Recommended In 10 Words or Less Thankfully the movie is good, because the Blu-Ray… Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: The Rocketeer, Jennifer Connelly Likes: Pulp fiction Dislikes: The lack of Rocketeer sequels Hates: Decidedly un-special special editions The Movie When I was a kid, I don’t know if there was a cooler superhero than The Rocketeer
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from the 1999 DVD release and reflect neither the corrected aspect ratio nor the improved image quality of the Blu-ray edition under review. All the excitement leading up to the 1998 release of Velvet Goldmine , Todd Haynes’s ( I’m Not There ) epic meditation on the “glam rock” pop-music movement of the early 1970s …
DVD Talk Collector Series The Series: One of the first really impressive TV shows to be released onBlu-ray, The Planet Earth , has been the go-to disc in my houseto illustrate to visitors the quality of Blu-ray discs.
Rent It The Film: You practically couldn’t see one of Focus Features’ films in 2011 without also stumbling onto the trailer for One Day , and considering the thriving year that the studio has had — ranging from Hanna to Jane Eyre , not to mention Bridesmaids on the Universal front — plenty of eyes fell on its OneRepublic-powered, indie-romance tearfulness.
Highly Recommended I’ve seen West Side Story (1961) three or four times through the years, including a screening at MGM back around 2002, apparently during the early stages of its restoration, but it wasn’t until I saw this particular Blu-ray that finally I was able to see past its many flaws and appreciate its equally abundant achievements.
DVD Talk Collector Series THE MOVIE: Please Note: The images used here are from the 2004 DVD edition of the film and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. I wish there was a way to get my family to agree to making Fanny and Alexander our official selection for annual holiday viewing. Hell, I suppose I’d just be happy if we had something to watch together on either Thanksgiving or …
Highly Recommended If you’re just looking for a quick, eight-word review, I could probably get away with leaving it at this: Intruder totally lives up to its cover art. Okay, you know how Joe Bob Briggs coined the phrase “Spam in a Cabin” to describe one of the most tried and true horror formulas of the 1980s? Y’know, a gaggle of horny twentysomethings trot off to some hopelessly out-of-the-way …
Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills provided by Kino Lorber and from other sources, and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. “Industrial continuity is ensured, whatever happens.” Lucas Belvaux’s cool, elegant Rapt is a timely enough thriller, involving as it does the kidnapping and ransoming of a high-rolling, cocky, jet-setting …
Recommended The Film Web Series: Assassin’s Creed: Lineage isn’t being marketed properly. There’s really no way of getting around it: claiming that it’s “the movie prequel” to the wildly popular videogame series misleads those who glance over the cover, since the main feature only takes up about thirty-five (35) minutes — even though the back of the packaging insists that it’s two-and-a-half …