4K UHD Review: Boogie Nights

“Everyone is blessed with one special thing,” says Mark Wahlberg as Boogie Nights’ Dirk Diggler, a rising star in the pre-AIDS heyday of 1970s porn. And Dirk’s special thing is his special thing. That is—and

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Room (2015) (Blu-ray)

Room is not just a film. but an experience. Both a nightmare and a fairytale, I found myself occasionally laughing while on the edge of crying. An adaptation of Emma Donoghue’s acclaimed novel, and penned

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Shameless: The Complete Fifth Season (Blu-ray)

Dysfunction, dysfunction, dysfunction. To hell with television’s original model of the Ozzie and Harriet clean cut, nuclear family. Showtime’s Shameless has happily put a spotlight on the “worst” kind of parent America has to offer.

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Ernest and Celestine (Blu-ray)

Very simple, yet undeniably charming, Ernest and Celestine is the story of two animals that are supposed to be enemies being friends. Based on a Belgian series of books by Gabrielle Vincent, the film opened

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Blu-ray Review: Pleasantville

New Line | 1998 | 124 mins. | PG-13 Pleasantville was written and directed by Gary Ross (Seabiscuit). Though this was his directorial debut, Ross wrote Big, the 1988 hit starring Tom Hanks as a

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Blu-ray Review: Shorts

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 89 mins. | Rated PG Unlike his buddy Quentin Tarantino, director Robert Rodriquez, well known in adult circles for ultra-violent films like Sin City and Grindhouse, is equally well known

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DVD Review: Duck

Philip Baker Hall is just one of the Hollywood character actors who has done memorable work in film and television for nearly forty years without becoming a bonafide star, but consistently turning in memorable performances.

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