Blu-ray Review: The Great Buster – A Celebration
Director Peter Bogdanovich (The Last Picture Show, Paper Moon) has long been known as leading Hollywood historian, having written books on such luminaries as Orson Welles, Howard Hawks, and John Ford among others. For his latest project, Bogdanovich directs and narrates, The Great Buster: A Celebration, a star-studded salute to Buster Keaton, one of the […]
4K UHD Review: Jack Reacher
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Life Itself (Blu-ray)
For anyone who grew up loving film, Steve James’ Life Itself is impossible to criticize objectively. Roger Ebert is someone I’ve admired and looked up to for most of my life, and the film is poignant, funny, and heartbreaking. In the hands of the talented Steve James, Life Itself is also very well made, and […]
Blu-ray Review: Jack Reacher
Based on the Lee Child novel One Shot, Jack Reacher hits the ground running. A man drives to a parking deck overlooking the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh, loads a sniper rifle with handmade bullets, and kills five people walking along the riverbank. The cops arrest James Barr (Joseph Sikora), a solider with a violent […]
Blu-ray Review: Into the Abyss
Throughout his impressive career, filmmaker Werner Herzog hasn’t been afraid to explore difficult subject matter. From early works such as Aguirre: Wrath of God to later efforts like the documentary Grizzly Man, the director has explored nature vs. man, and man versus nature. Herzog’s latest effort, the true life Into the Abyss finds him exploring […]