Blu-ray Review: Vamps (2012)
Writer/director Amy Heckerling made a name for herself in the ‘80s and ‘90s with Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Look Who’s Talking and Clueless. After her last two features, 2000’s Loser and 2007’s I Could Never Be Your Woman were colossal failures, Heckerling has returned with Vamps. While not entirely successful the film has some […]
Blu-ray Review: Clueless
Loosely based on the Jane Austen novel, Emma focuses on Cher Horowitz (Alicia Silverstone) a vapid, spoiled teenager living in Beverly Hills. One of the coolest girls in school, Cher drives a white jeep even though she only has a learners permit, and chats on her cell phone. Cher’s mother passed away when she was […]
Blu-ray Review: Vanya on 42nd Street (Criterion Collection)
Beginning in 1989, theater director Andre Gregory and actor Wallace Shawn undertook a unique theatrical experiment: gathering together a group of actors, they started performing Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya in and around New York City, in any available space they could find. The troupe didn’t worry about costumes and sets; the drama of the words was […]
Blu-ray Review: The Incredibles
Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 115 min | PG I’ll state it right off the top—even seven years after its release, The Incredibles remains one of my animated favorites. Writer/director Brad Bird is one of the best in the in the business; here he gives the animation an intelligence and substance not often […]
Blu-ray Review: Toy Story 3
Disney/Buena Vista | 2010 | 103 mins. | G Pixar hit another home run, extending an amazing streak of successes that stretches all the way back to the original Toy Story, which changed the face of feature length animation when it reached theaters in 1995. Now, 15 years after their original debut and 11 years […]