ReviewsJan 22, 2014
TERRAFERMA - Blu-ray review
A screenwriter friend of mine once remarked that there were only two kinds of movies: ones in which the hero leaves his home/land and encounters something or someone that challenges him, and ones in w
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ReviewsJan 22, 2014
NOSTALGHIA - Blu-ray review
“The Turin Horse” and “Jeanne Dielman” are my ideas of cinematic bliss. When frustrated viewers complain that “nothing happens” in a movie, save me an aisle seat. By that standard, Andrei Tarkovsky's
ReviewsJan 18, 2014
IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT - Blu-ray review
As I re-watched**“In the Heat of the Night”** on Blu-ray, I was struck by two things: how much this film, like “Cool Hand Luke,” evokes the Sixties, and how, incredibly, it still manages to feel timel
ReviewsJan 17, 2014
A CHORUS LINE - Blu-ray review
The stage version of A Chorus Line, which opened in 1975, won nine Tony Awards (including Best Musical) and remains the sixth longest running Broadway show, ever. With music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyr
ReviewsJan 15, 2014
JUSTIFIED: SEASON 4 - Blu-ray review
The compelling backwoods noir of “Justified”continues inSeason 4, where old-school lawman Raylan Givens finds himself tangled in a thirty-year-old mystery that started with a sky-diver crateri
ReviewsJan 14, 2014
A.C.O.D. - Blu-ray review
“A.C.O.D.” stands for adult children of divorce, as you’ll learn if you decide to take on this 87 minute comedy that brings together some awfully recognizable faces for what turns out to be a very
ReviewsJan 12, 2014
RUN - Blu-ray review
It’s been said by people hipper than me that once a movie gets made about ‘the latest craze’ (break dancing, crumping, bacon-flavoring), that means the concept is already done and on it’s way into our
ReviewsJan 12, 2014
FRANKENSTEIN: THE REAL STORY - DVD review
“Frankenstein: The Real Story” is really a compilation of three programs that aired separately on the History Channel and A&E: “It’s Alive! The True Story of Frankenstein” (A&E, 1995), “Frankenste
ReviewsJan 11, 2014
KHUMBA - Blu-ray review
The second feature release from the Cape Town-based Triggerfish Animation Studios, “Khumba” is a genial winner for children and adults alike, and a visual treat besides. Jake T. Austin (“Wizards of W
ReviewsJan 09, 2014
ARCHER: SEASON 4 - Blu-ray review
When I reviewed Season 1 of **“Archer,”**the animated spy spoof that airs on FX, I called it a curious blend of office humor and James Bond parody, with a little “Arrested Development” thrown in for g
ReviewsJan 07, 2014
LATE RAY - DVD review
*The following is a review of the the new three-disc set from Criterion's Eclipse Collection: “Late Ray” which includes the films “The Home and the World,” “An Enemy of the People,” and “The Stranger.
ReviewsDec 26, 2013
SAVING MR. BANKS - Theatrical review
When the film version of “Mary Poppins” opened in 1964, fans of the P.L. Travers books made the inevitable comparison and concluded that they were apples and oranges. Disney had transformed the first