Rent It THE FILM: Click an image to view Blu-ray screenshot with 1080p resolution. To create a biographical film worthy of Nelson Mandela, one of the greatest leaders and social advocates of our time, is no easy task, and director Justin Chadwick falls somewhat short with his well-meaning but not terribly memorable Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom . Anchored by strong performances from Idris Elba …
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Disney continues their non-Pixar hot streak Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Animated movies, Bobby Lopez Likes: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell Dislikes: Chick flicks, simplistic comedy Hates: Weak bonus content The Movie I may have a slight bias against Walt Disney Animation Studios.
Rent It TheSeries: Big History is a way of looking at the past with a broader perspectivethan historians have traditionally used (or so the adherents claim).Instead of looking a linear progression of events, the field tries toembrace the whole of history and science in order to discoverpreviously unknown links between seemingly disparate events. At leastthat’s the theory. My only exposure to the …
Rent It The Movie: The throwback action flick Homefront is at its finest when Jason Statham is pummeling bad guys with his fists. Unfortunately, that only amounts to about 7 minutes out of the movie’s total 100.
Recommended The Film: It’s common for those who aren’t politicians to want to live in the shoes of decision makers for a brief period, just so they might be able to put their perspective and values in motion to fix some of the problems created by questionable, self-focused bureaucracy.
Rent It Dr. Samuel Fry (Michael Maloney) has reached an impasse in his treatment of Veronica Bloom (Emmanuelle Vaugier). She’s a former psychotic whose failure to progress without the heavy use of drugs prompts Dr
Rent It Okay, Dead Kids is a head-on collision of an early ’80s slasher with a retro mad scientist flick. You’ve got high schoolers signing up to become emotionless, murderous automotons in exchange for a crisp [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] $100 check, pl… Read the entire review
Recommended The Movie: Made fast and cheap to cash in on the slasher craze that was dominating the box office in the eighties, Slumber Party Massacre from Roger Corman’s New Concorde productions proved popular enough to spawn two sequels. While these were originally released on DVD years ago by Corman’s label, they went out of print but thanks to the efforts of Shout! Factory and their line of …
Rent It The easy way out in a horror review is to just compare whatever you’re writing about to another flick. Oh, it’s The Texas Chain Saw Massacre with a jackhammer. It’s Friday the 13th at a bar mitzvah.
Highly Recommended Nurse Jackie , in its fifth season, remains one of the best dramas (with much comedy) on television today. It hasn’t lost a bit of a punch, and like its titular character, (currently) recovering drug addict and acerbic nurse Jackie Peyton (Edie Falco), the show is full of ballsy surprises and stronger than ever