ReviewsDec 31, 2014
REACH ME -Blu-ray review
How’s this for a tortured metaphor? While watching “Reach Me,” I was reminded of ads from a certain national taco chain. You know, where a stentorian voice-over exhorts the glories of yet another
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ReviewsDec 30, 2014
THE NEWSROOM: SEASON 2 - DVD review
I never saw Season 1 of “The Newsroom,” but that didn’t keep me from getting instantly hooked on the second—one that earned Jeff Daniels an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series. Mayb
ReviewsDec 28, 2014
INSPECTOR LEWIS: SERIES 7 - Blu-ray review
As restrained and craftsman-like as ever, Series 7 of the Inspector Lewis mysteries doesn’t exactly break new ground, but still hits the right notes of character and complication in the unusually dang
ReviewsDec 23, 2014
WHEN THE GAME STANDS TALL - Blu-ray review
Next to “starring Jim Carrey,” the movie poster phrase that gives me the deepest case of heebie-jeebies is ‘based on a true story.” Too often a flimsy excuse for blowhard platitudes, or a convenientl
ReviewsDec 23, 2014
JIMI: ALL IS BY MY SIDE - Blu-ray review
I don’t think I’m unique in saying that when it comes to biopics of music icons I’m wanting two things, really: insight into their lives, and a full complement of music to make me remember and appreci
ReviewsDec 19, 2014
STONEHEARST ASYLUM - Blu-ray review
A Gothic thriller that wears its humble aspirations proudly, like a grimy but well-tied cravat, **“Stonehearst Asylum”**has pretty much everything one could expect from a period piece with the word ‘a
ReviewsDec 17, 2014
EDITH WHARTON: THE SENSE OF HARMONY - DVD review
Edith Wharton is known for three novels: The House of Mirth (1905), Ethan Frome (1911), and The Age of Innocence(1920), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. But she wrote much more than tha
ReviewsDec 15, 2014
JAMES CAMERON'S DEEPSEA CHALLENGE 3D - Blu-ray review
A documentary that brims with both an old-fashioned spirit of adventure and a self-congratulatory hubris, “James Cameron’s Deepsea Challenge 3D” takes you to the “last frontier on Earth”, the deep
ReviewsDec 12, 2014
THE GOOD LIE - Blu-ray review
This time of year, it’s easy to want to indulge. But perhaps this is the reason that a quiet, subtle film can sometimes sneak up on you without any warning to knock your socks off. Enter **“The Good L
ReviewsDec 09, 2014
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY - Blu-ray review
I left the Marvel Universe when I started college and return there only to check my “stash” in the attic occasionally, so my memory of the Guardians of the Galaxy is hazy. Maybe everyone else’s is,
ReviewsDec 05, 2014
THE OFFICE: THE COMPLETE SERIES - DVD review
It seems incredible now that “The Office” was first viewed as a risky proposition in its first season. 9 seasons and 201 episodes later, it stands as one of the great TV comedies, daring and hilarious
ReviewsNov 29, 2014
UNIVERSAL CLASSIC MONSTERS COLLECTION - DVD review
In the excellent DVD box set “Universal Classic Monsters,” Universal Studios puts it all together in a 21-disc, 30-film collection that covers all of their monster features released between “Dracu