Blu-ray Review: Jack the Giant Slayer
Another in a growing number of films that seek to offer alternate versions of popular fairy tales, Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer reworks Jack the Giant Killer. As is often the case with these films, our hero has a surprising taste for destruction. While the Jack the Giant Killer narrative never truly soars, director […]
Blu-ray Review: Willow (25th Anniversary Edition)
Produced by George Lucas and directed by Ron Howard, Willow has managed to connect pretty well with audiences over the years, but received mixed reviews from critics when it hit theaters back in 1988. Although the film earned a rather modest $57 million at the American box office, it has a cult following in the […]
Blu-ray Review: Star Wars – The Complete Saga
It’s been a long wait, but Star Wars: The Complete Saga has finally landed in stores. Now, with product in hand, fans can decide for themselves what they think of George Lucas’ latest offering of what may be his finest work. I was happy to have most of Thursday afternoon to peruse the set. All […]
DVD Review: The Chronicles of Narnia (BBC)
BBC Warner | 1988-90 | 540 mins. | NR With director Michael Apted’s The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, set to hit the big screen, BBC Warner has re-released the BBC’s late 1980’s television adaptations of the beloved C.S. Lewis Narnia series. The books were initially presented as three six-episode series […]