DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are taken from the 2005 DVD edition , not the Blu-ray disc under review. The opening credits of Otto Preminger’s Laura come up over an instantly captivating, then eternally unforgettable piece of cinematic iconography: A painted portrait of the title character (Gene Tierney, whom the film’s producer, Fox’s (in)famous Darryl F …
Recommended Released between 2009 and 2012, five animated adaptations of Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s most celebrated books made their Blu-Ray debut courtesy of Warner Bros., who also did wonderful restoration work on Charles Schulz’ beloved Peanuts animated shorts
Recommended THE SHOW: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the series’ promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. When I first watched The Hour sometime back, I actually thought it was a one-off. It seemed fairly self-contained and complete as a miniseries.
Recommended Throughout his career—and increasingly since 1999’s Magnolia —director Paul Thomas Anderson’s films have been hard to pin down. 2007’s striking There Will Be Blood (reviewed on Blu-Ray and DVD ) depicted a self-absorbed man and his pursuit of petroleum and profit
Recommended The Movie: Like many people, I really enjoyed the first few seasons of Weeds , though as the seasons kept mounting, their welcome became more and more overstayed. My wife hung in for the show a little longer than most (something that she has a trait for, perhaps as some loyalty or faith in the characters), but even she threw up her hands around the show’s sixth season. Maybe the show …
Recommended The Movie: Directed by stuntman Jesse V. Johnson, 2012’s The Package stars ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin as Tommy Wick, an enforcer for a loan shark named Big Doug (Eric Keenleyside). When we first meet him, he and his partner arrive at a bowling alley where they shake down a guy named Luis who owes Doug some money – they’ve already given him an extension, it’s time to pay up
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The screen grabs used here are from the standard-definition 2007 release , not the Blu-ray edition under review. To call Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1962 debut feature, Ivan’s Childhood , a “transitional” film implies something more compromised and less accomplished than it actually is.
Highly Recommended The Movie: “To a handful of unforgettable motion picture triumphs, Elia Kazan now adds an event of the first magnitude… the powerful, smoldering story of the New South… of the wild river that captured the attention of the entire world…
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional images and from stills provided by StudioCanal , not the Blu-ray edition under review. The great Mexican filmmaker Luis Bunuel, who had worked in the U.S., Spain, and France as well as in his homeland since the silent era, experienced the last of his multiple transformations/rebirths in France in the ’60s …
Recommended Peter Pan Blu-ray Review Click onimage to view a Blu-ray screenshotwith 1080p resolution Read the entire review