Highly Recommended The Movie: Takashi Kitano’s Beyond Outrage (a follow up to his 2010 Yakuza picture Outrage ) picks up where the first movie left off, albeit a few years later. Kato (Tomokazu Miura), with some help from his right hand man Ishihara (Ryo Kase), has moved to the top of the ladder within the Sanno-kai yakuza clan and has proven a strong leader.
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. In hindsight I’d say I should have watched The Best Man before watching its direct sequel, The Best Man Holiday
Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. To create a biographical film worthy of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest leaders and social advocates of our time, is no easy task, and director Justin Chadwick falls somewhat short with his well-meaning but not terribly memorable Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom . Anchored by strong performances from Idris Elba …
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Disney continues their non-Pixar hot streak Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Animated movies, Bobby Lopez Likes: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell Dislikes: Chick flicks, simplistic comedy Hates: Weak bonus content The Movie I may have a slight bias against Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Recommended The Film: It’s common for those who aren’t politicians to want to live in the shoes of decision makers for a brief period, just so they might be able to put their perspective and values in motion to fix some of the problems created by questionable, self-focused bureaucracy.
Rent It The Movie: Friends of mine had occasionally praised the merits of Boiler Room long before The Wolf of Wall Street had become a cinematic reality. While the films share similar backdrops, their story appears to be told at two different levels, one as the ground level of a broker, the other an owner, but both in stock brokerage firms
Rent It Okay, Dead Kids is a head-on collision of an early ’80s slasher with a retro mad scientist flick. You’ve got high schoolers signing up to become emotionless, murderous automotons in exchange for a crisp [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] $100 check, pl… Read the entire review
Rent It The easy way out in a horror review is to just compare whatever you’re writing about to another flick. Oh, it’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a jackhammer. It’s Friday the 13th at a bar mitzvah.
Highly Recommended The Movie: The Front is a largely forgotten masterpiece. Released in 1976, one year before Annie Hall , the film gave Woody Allen his first non-wacky film role
Highly Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.