January 24, 2014
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In its own weird way, the plot of 1987 film “RoboCop” has become the perfect analogy for the sorry state of the movie industry in 2014 – an industry that’s more than willing to suck the humanity and meaning out of the original ideas and characters that we used to see at the theater, increasingly replacing them with remakes, reboots and sequels that often are a mere shell of the original concept.
On May 17, 2012, Rufus Wainwright recorded a private concert in an historic Greenwich Village church. On March 4, Wainwright’s inspired performance, which was filmed and recorded for PBS’ “Live from the Artists Den,†will be released on CD, digital album, and Blu-ray video by Artists Den Records/UMe.
We have three Blu-Ray copies of the highly rated movie Rush to give away in our easy to enter competition.
“Captain Phillips†(2013, PG-13, 134 min., $30.99) Based on an incident that unfolded in 2009 off the coast of Somalia, “Captain Phillips†is a well-done …
Netflix just released its earnings report for Q4, and DVDs are still contributing what the company considers “roughly stable†profit at $110 million for the quarter. The company’s DVD business is the foundation on which the company is based, but …
Despite earlier hits, a direct-to-dvd flub pushed the filmmaker to Hollywood’s back bench. He’s back in a big way with ‘Ride Along.’ Tim Story calls it “director’s jail.” Â Â Â Â