In case you can’t make it out to the movies this week, here are some highlights of the many, many titles coming to home video. It seems almost overloaded, but at least that means that there should be something available…
With the holidays taking up a lot of personal time, a few movies have slipped through the review column cracks. This article is an attempt to rectify that problem, presenting brief write ups on some of the major films that…
The month of January not only brings Oscar hopefuls to cinemas, but misfit movies of questionable quality. The Legend of Hercules certainly fits the latter category. This new take on the mythological character attempts to present audiences with a new…
Hope everyone out there enjoyed the holidays. After a dry spell, things are slowly returning to normal. It isn’t an overloaded week, but there are a couple of interesting options. So in case you can’t make it out to the…
With New Year’s Eve, well, tonight, that means it’s another slow week for new releases on DVD and Blu-ray. However, there is one major title on the shelves today and a couple of curious oddities (including one that has…
The new film Grudge Match attempts something of a humorous spin on Rocky and Raging Bull, pitting two actors known for their famed boxing roles as grizzled, older versions of themselves out to settle a personal score. Truthfully, however, it’s…
1. Inside Llewyn Davis 2. Gravity 3. Her 4. The Act of Killing 5. Philomena 6. The Kings of Summer 7. The Spectacular Now 8. This is The End 9. The Wind Rises 10. You’re Next
By the chest stubble of Neil Diamond!!! I exclaim in such a Ron Burgundy fashion out of sadness. Out of exasperation. Out of great, soulful pain brought on by Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. I am bereaved to report that…
Early on in American Hustle, small-time conman Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) suggests that everything about life involves a swindle of some sort. He even states that we’re conning ourselves in one way or another each day as we try to…
As promised, Saving Mr Banks delivers a shiny and glossed Disney version of how author P.L. Travers fought against the making of a shiny and glossed Disney version of her beloved children’s novel Mary Poppins. It’s a fascinating story told…