Norma Rae: 35th Anniversary (Blu-ray)
Highly Recommended Norma Rae Blu-ray Review In1979 Norma Rae was released by 20th CenturyFox to tremendous reviews, word of mouth, and critical acclaim.
April 16, 2014
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Highly Recommended Norma Rae Blu-ray Review In1979 Norma Rae was released by 20th CenturyFox to tremendous reviews, word of mouth, and critical acclaim.
Recommended [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] “The only performance that makes it — that makes it all the way — is the one that achieves madness.” “Madness” is certainly one way to describe Performance …
Rent It The Nut Job Blu-ray Review TheNut Job isan animated family film. It hasa lot of star power behind it’s animated characters with Will Arnett,BrendanFraser, Gabriel Iglesias, Jeff Dunham, Liam Neeson, and Katherine Heigloffering their voices to the film.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. In college, reading Peter Shaffer’s Equus had a profound impact on me.
Recommended The Movie: If aliens came to Earth and wanted to know what a “buddy cop comedy” was, you could take a little time to curate the finest and most varied entries in the subgenre or you could just have our visitor friends watch Ride Along . This is not because Ride Along is the best buddy comedy that cinema has to offer, but because it is such a by-the-numbers hodgepodge of all the …
Skip It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. After low-budget thriller Paranormal Activity earned over $100 million on a $15,000 budget, distributor Paramount churned out sequels annually for the next three years. Paranormal Activity 4 was a critical dud and earned far less than its predecessors, so the powers that be gave the franchise a year off before …
Highly Recommended Arguably the most obscure American feature released to Blu-ray format to date, Boardwalk (1979) was heretofore unknown to this writer despite an excellent cast of important actors. Spottily distributed by Atlantic Releasing, Boardwalk ‘s run may have been limited to a few prints distributed to a handful of theaters in major cities only. The movie, however, is excellent.
Rent It In 10 Words or Less Good ingredients, so-so recipe Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Campy horror, visually arresting films, Pin-up art Likes: Nurses, Niecy Nash Dislikes: Paz de la Huerta Hates: 3D gimmicks, wasted opportunity The Movie I will fully admit that this review will be more surface than most, but that’s mainly because the reason I wanted to see it was purely visual. When Nurse first …
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Perhaps you’ve heard of “middle-film syndrome.” That’s my own terminology, but you’ve seen the signs in films infected with this ailment: superfluous plotting, lack of narrative drive, and general pointlessness
Recommended The Hunchback of Notre Dame Blu-ray Review Click onan image to view the Blu-ray screenshotwith 1080p resolution The Hunchback of Notre Dame is one of the most famous storiesever told. The basis of this film version (and the many otheradaptations that have happened throughout decades) is the novel byaut…