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 FILMS: Bringing many of Hitchcock’s films to Blu-ray for the first time, Alfred Hitchcock: The Masterpiece Collection offers, in one box, a veritable galaxy of brilliant work by the man who, when all is said and done, can creditably be considered the greatest movie director ever, at least in the English-speaking world. In this galaxy there are the Plutos, the curious …
Recommended In 10 Words or Less Bette Midler makes half a great Lifetime movie Blu-Ray DVD Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Paul F. Tompkins as Garry Marshall Likes: Bette Midler Dislikes: Barbara Hershey Hates: Tear-jerker lady movies The Movie When I reviewed the special edition DVD of Beaches back in 2005, I had just started a new job, I was just under a year away from becoming a father, and my life …
Recommended In 10 Words or Less It’s not funny because it’s true Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Will Ferrell, Zack Galifianakis Likes: Barack Obama, Jason Sudekis, political satire Dislikes: Mitt Romney Hates: Modern politics, superPACs, Citizens United The Movie The Campaign arrives on Blu-Ray in the final days of the 2012 election campaigns, which may be the worst possible time for it.
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Three Secrets begins on little Johnny’s fifth birthday.
Highly Recommended CLICK on ALL images in this review for full resolution screenshots Each October, I comb through my horror films and watch as many as my schedule allows, and this year is no exception . But, why do studios have to work under the assumption that we crave nothing but bad make-up and buckets of red corn syrup..
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu – ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Revisionist history certainly has its charms
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from the 2006 standard-definition DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Robert Aldrich’s 1962 classic What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? has a reputation that precedes it, for better and worse.
Rent It The Film: The details of Edgar Allan Poe’s death are vague and bizarre: muttering names of unknown people, wearing clothes that weren’t his, and exhibiting grave distress without the ability to coherently explain why, a lot’s left to interpretation about what led up to the brooding poet’s demise on the streets of Baltimore. So, naturally, in an era where Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy …
Rent It The Movie: “It turned out to be a wacky, impromptu romp that puzzled a few people at the time but as the years have gone by it now stands as a fond reminder of that period in our lives.” -Paul McCartney, from the accompanying booklet Magical Mystery Tour was a film project produced and directed by The Beatles (John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr) themselves, from …