The Unforgiven (1960) (Blu-ray)
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from an earlier DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
August 17, 2014
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Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from an earlier DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Even on TV, Pixar's breakout hit is outstanding Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Toy Story , Pixar films Likes: Animated shorts Dislikes: Unnecessary sequels Hates: Most made-for-TV sequels The Movie Toy Story has one of the more interesting runs in movie trilogy history. The first film was a work of genius that required no sequel.
Recommended The Movie: Based on the play by Miguel Pinero, Short Eyes , directed by Robert M. Young in 1977 is a grim look at life in The Tombs' (The Manhattan Detention Complex, or The Manhattan Detention Center if you prefer, a prison in the lower part of the city widely considered at the time to be New York City's worst jail).
Recommended The Blacklist (2013- ) is NBC's other series about a charming, well-dressed criminal working with a young, gifted member of the FBI to stop gruesome crimes while secretly harboring ulterior motives…but hey, who's counting? This marks the first developed TV production from screenwriter Jon Bokenkamp ( Taking Lives ) and, aside from glaring similarities to Thoma… Read the entire …
Highly Recommended Politically speaking, Lewis Milestone's The North Star (1943) makes for fascinating viewing. Dramatically, however, it's more than a little ridiculous
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. One of only a small handful of good werewolf horror films, Ginger Snaps upends tradition with its two strong female leads and atypical character interactions
Skip It Monster High Clawesome Double Feature: As the father of an 8-year-old girl, I've seen the monsters at Monster High peering over my shoulder for some time now. There they are, just a few aisles down from My Little Pony , across the way from Barbie, sneering at the endlessly rotating cycle of Justin Bieber/Zac Effron/One Direction merch. While I hate the way toys are marketed to girls and …
Recommended Underwater thrillers were all the rage in 1989, as no less than three of 'em were released theatrically between January and August…and while none of them were hugely successful at the box office, each film made more money than the last. But the only one that most people remember is James Cameron's The Abyss ; even then, it's seen as a minor failure considering the position between …
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution.
Highly Recommended The Railway Man Blu-ray Review The Railway Man is an evocative,intelligent, andwell made dramatic film based upon the real life story told by EricLomax inhis published autobiography.