SKYFALL - Theatrical mini review
ReviewsNov 08, 2012

SKYFALL - Theatrical mini review

Bond returns to the cinema to celebrate his 50 year anniversary in "Skyfall. " Daniel Craig plays James Bond again, opposite the villain Silva, played by Spanish actor Javier Bardem. The story is sim

RASHOMON - Blu-ray review
ReviewsNov 05, 2012

RASHOMON - Blu-ray review

SOME NOTES ON “RASHOMON” SINCE YOU SURELY DON'T NEED YET ANOTHER REVIEW OF THIS MASTERPIECE:“Rashomon” is certainly a film about the elusive nature of truth and the unreliability of witnesses

HIGH GROUND - DVD review
ReviewsNov 04, 2012

HIGH GROUND - DVD review

Director Chris Brown’s superb documentary “High Ground” follows a team of eleven Iraq and Afghan war veterans and their mountaineer guides in their quest to ascend Mount Lobuche, a 20,000 foot peak in

LAST RIDE - DVD review
ReviewsNov 03, 2012

LAST RIDE - DVD review

Music Box Films, distributor of such films as “Monsieur Lazhar” and “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” releases “Last Ride”, an austere, character driven piece dealing with relationships, barren ge

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Blu-ray review
ReviewsNov 02, 2012

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA - Blu-ray review

David Lean’s 1962 biopic of T.E. Lawrence is a long movie (227 minutes) that was a long time in the making (24 months in pre-production, plus 14 months of shooting). Small wonder, then, that **“Lawren

2016: OBAMA'S AMERICA - DVD review
ReviewsOct 30, 2012

2016: OBAMA'S AMERICA - DVD review

As the 2012 Presidential race gathered steam, we saw political candidates and political pundits working overtime to acquire vital gains in votes. That is obvious given the nature of the closely-fought