Archive for March 2014
Broadchurch: The Complete First Season Is the Pick of the Week
An honor I’m sure Mr. Tennant will wear with pride.
Read MoreKirby Grant and Chinook Adventure Triple Feature, Volume 2 (1949-1950) DVD Review: Canadian Mountedness from Monogram Pictures
The Warner Archive breaks out three vintage Northern films co-starring a very bright doggy.
Read MoreI Am Divine DVD Review: Hairspray and Hilarity
The story of an ugly duckling who transformed into a Pink Flamingo.
Read MoreKnights of Badassdom Blu-ray Review: Verily Indeed
It’s a fun horror comedy shout-out to nerds, with a modicum of cheesy moments.
Read MoreSaving Mr. Banks Blu-ray Review: A Heartwarming Story
I have read several articles addressing all of the incorrect information in the movie, and I have no issues in enjoying the illusion.
Read MoreMapp & Lucia: The Complete Collection DVD Review: Slow and Delightful British Comedy
For those who enjoy jolly good British comedies and something a little more slow paced, this is a rare delight.
Read MoreThe Bigamist (1953) DVD Review: A Sensitive Treatment of the Subject
With a tagline like “Wanted by Two Women!” who could resist?
Read MoreFrozen (2013) Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review: A Fairy Tale about True Love
Only let it go if you want more extras.
Read MoreElton John: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (40th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) Review: A Classic Album Worthy of the Treatment
A must-own collection for any Elton John fan.
Read MoreThe Wolf of Wall Street Is the Pick of the Week
I’ll soon be adding it to my collection, where it will stand proud with all the other Martin Scorsese films and even prouder amongst all the Picks of the Week.
Read MoreKagemusha Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: And a Thief Shall Lead Them
“The only crime is pride.” ― Sophocles, Antigone
Read MoreRan Criterion Collection DVD Review: Akira Kurosawa’s Final Masterpiece
Kurosawa uses Shakespeare’s King Lear to make a statement about mankind and the folly of war.
Read MoreElvis Presley: Recorded Live on Stage in Memphis Legacy Edition Review: The King’s Homecoming Concert in Its Entirety
The latest Elvis Presley Legacy Edition release includes two complete concerts from 1974.
Read MoreMonsters: The Complete Series DVD Review: Another Great Horror Anthology
A time warp back to the late ’80s for a cheesy horror romp with the stars of yesteryear.
Read MoreDoc McStuffins Mobile Clinic: Doc’s on the Go! DVD Review: A Doc Worth Visiting
Thank goodness the Doc’s making house calls.
Read MoreMonogram Cowboy Collection, Volume 7 (1945-1952) DVD Review: There’s Gold on That There Poverty Row
The Warner Archive dusts off another nine delightful B-Western selections.
Read MoreThe Venture Bros.: The Fifth Season Blu-ray Review: Being and Ventureness
This season is more focused in story and provides a lot of laughs,
Read MoreBoardwalk DVD Review: Death Vish
A time capsule from the bad old days of crime-ridden 1970s New York, almost saved by a touching love story enacted by octogenarian pros Lee Strasberg and Ruth Gordon.
Read MoreAmerican Hustle Is the Pick of the Week
I’m ready to put on a leisure suite, hang the disco ball, and live with this movie for a month, much less a week.
Read MoreBook Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Two: 1969-1971, Edited by Dean Mullaney
Manning has created captivating adventures accompanied by outstanding illustrations.
Read MoreJoanna Lumley’s Nile and Joanna Lumley’s Greek Odyssey DVDs Review: Take a Tour with Patsy
Equally at home in drama or comedy, Joanna Lumley seems to have found a new calling in these travel programs.
Read MoreSunrise (1927) Blu-ray Review: A Visual Masterpiece from the Silent Era
Though its plot and acting have not aged well, the visuals remain impressive to this day.
Read MoreHimizu Movie Review: Compellingly Weird Coming-of-age Drama
Himizu is a strange, but compelling, coming-of-age drama about a boy trying to find normalcy in post-tsunami Japan.
Read MoreGuilty of Romance Movie Review: Sexy Thriller with Tacked-on Murder
Sion Sono’s Guilty of Romance is a sexy, strange, perverse thriller about a housewife’s forays into prostitution.
Read MoreBook Review: 300: Rise of An Empire: The Art of the Film by Peter Aperlo
The book tells the film’s story through a presentation of its visual elements.
