Steven Soderbergh made it difficult for auteurist critics from the very start. The …

KING OF THE HILL – Blu-ray review

Based on George R.R. Martin‘s third book of the “A Song of Ice …

GAME OF THRONES: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON – Blu-ray review

2013 was a good year for animation, with audiences enjoying high-profile titles like …

FREE BIRDS – Blu-ray review

My teenage son liked “Thor: The Dark World”better than the first film, and so …

THOR: THE DARK WORLD – Blu-ray review

Any film that articulates how the human spirit can try, fail, get back …

MILLION DOLLAR BABY: 10TH ANNIVERSARY – Blu-ray review

If Robert Rodriguez hadn’t thrown experimental bio-weapon-created zombies at audiences back in 2007 …

CODE RED – DVD review

It’s rare I’ve written a review that feels more futile from the outset. …

DOWNTON ABBEY, SEASON FOUR – Blu-ray review

Bruno Barreto (“Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands”) and his screenwriters faced a …

REACHING FOR THE MOON – DVD review

The English civil war—a struggle for the crown and titled lands that was …

THE WHITE QUEEN – Blu-ray review

Though NASCAR reigns with a greasy fist in the arena of U.S. auto …

1 – Blu-ray review

A screenwriter friend of mine once remarked that there were only two kinds …

TERRAFERMA – Blu-ray review

“The Turin Horse” and “Jeanne Dielman” are my ideas of cinematic bliss. When frustrated viewers …

NOSTALGHIA – Blu-ray review