Blu-ray Review: Ladybug Ladybug
A passion project for Frank and Eleanor Perry, Ladybug Ladybug imagined the dread of a singular day when the faculty and students at a rural grade school are led to believe that a nuclear attack is imminent. The students are chaperoned home on-foot by a teacher. There is tension in the air, even as the […]
Blu-ray Review: Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic
Linda Blair will probably always be best known for her starring in the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, and rightfully so. However, in the years immediately following that success, the young star made a couple of television movies that dealt with difficult issues and showed her versatility as an actress. One such project, first aired […]
1776 (Blu-ray)
Based on the hit musical by Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone, 1776 tells the story of the struggle toward independence. In May of 1776, British armed forces are preparing a significant attack against the colony of New York. Under the command of General George Washington, the Continental Army has been battling British forces as best […]
Blind Date (Blu-ray)
Director Blake Edwards had a long, successful, and influential career. He is the man who brought us Inspector Clouseau, The Great Race, 10, and Victor Victoria among others. Released in 1987, Blind Date was originally intended for the then-married Madonna and Sean Penn, but the pair dropped out. Edwards cast Bruce Willis, then starring on […]
DVD Review: The Kent Chronicles
Two years ago, Acorn Media released on DVD Backstairs at the White House, a star-studded portrayal of life at the White House through Lillian Rogers Park (Leslie Uggams), a real-life maid at the White House, who wrote a book about her decades of experiences upon which this miniseries was based. In it, Victor Buono plays […]