Read More100 Years Of Wrigley Field DVD Review: A Century of Baseball on Chicago’s North Side
A loving look at this classic ballpark.
Read MoreDC Comics Superheroes: The Filmation Adventures, Vol. 1 DVD Review: A Peppy Blast from the Past
Watch the Flash, Green Lantern, and the Atom battle evil-doers in this collection of animated adventures from 1967.
Read MoreIn the Name of the King 3: The Last Mission Blu-ray Review: Why Do I Torture Myself Like This?
Yet another entry from a franchise nobody asked for to begin with.
Read MoreLes Petits Meurtres D’Agatha Christie: Set 1 DVD Review: Who Needs Poirot?
This delightful new box set of Christie mysteries is worth the effort of reading a few subtitles.
Read MoreEric Clapton: The 1970s Review DVD Review: Between Cream and 461 Ocean Boulevard
Love him or hate him, this DVD tells us pretty much everything that Clapton did during the gloriously decadent decade.
Read MoreInside Llewyn Davis Is the Pick of the Week
You’ll likely never see me not pick a Coen Brothers’ movie as my Pick of the Week.
Read MoreFibber McGee and Molly Double Feature (1942-1944) DVD Review: The Mediocre and the Stinky
Decades after the fact, the Warner Archive cleans out the McGee’s hall closet. Sadly, this was all they found.
Read MoreMama’s Family: The Complete Third Season DVD Review: A Blast from the Past
The good old days are alive and well on Mama’s Family: The Complete Third Season.
Read MoreBook Review: Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays, Volume One 1920-1922 by Frank King
Lovingly restored, Dark Horse Comics collects the first two years of the beloved series Sunday run.
Read MoreBob Dylan: The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Deluxe Edition) DVD Review: Star-studded, Jam-packed, Mid-career Celebration of One of Rock’s Greats
Only Dylan could get so many talented artists to come together and create such incredible music together.
Read MoreThe 300 Spartans Blu-ray Review: Caveat Emptor
The inspiration for Frank Miller’s 300 is less than inspiring.
Read MoreBook Review: Hellboy: The First 20 Years by Mike Mignola
Hellboy: The First 20 Years is an attractive artbook that charts the visuals of the Hellboy series.
Read MoreAdventure Time: The Complete Third Season Blu-ray Review: The Animated Saga Continues
They are right. The fun doesn’t end.
Read MoreZaytoun Movie Review: A Heavy Subject with a Light Touch
Riklis’ movie is decent but not as good as it could’ve been.
Read More300 Movie Review: A Bit of the Old Hyperviolence
A magnificent ballet of violence and bloodshed
Read MoreLast Stand of the 300 and Other Famous Greek Battles DVD Review: Grand Theft Auto at Thermopylae
The History Channel examines the battles of ancient Greece in this three-DVD set.
Read MoreWicked Blood Blu-ray Review: Southern Meth Generic Crime Drama
Wicked Blood, a crime drama seen through the eyes of a teenage girl begins promisingly, but sinks under generic plot.
Read MoreBook Review: Sherlock Holmes FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the World’s Greatest Private Detective by Dave Thompson
An excellent pocket resource.
Read More12 Years a Slave Is the Pick of the Week
It’s the kind of thing Academy voters eat up as they obviously did last night.
Read MoreLove Is a Racket (1932) DVD Review: Yeah, Figured That One Out Already, Thanks
Personally, I need an everlasting love, but I’ll wait for it, wait for it, give it some time.
Read MoreAshanti (1979) Blu-ray Review: The Most Disastrous Disaster of a Non-Disaster Flick
A naked supermodel, bored lead, hammy heavy, and a guest star gettin’ blowed up real good: now THIS is what cinema is all about!
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Time of the Doctor Blu-ray Review: An Overstuffed, but Still Yummy Christmas Turkey
A nice send-off to the Eleventh Doctor, just not a great one.
Read MoreDoctor Who: The Moonbase DVD Review: An Important Release
The Second Doctor encounters the Cybermen for his first time but that’s not his only problem.
Read MoreCorruption (1968) / The Big Gundown (1966) Blu-rays Review: Two Points for Grindhouse
Grindhouse Releasing gets their hands on two cult epics from the Columbia Pictures vaults – and the results are nothing short of fabulous.
Read MoreTess Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: Polanski’s Vision of Victorian England
Roman Planski’s Tess is a beautifully shot adaptation of Thomas Hardy’s novel about Victorian England.
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