Rent It The Twilight Samurai Blu-ray Review The Twilight Samurai is in many regards athrowbackto the bygone era of classic samurai films. The story it is telling isone thatis more focused on character and the journey that is taken than it ison thesword fighting or samurai code. Directed by Yoji Yamada ( The HiddenBlade ),the film centers upon telling the story of Seibei Iguchi (HiroyukiSanada …
Recommended The Movie: Directed by Roy Rowland for producer Chester Erskine in 1954, Witness To Murder arrives on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber as part of their Studio Classics line. The film never had a DVD release, at least not domestically, and that's a shame as despite the fact that it is a bit familiar in spots, it's a really entertaining and atmospheric film with a great cast and some excellent …
Highly Recommended Sam Whiskey (1969) turns out to be a pleasant surprise.
Rent It Step Up All In Blu-ray Review The fifth entry in the Step Up film series(whichdebuted in 2006), Step Up All In reunites some of the fanfavoritescharacters and brings characters together from several of the StepUp films into the new storyline. This entry establishes itself in such away thatreturning fans can enjoy revisiting their favorite characters and newaudiencemembers can still …
Recommended Please Note: The screen shots accompanying this review come from the DVD portion of White Christmas: Diamond Anniversary Edition. The Movie: With Bing Crosby crooning Irving Berlin songs in proto-psychedelic Technicolor, White Christmas is the cinematic equivalent of a holiday fruitcake stuffed with nuts and marischino cherries dyed in festive red and green
Recommended Please Note: The screen shots accompanying this review come from the DVD portion of Cinerama's Search for Paradise. The Movie: The kitschy travelogue Search for Paradise whisks viewers off on a distant journey involving dangerous rocky mountain pathways, turbulent river rapids, a spectacular royal coronation, and, uh, lots of military aircraft. This 1957 release was the fourth film …
Highly Recommended Joan Crawford seems to be the only major star from Hollywood's Golden Age whose movies today are stubbornly, consistently viewed through the prism of modern sensibilities and hindsight. Today, virtually all her post-MGM performances are regarded as high camp, even in acknowledged classics like Johnny Guitar (1954)
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. The filmmakers behind this 1988 remake of The Blob understand how ridiculous a giant gelatinous killer really is. Chuck Russell directs from a script co-written by Frank Darabont, and The Blob embraces its B-movie mentality like a long-lost lover returned
Rent It THE FILM: Sorry, Clint, you are not the right director for Jersey Boys . The Tony Award-winning stage musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons is hilarious, toe-tapping fun, but something gets lost in translation in this film adaptation.