ReviewsMar 04, 2013
THE IMPOSTER – DVD review
My first thought after watching **"The Imposter"**was that I had to think back to my seventeen year old self back in 1995 and try to remember if I had heard about the news story or not. Even though th
ReviewsMar 04, 2013
CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER - Blu-ray review
News programs were already polling the man on the street for soundbite reactions to hot button issues and marketers were mining kinda-big-data to determine what features consumers wanted in their next
ReviewsMar 03, 2013
THE HUNCHBACK OF NOTRE DAME: 2 MOVIE COLLECTION - Blu-ray review
The Disney philosophy for its animated features has been fairly simple: make a movie that will appeal to adults as well as children, and balance every laugh with a tear. That changed somewhat with "Be
ReviewsMar 02, 2013
THE INSIDER - Blu-ray review
It is an unpleasant truth that conscience usually carries a cost. Behind every feel-good story of justice achieved is a check paid in blood or dishonor or cold, hard reproach. Few films have demonstra
ReviewsMar 01, 2013
PHINEAS AND FERB: THE PERRY FILES - ANIMAL AGENTS - DVD review
Like "Pinky and the Brain," each episode of "Phineas and Ferb" begins the same way, with the two main characters wondering what to do. But rather than trying to take over the world in every episod
ReviewsMar 01, 2013
THE CLIENT LIST: THE COMPLETE FIRST SEASON - DVD review
Difficult economic times call for difficult choices. When the money gets tight and the husband skips town, some women take a second job, some get public assistance. And some take a job at a massage pa
ReviewsFeb 27, 2013
THE INTOUCHABLES - Blu-ray review
*Funny and uplifting?*A drama about a wealthy quadriplegic and his caretaker, who happens to be an ex-con from the projects? It sounds more like the weeper of the week. Or a crime scene waiting to hap
ReviewsFeb 26, 2013
BEST IN SHOW - Blu-ray review
People really love their pets. As someone who doesn’t own a pet, even I know that. In a lot of cases, people love their pets more than they love some of their own relatives, perhaps even immediate fam
ReviewsFeb 25, 2013
ESCAPE FIRE: THE FIGHT TO RESCUE AMERICAN HEALTHCARE - DVD review
It’s hard to watch a documentary focused on the American health care system these days and not draw comparisons to Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” Moore has a knack for taking a serious, hot-button issue, an
ReviewsFeb 25, 2013
WRECK-IT RALPH - 3D Blu-ray review
When “Wreck-It Ralph” and “Brave” came out of Disney-Pixar studios last year, it felt like a case of babies being switched at birth. But it really was the Pixar gang that produced “Brave,” a pr
ReviewsFeb 25, 2013
A LIAR'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY: THE UNTRUE STORY OF MONTY PYTHON'S GRAHAM CHAPMAN - DVD review
In 1983, actor and Monty Python alum Graham Chapman recorded an audiobook version of his “A Liar’s Autobiography.” Directors Bill Jones, Jeff Simpson and Ben Timlett have taken those recordings and ma
ReviewsFeb 24, 2013
THE THIEVES – Blu-ray review
Right out of the gate, there is an "Ocean's 11" vibe to director Dong-Hoon Choi’s**“The Thieves. "** It’s flashy, has an ensemble cast and starts off just as light-hearted. In its native country it wa