Reviews

WRECK-IT RALPH - 3D Blu-ray review
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

  • By James Plath
  • Reviews
THE THIEVES – Blu-ray review
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

  • By Aaron Carlson
  • Reviews
FAREWELL, MY QUEEN - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 23, 2013

FAREWELL, MY QUEEN - DVD review

With many historical epics, there’s an unwritten playbook. Focus on the important personages, keep the visual vocabulary grand and sweeping, present the larger picture. Be epic. In the new French-lan

  • By Douglas Norton
  • Reviews
H2O: JUST ADD WATER - SEASON 1 - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 21, 2013

H2O: JUST ADD WATER - SEASON 1 - DVD review

“H2O: Just Add Water” is an Australian TV series obviously intended for teen and pre-teen audiences. But the creators and writers add a lot more than water. Every episode of this 2006 series will

  • By James Plath
  • Reviews
ON THE WATERFRONT - Blu-ray review
ReviewsFeb 21, 2013

ON THE WATERFRONT - Blu-ray review

“On the Waterfront” (1954) is so frequently hailed as a pivot point in naturalistic acting that it's easy to overlook its hodge-podge collection of disparate performance styles. Marlon Brando's Terry

  • By Christopher Long
  • Reviews
BEST OF WARNER BROS. 20 FILM COLLECTION: MUSICALS - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 20, 2013

BEST OF WARNER BROS. 20 FILM COLLECTION: MUSICALS - DVD review

Everything I know about musicals I more or less learned from my father. He was the one who brought this genre into my life and our home as I was growing up. It’s fair to say that I wasn’t all that thr

  • By David Van Der Haeghen
  • Reviews
MIMESIS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 19, 2013

MIMESIS: NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD - DVD review

A search on IMDB for the keyword “zombie” brings up a list of 1862 items. TV, movies, games, whatever. One thousand, eight hundred. And sixty-two. For comparison’s sake, the word “juicebox” brings up

  • By Douglas Norton
  • Reviews
SWAMP PEOPLE: SEASON 3 - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 19, 2013

SWAMP PEOPLE: SEASON 3 - DVD review

Redneck culture seems to have seeped its way into popular culture in the last year or so, mostly through reality TV, specifically TLC’s “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo.” The show has been a huge success for

  • By Eric Parker
  • Reviews
DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL - DVD Review
ReviewsFeb 17, 2013

DIANA VREELAND: THE EYE HAS TO TRAVEL - DVD Review

Celebrity is the ultimate entitlement. I know that's not a revelation, but this new documentary about trend-setting fashion editor Diana Vreeland (1903-1989) is a potent reminder. Vreeland blazed a w

  • By Christopher Long
  • Reviews
SMILEY - DVD review
ReviewsFeb 17, 2013

SMILEY - DVD review

“Smiley” is an ambitious re-imagining of Marcel Proust’s monumental seven volume series “In Search of Lost Time”, where a group of emoticons, led by the titular colon-parenthesis and trapped in th

  • By Douglas Norton
  • Reviews
Categories
  • Reviews (1438)
Tags
  • Adventure
  • Animation
  • Comedy
  • Family
  • Action
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Short
  • Romance
  • Mystery
  • Thriller
  • Documentary
  • Fantasy
  • Music