Rent It TheSeries: Big History is a way of looking at the past with a broader perspectivethan historians have traditionally used (or so the adherents claim).Instead of looking a linear progression of events, the field tries toembrace the whole of history and science in order to discoverpreviously unknown links between seemingly disparate events. At leastthat’s the theory. My only exposure to the …
Rent It The Movie: The throwback action flick Homefront is at its finest when Jason Statham is pummeling bad guys with his fists. Unfortunately, that only amounts to about 7 minutes out of the movie’s total 100.
Highly Recommended The Movie: After a seven year break from filmmaking following the 1981 release of Polyester , Baltimore’s John Waters returned to directing films and made what would be his first shot at ‘the mainstream.’ This picture, 1988’s Hairspray , would also be the last film he’d make for New Line for a decade. The film would also be a historic moment in his career as it would make the …
Rent It The Movie: Friends of mine had occasionally praised the merits of Boiler Room long before The Wolf of Wall Street had become a cinematic reality. While the films share similar backdrops, their story appears to be told at two different levels, one as the ground level of a broker, the other an owner, but both in stock brokerage firms
Recommended The Grandmaster Blu-ray Review TheGrandmaster isthe latest film from one ofHong Kong’s most acclaimed filmmakers, Wong Kar Wai ( ChungkingExpress , 2046 , My Blueberry Nights ). It is a new telling of the story of IpMan, arenowned martial artist who is well known for having trained thelegendaryBruce Lee
Rent It Dr. Samuel Fry (Michael Maloney) has reached an impasse in his treatment of Veronica Bloom (Emmanuelle Vaugier). She’s a former psychotic whose failure to progress without the heavy use of drugs prompts Dr
Rent It Okay, Dead Kids is a head-on collision of an early ’80s slasher with a retro mad scientist flick. You’ve got high schoolers signing up to become emotionless, murderous automotons in exchange for a crisp [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] $100 check, pl… Read the entire review
Rent It The easy way out in a horror review is to just compare whatever you’re writing about to another flick. Oh, it’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a jackhammer. It’s Friday the 13th at a bar mitzvah.
Highly Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. I have seen Chicago on the stage twice.