ReviewsNov 28, 2011
SABU! - DVD review
Cinema history is full of stories of celebrities plucked from obscurity. Lana Turner was discovered at a soda fountain in Hollywood, former bit player Harrison Ford while building a cabinet for George
ReviewsNov 28, 2011
CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Blu-ray review
The Film According to John: Let me begin by admitting that I've never quite understood the allure of Leonardo DiCaprio that so many other filmgoers have found. I mean, he seems always in demand by
ReviewsNov 27, 2011
COWBOYS & ALIENS - Blu-ray review
"Cowboys & Aliens" has one of those high-concept titles that tells you exactly what you're going to get. Just like "Snakes on a Plane" had snakes on a plane, "Cowboys & Aliens" has cowboys and aliens.
ReviewsNov 26, 2011
THE SMURFS - Blu-ray review
2011 marks the 30th year since "The Smurfs" debuted on North American television as a Saturday morning cartoon, which means that the original audience for those little blue creatures (and collectible
ReviewsNov 26, 2011
LITTLE BIG MAN - Blu-ray review
"One hundred and eleven years ago, when I was ten years old, my family crossing the Great Plains was wiped out by a band of wild Indians. " --Jack Crabb, "Little Big Man" A penetrating historical epi
ReviewsNov 21, 2011
12 ANGRY MEN - Blu-ray review
What an odd masterpiece "12 Angry Men" (1957) is. Few films have ever telegraphed their endings so clearly and incessantly; from the early moment when Henry Fonda persuades his first fellow juror to v
ReviewsNov 21, 2011
MY FAIR LADY - Blu-ray review
This time it's CBS's turn to release "My Fair Lady," turning it out in high-definition Blu-ray picture and sound. It's the least they could do for one of the world's best musicals ever, even if they m
ReviewsNov 21, 2011
BOBBY FISCHER AGAINST THE WORLD - DVD review
“It was like a symphony of placid beauty.” That’s how International Chess Master Anthony Saidy describes Game Six of Bobby Fischer’s legendary 1972 match with Boris Spassky, and any patzer who has st
ReviewsNov 15, 2011
CHRISTMAS CAROL, A - Blu-ray review
"Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.... Old Marley was as dead as a door-nail. " It must be the Christmas season. How can we tell? It's time for yet another edition
ReviewsNov 13, 2011
WEST SIDE STORY - Blu-ray review
Rumors about Tuesday's Blu-ray release of "West Side Story" started swirling many weeks ago, with two points of contention: First, that the overture visual sequence, the Saul Bass credit sequence was
ReviewsNov 11, 2011
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS - Blu-ray review
I love it when a film surprises me. One look at the cover for "Water for Elephants" and three words came to mind: cheesy, melodrama, chick-flick. The artwork looks like the cover of a paperback roman
ReviewsNov 08, 2011
TOY STORY 2 - Blu-ray 3D review
"Toy Story" (1995) made history as the first completely CGI animated feature. But "Toy Story 2" (1999) is also one for the books. Why? Because it's one of the rare Hollywood sequels that's equal to th