Recommended In 10 Words or Less Bette Midler makes half a great Lifetime movie Blu-Ray DVD Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Paul F. Tompkins as Garry Marshall Likes: Bette Midler Dislikes: Barbara Hershey Hates: Tear-jerker lady movies The Movie When I reviewed the special edition DVD of Beaches back in 2005, I had just started a new job, I was just under a year away from becoming a father, and my life …
Highly Recommended CLICK on ALL images in this review for full resolution screenshots Each October, I comb through my horror films and watch as many as my schedule allows, and this year is no exception . But, why do studios have to work under the assumption that we crave nothing but bad make-up and buckets of red corn syrup..
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended Clunky, derivative, and sentimental, but also well-intentioned and visually sumptuous, Enemy Mine (1985) is a real mixed bag of ideas, a fusing of themes from the far-superior Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964) and the equally muddled and obvious Hell in the Pacific (1968). It’s hard to completely dislike this sincere plea for racial and religious tolerance, but except for its …
Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the bonus DVD included in this combo, not the Blu-ray edition under review. This might get me branded as some kind of sicko, but for a movie that apparently was almost rated NC-17, Chained is rather tame, at least in terms of onscreen gore. Lots of terrible things happen in the movie, but director Jennifer Lynch ( Boxing Helena …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After leaving a screening of Magic Mike , I was hustling toward the parking lot when I ran into a fairly conservative friend from high school. After we exchanged pleasantries, the inevitable happened: “What did you see?” he said
Recommended Once upon a time in a land far, far away, there was a newborn baby girl named Ella. Usually in these sorts of stories, the fairy godmother doesn’t show up for a few chapters, but Lucinda (Vivica A
Rent It The Movie: “It turned out to be a wacky, impromptu romp that puzzled a few people at the time but as the years have gone by it now stands as a fond reminder of that period in our lives.” -Paul McCartney, from the accompanying booklet Magical Mystery Tour was a film project produced and directed by The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) themselves, from …
DVD Talk Collector Series THE SHOW: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials not the Blu-ray edition under review. The distinct pleasure of serialized storytelling is the slow burn.
Recommended The Boys and Girls of Sigma Phi. Some Will Live. Some Will Die.