Recommended On My Way ( Elle s'en va , 2013) is an engrossing French humanist drama starring Catherine Deneuve as a 60-something former beauty queen forced to confront estranged family relationships and her own general unhappiness when on a whim she abandons her livelihood and takes to the road. Directed by actress Emmanuelle Bercot ( Cl ment ) the deliberately paced film proves an ideal vehicle …
Recommended The Movie: Written and directed by Ti West (he of House Of The Devil and The Innkeepers fame) and very clearly influenced by the Jim Jones/People's Temple mass murder, 2013's The Sacrament introduces us to Patrick (Kentucker Audley), a photographer. His sister, Caroline (Amy Seimetz), had some drug addiction issues in the past but since getting out of rehab has found a new start at …
Highly Recommended Muppets Most Wanted Blu-ray Review The world is abetter place because of The Muppets .These characters are ones that bring smiles, joy, and wonderment to theworld throughthese imaginative, fun, and energetic characters. For a while it seemedas thoughthe series and the wonderful characters that make it so awesome weregoing to disappearoff the charts as it had been so many years …
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from an earlier DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Often, well-meaning films that deal with issues important to their time lose their bite over the years.
Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from an earlier DVD release, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Even on TV, Pixar's breakout hit is outstanding Reviewer's Bias* Loves: Toy Story , Pixar films Likes: Animated shorts Dislikes: Unnecessary sequels Hates: Most made-for-TV sequels The Movie Toy Story has one of the more interesting runs in movie trilogy history. The first film was a work of genius that required no sequel.
Recommended The Movie: Based on the play by Miguel Pinero, Short Eyes , directed by Robert M. Young in 1977 is a grim look at life in The Tombs' (The Manhattan Detention Complex, or The Manhattan Detention Center if you prefer, a prison in the lower part of the city widely considered at the time to be New York City's worst jail).
Recommended The Blacklist (2013- ) is NBC's other series about a charming, well-dressed criminal working with a young, gifted member of the FBI to stop gruesome crimes while secretly harboring ulterior motives…but hey, who's counting? This marks the first developed TV production from screenwriter Jon Bokenkamp ( Taking Lives ) and, aside from glaring similarities to Thoma… Read the entire …
Recommended THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. Director Marc Webb seems more in command of his blockbuster comic-book adaptation The Amazing Spider-Man 2 than he did on the previous outing, which is impressive considering Webb is only two films out from his first project, indie (500) Days of Summer .
Rent It THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. A timely release given recent events in Gaza, the 1966 war movie Cast a Giant Shadow takes us back to the early days of Israel's quest for sovereignty. Written and directed by Melville Shavelson ( Yours, Mine & Ours ), the film is both quaint and …