Recommended The Movie: I remember enjoying director John Boorman's unusual, Amazon-set action drama The Emerald Forest on VHS shortly after the film's original 1985 release. Lushly filmed in the rainforests of Brazil, this emotionally charged story of a father searching for son abducted by natives ten years prior was a risky, highly personal project for the director (who also produced).
Highly Recommended Click here for audio accompaniment, because why not? Just like twenty years ago, watching the seventh and final season of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray is bittersweet: the show had an amazing run and it's been a blast to revisit in high definition, but this still marks the end of our crew's small screen adventures.
Rent It The Film: Presenting the idea of artificial intelligence as a considerable form of self-aware life, as a sentient and evolving creation both different and similar to that of humans, has proven to be a tricky endeavor for Hollywood. Typically, those philosophical ideas manifest better in text where they're given room to ruminate without the concerns of pacing or sustaining a visual …
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Who doesn't love a good disaster movie
Recommended Sailor Moon – Season 1 Part 1 Blu-ray Review Now available on home media after a longout-of-print statusin the United States, Sailor Moon – Season 1, Part 1 presents thefirst 23 episodes of the famously beloved anime series across asix-disc Blu-ray/DVDcombo pack release. The series follows the adventures of Usagi Tsukino(SailorMoon) as she discovers that she has special magical …
Recommended The Movie: Directed by Roy Rowland for producer Chester Erskine in 1954, Witness To Murder arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber as part of their Studio Classics line. The film never had a DVD release, at least not domestically, and that's a shame as despite the fact that it is a bit familiar in spots, it's a really entertaining and atmospheric film with a great cast and some excellent …
Highly Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the DVD portion of The Wind Rises . The Movie: Or, Jir Dreams of Flying : The Wind Rises feels especially elegiac as it will likely be the last film written and directed by animation legend Hayao Miyazaki (who announced his retirement shortly before its release)
Recommended Mood Indigo Blu-ray Review Mood Indigo is a 2013 French film made bytheacclaimed filmmaker Michel Gondry ( Eternal Sunshine of the SpotlessMind , The Science of Sleep ). It is an adaptation of the novel writtenfromauthor Boris Vian entitled Froth on the Daydream , which was apopularFrench novel which appealed to both children and adults throughoutseveralgenerations.
Highly Recommended Sam Whiskey (1969) turns out to be a pleasant surprise.
Rent It Step Up All In Blu-ray Review The fifth entry in the Step Up film series(whichdebuted in 2006), Step Up All In reunites some of the fanfavoritescharacters and brings characters together from several of the StepUp films into the new storyline. This entry establishes itself in such away thatreturning fans can enjoy revisiting their favorite characters and newaudiencemembers can still …