Films about photographers suffer from an inherent problem: Depicting depiction jars the viewer’s sense of disbelief and the self-aware results can seem canned, or even campy.
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. “Family Guy” creator Seth MacFarlane brings his signature off-color humor to his directorial debut, Ted , which may be more heartfelt than the funnyman’s fans expected.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Director John Hillcoat reteams with screenwriter and musician Nick Cave for this prohibition-era tale of bootlegging set in Franklin County, Virginia; the wettest county in the world
Rent It [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “You know how it is when you eat Chinese! Half an hour later, you’re hungry again!” Yeah, I know, and that Thursday-night-on-TBS sense of humor is pretty much wh…
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and a prior review of the Blu-ray by DVD Savant , not the Blu-ray disc under review. Elaine May is goofy in a way so natural and effortless, it makes most other goofiness look contrived or superimposed by comparison. As delightfully illustrated by her 1971 film A New Leaf (her screenwriting …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from stills provided by Kino Lorber, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended Steel Magnolias Blu-ray Review SteelMagnolias is a heartfelt story about the complex lives ofseveral women who live inside the small Louisiana town of Chinquapin.This is astory about these characters uniquely important relationships and allabout theconnection between the characters as they develop as people. The storyaroundthe film is almost a side-product of the development …
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Rent It In a nutshell, this new Blu-Ray collection from AnimEigo collects all six original Lone Wolf and Cub films, adapted from the popular manga created by Kazuo Koike. Produced and released between 1972 and 1974, they captured the books’ colorful celebration of poetic violence, bloodshed and revenge. These six films are briefly summarized below, followed by a technical review of AnimEigo’s …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Whit Stillman is still Whit Stillman after all these years. The godfather of Wes Anderson and Noah Baumbach.