Black Magic Rites (Blu-ray)
Recommended Here’s the thing about classic horror movie fans: they’ll eagerly sample absolutely everything, no matter how awful, how outr .
September 3, 2012
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Recommended Here’s the thing about classic horror movie fans: they’ll eagerly sample absolutely everything, no matter how awful, how outr .
Recommended Robert Redford has spent more than 40 years in front of (and behind) the camera, so it’s no surprise that he’s amassed quite a deep filmography.
Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional and are not taken from the Blu-ray under review. There’s no getting around the fact that P. David Ebersole’s Hit So Hard , a documentary on Patty Schemel, former drummer for the band Hole, is inherently going to have very different levels of appeal based on factors unrelated to how good and interesting the film is (and this …
Highly Recommended Ken Burns and Lynn Novick’s seven-part, 14-hour The War (2007) attempts to document the American perspective of World War II in the same signature style Burns (and sometimes Novick) has brought to other subjects, like Jazz (2001), Baseball (1994/2010) and, most famously, The Civil War (1990). In attempting to distinguish itself from other made-for-television documentaries …
Rent It THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills from the film’s release and are not taken from Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the film’s promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Jimmy Testagros (Ron Eldard, Super 8 , TV’s ER ) is having a bad day, and before he sees the next sunrise, it’s going to get a whole lot worse
Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional stills, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended I must admit to taking Meryl Streep for granted most of the last 30 years. After a pretty amazing early film career in films like The Deer Hunter (1978), Kramer vs. Kramer (1979), The French Lieutenant’s Woman (1981), and Sophie’s Choice (1982), for me Streep’s movies began a big downward slide beginning with the absurdly overrated Out of Africa (1985).
Skip It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screengrabs used here are taken from the standard-definition DVD included in the set, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended THE SERIES: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from promotional materials provided by PBS, not the Blu-ray edition under review.