This week’s reviews of what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD by Matt Brunson (View From The Couch is a weekly column that reviews what’s new on Blu-ray and DVD.) BREAKING THE WAVES (1996).… [ Read more ] [ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
It is that time of year when Charlton Heston dominates Turner Classic Movies. Yes, the man who was the Omega Man and the last talking human on the Planet of the Apes is probably better known for his biblical pictures The Ten Commandments and Ben Hur ( see column )…
Highly Recommended The Movie: Jess Franco’s 1973 film Les Demons (or The Demons as it’s called on the packaging for this Blu-ray release) may have drawn obvious inspiration from Ken Russell’s film of The Devils but make no mistake, Franco’s touch is all over this picture. This is evident from the start in which we see a woman accused of witchcraft stabbed with a pin. The inquisition, led by Lord …
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “The only performance that makes it — that makes it all the way — is the one that achieves madness.” “Madness” is certainly one way to describe Performance …
Rent It The Nut Job Blu-ray Review TheNut Job isan animated family film. It hasa lot of star power behind it’s animated characters with Will Arnett,BrendanFraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Liam Neeson, and Katherine Heigloffering their voices to the film.
High Fidelity Pure Audio – is this what your ears have been waiting for?
Rent It Robotics; Notes Part 2 Blu-ray Review Robotics;Notes is ananime adaptation based uponthe visual novel video game released by the Japanese production company5pb.The story told is the third one in the game series subtitled “ScienceAdventure”and the anime realization of the story was animated by the acclaimedProductionI.G. There is also a manga series that was published in Monthly …
Washington, D.C. (April 13, 2014) – Philomena, the Oscar-nominated movie starring Judi Dench, leads this week’s top new releases on Blu-ray high-def disc. If you’re buying one new release this week, this is the one.
Recommended The Movie: If aliens came to Earth and wanted to know what a “buddy cop comedy” was, you could take a little time to curate the finest and most varied entries in the subgenre or you could just have our visitor friends watch Ride Along . This is not because Ride Along is the best buddy comedy that cinema has to offer, but because it is such a by-the-numbers hodgepodge of all the …
Audrey Hepburn’s classics “Sabrina†and “Funny Face†are now on Blu-ray, leading a passel of…