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 …
Rent It The Twilight Samurai Blu-ray Review The Twilight Samurai is in many regards athrowbackto the bygone era of classic samurai films. The story it is telling isone thatis more focused on character and the journey that is taken than it ison thesword fighting or samurai code. Directed by Yoji Yamada ( The HiddenBlade ),the film centers upon telling the story of Seibei Iguchi (HiroyukiSanada …
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)
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 …
Highly Recommended Alive Inside Blu-ray Review Alive Inside is one of the year's mostimportant documentaries.The idea of the film began when filmmaker Michael Rossato-Bennett wasinvitedto see some of the work being done with elder-care individuals at aretirementhome by computer-whiz Dan Cohen, himself an outsider to the medicalfield andthe practices carried out by the nation's (and largely the …
Recommended Please Note: The screen shots accompanying this review come from the DVD portion of Cinerama's Search for Paradise. The Movie: The kitschy travelogue Search for Paradise whisks viewers off on a distant journey involving dangerous rocky mountain pathways, turbulent river rapids, a spectacular royal coronation, and, uh, lots of military aircraft. This 1957 release was the fourth film …
Recommended Like most folks born during the last several decades, I grew up watching syndicated Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies whenever possible. These bite-sized cartoons set the bar extremely high for American animation during the 20th century, rivaled only by other long-running classics like Popeye the Sailor Read the entire review