Recommended The Movie: Directed by stuntman Jesse V. Johnson, 2012’s The Package stars ‘Stone Cold’ Steve Austin as Tommy Wick, an enforcer for a loan shark named Big Doug (Eric Keenleyside). When we first meet him, he and his partner arrive at a bowling alley where they shake down a guy named Luis who owes Doug some money – they’ve already given him an extension, it’s time to pay up
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The screen grabs used here are from the standard-definition 2007 release , not the Blu-ray edition under review. To call Andrei Tarkovsky’s 1962 debut feature, Ivan’s Childhood , a “transitional” film implies something more compromised and less accomplished than it actually is.
Highly Recommended The Movie: “To a handful of unforgettable motion picture triumphs, Elia Kazan now adds an event of the first magnitude… the powerful, smoldering story of the New South… of the wild river that captured the attention of the entire world…
We’re still reeling over the latest Iron Man 3 trailer, which made its world premiere during Sunday night’s Super Bowl XLVII .
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. My reviewing duties at DVD Talk allow me to screen a wide variety of films
Skip It Click on all images in this review for 1080p screenshots. I was intrigued when I saw the trailer for Alex Cross some time ago, but there were two things about it that heightened my skepticism – First, the trailer went to extraordinary lengths to promote style over substance, and second but most certainly not least, Tyler Perry wasn’t reaching out to me in a way th..
Recommended Consider this a counterpoint to DVD Savant’s rave review . The first of two Derek Flint spy pictures starring James Coburn, Our Man Flint is a James Bond imitator that I liked a lot as a child but as an adult I invariably find disappointing. Every time it and its sequel, In Like Flint (1967) are released to a new home video format – VHS, laser disc, DVD, Blu-ray – I watch them again …
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from an earlier DVD release if the film, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials and filmmaker Hal Hartley’s website , not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Choderlos de Laclos first published the novel Les liaisons dangereurses , a story of sexual intrigue and the wicked games of the French upper classes, in 1782. It has been adapted to stage, television, and cinema multiple times, perhaps most famously as the 1988 …