Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are stills provided by Vitagraph Films, and not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. “People say, ‘Oh, you’re mean-spirited, you’re cruel.’ I don’t see it that way. I think there’s a distinction between exposing cruelty and being cruel.” – Todd Solondz With Dark Horse , the oft-dismissed American auteur Todd Solondz adds …
Highly Recommended It seems fitting that Somerville House would be releasing Zorro on Blu-Ray shortly before Django Unchained revives that character for a new generation; the character of Zorro is sort of like the yin to Django’s yang. Where Django acts only selfishly, manipulating people for his own ends, Zorro acts selflessly, fighting for justice and the little guy. This 1975 film appears to …
DVD Talk Collector Series THE MOVIES: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from the DVD editions included in the Ultimate Edition , not the main Blu-ray discs under review. Had I known that the Harry Potter series was going to end up here, in a dark and challenging world where life is not all magic spells and problems dispensed with a wave of a wand, I’d have probably gotten on board and …
Recommended In 10 Words or Less Bette Midler makes half a great Lifetime movie Blu-Ray DVD Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Paul F. Tompkins as Garry Marshall Likes: Bette Midler Dislikes: Barbara Hershey Hates: Tear-jerker lady movies The Movie When I reviewed the special edition DVD of Beaches back in 2005, I had just started a new job, I was just under a year away from becoming a father, and my life …
Recommended In 10 Words or Less It’s not funny because it’s true Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Will Ferrell, Zack Galifianakis Likes: Barack Obama, Jason Sudekis, political satire Dislikes: Mitt Romney Hates: Modern politics, superPACs, Citizens United The Movie The Campaign arrives on Blu-Ray in the final days of the 2012 election campaigns, which may be the worst possible time for it.