ReviewsFeb 14, 2012
5 STAR DAY - Blu-ray review
“5 Star Day” is an indie film, and it shows. All the earmarks are here: the peppy and fun indie music soundtrack, the long takes featuring characters in interestingly framed settings, the smart or wan
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ReviewsFeb 13, 2012
QUEEN: DAYS OF OUR LIVES - Blu-ray review
In the 1970’s, rock music was literally riding the waves of an epic foundation. Most bands delivered the core sounds that would influence, shape, and mold the music that followed in its tracks. For th
ReviewsFeb 12, 2012
CARVE HER NAME WITH PRIDE - DVD review
"The life that I have is all that I have, The life that I have is yours. The love that I have of the life that I have, Is yours and yours and yours. " Audiences seem to love stories based on real p
ReviewsFeb 12, 2012
MOZART'S SISTER - Blu-ray review
It’s always the way, isn’t it? When one sibling shines, the shadow all but enshrouds the other. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born into a musical family in which his sister, five years older than he, w
ReviewsFeb 12, 2012
THE APARTMENT - Blu-ray review
When “Some Like It Hot” was such a critical and popular success in 1959—snagging six Oscar nominations and winning Best Costume Design while charming audiences with the trio of Marilyn Monroe and Jack
ReviewsFeb 11, 2012
ANNIE HALL - Blu-ray review
Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Woody Allen Film Ever. That’s four Oscars . . . and the general consensus. “Annie Hall” remains as glib, intellectual
ReviewsFeb 11, 2012
THE BLACK POWER MIXTAPE: 1967-1975 - DVD review
“The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975” sounds like a rap album, but it’s really a rap sheet on the U.S., summarizing the abuses and prejudices heaped on African Americans during those years as descr
ReviewsFeb 11, 2012
NOTORIOUS - Blu-ray review
Alfred Hitchcock has a reputation for three things: style, suspense, and his distinctive profile, which turns up in cameo in every film. His 1946 film **“Notorious”**also has a reputation for three th
ReviewsFeb 10, 2012
THREE OUTLAW SAMURAI - Blu-ray review
American audiences (and most others too, I suspect) have probably seen as many “revisionist” samurai films as classical ones, so de-romanticized portraits that undercut the myth of the honorable warri
ReviewsFeb 09, 2012
TINY FURNITURE - Blu-ray review
There is an interesting interview segment with Paul Schrader on the Blu-ray edition of “Tiny Furniture” (2010). In this interview, Schrader discusses how “Tiny Furniture” fits into a new form of indie
ReviewsFeb 09, 2012
STORAGE WARS VOLUME TWO - DVD review
Anyone who grew up buying baseball cards remembers that special thrill of the unknown with each fresh pack. The mystery of the wrapper had an allure that exceeded the actual contents of the pack. The
ReviewsFeb 09, 2012
THE MIGHTY MACS - DVD review
“The Mighty Macs” sounds a little like “The Mighty Ducks,” which is unfortunate, because viewers might think they’re getting another lovable loser sports comedy like “The Bad News Bears.” But this