Recommended Funny Lady Blu-ray Review Funny Lady is the follow-up sequel to thecriticallyacclaimed and Academy Award winning Funny Girl (whichintroduced theworld to Barbara Streisand in her debut film performance – which wasultimatelya Oscar winning performance). While the idea of making a sequel wasdebated anddiscussed for several years following the success achieved by FunnyGirl ,star Barbara …
Highly Recommended The Film: Few films are as appreciated sight unseen as Richard Linklater's Boyhood , his decade-long project in depicting the maturation of a boy from his prepubescent years all the way to his high-school graduation. The idea itself, filtered through the lens of the slice-of-life director responsible for Dazed and Confused and the Before … series, amasses its own mix of …
Recommended Oh, the tortured life of Dragon Ball Z on home video. Despite being nearly 300 episodes after all was said and done, the original DVD's trickled out with a paltry offering of 3-5 episodes per disc.
Recommended The Movie: The Guest is a flat-footed genre exercise that's as straight and stripped as they come, but it's brimming with enough style, tension, mood, and technical creativity to successfully cover for its stunning lack of originality.
Recommended Please Note: The screen shots accompanying this review come from the DVD edition of Looking: The Complete First Season.
Recommended The Movie: Following the success of their first driving and eating tour film in The Trip , Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon and director Michael Winterbottom all returned for an expected second trip of cars and food, with Italy being the backstop.
Recommended The Movie: Even when it was first released thirty-three years ago, On Golden Pond already felt dated, so it's no surprise that viewing it now makes it look older than it actually is.
Rent It Colin (Idris Elba) has spent the last five years in prison. He was convicted on a manslaughter charge, but Colin is more dangerous than it seems; although the prosecutor couldn't make a case, he is responsible for the death of five other women. He is granted a parole hearing, having been only been convicted of the lesser crime, but one of the parole board is wise to his act, holding the …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review.