impossible: The Final Reckoning is a decent effort with some solid action sequences. Taken in context of the entire Mission: Impossible series (particularly the last three directed by Christopher McQuarrie), its plot is surprisingly dull at times when compared to the earlier installments. Co-written by McQuarrie, there are numerous […]
Blu-ray Review: Father Figures
[amazon_link asins=’B077Z82BGJ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’2e6a4d0b-40ca-11e8-9b3f-fd24a7f4cb3b’]Filmed in 2015 and not released in the United States until December 22, 2017 (the same day as Star Wars: The Last Jedi), Father Figures tells the story of two fraternal twin brothers, Peter (Ed Helms) and Kyle (Owen Wilson), who set out to find their father after learning he’s […]
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation (Blu-ray)
While it started life as a remake of the popular 1960’s television series, the Mission Impossible film franchise has become one of the most popular of all time. Now a total of five movies (with a sixth already announced), the series has really found its rhythm with Rogue Nation, delivering plenty of action packed set […]
Jamesy Boy (Blu-ray)
The core story of Jamesy Boy—street thug youth gets involved with gangs and drugs, but turns his life around in prison through writing poetry and a friendship with a longtime inmate—is a familiar one. Based on a true story of James Burns; a former thug-turned-filmmaker, his broken home and a circle of streetwise friends has […]
Blu-ray Review: Lilo & Stitch / Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch Two-Movie Collection
Made in the midst of the rise of Pixar, Lilo & Stitch was a bit of an odd duck. In a time when CGI was becoming all the rage, Disney reached back to the days of its earlier animated features and ended up with the surprise hit of the summer in 2002. Though the sequel […]
Blu-ray Review: Death Race 3 – Inferno
A second prequel to 2008’s Death Race, Death Race 3: Inferno picks up just after Death Race 2 ended. Essentially, the prisons have been taken over by private, for profit corporations. One of the ways the corporations make money is to hold brutal to-the-death races between inmates. The public pays to watch these races on […]
Pulp Fiction Coming to Blu-ray October 4th
Called “one of the most wanted Blu-ray titles of all time” (IGN) and ranked as such on numerous critics’ lists, Pulp Fiction is “nothing less than a cultural phenomenon” (Moviemaker Magazine). The film was honored with an Academy Award® for Best Original Screenplay (1994) and earned seven total nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director […]
DVD Review: Patty Hearst
Patty Hearst had a privileged life. The granddaughter of publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst, she thought of herself as confident, sheltered, and ready to face any task put before her. Then, in February 1974, after taking a shower and settling down to study in the apartment she shared with her fiancé, that self assurance came […]
Blu-ray Review: Surrogates
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 88 mins. | Rated PG-13 After directing the third film in the Terminator franchise, Jonathan Mostow returns to a story involving humanoid characters with robotic skeletons; Surrogates based on the 2005-06 comic book series of the same name. The comics premise is fascinating: a dark future in which […]