Reviews

WEST SIDE STORY - Blu-ray review
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

TOY STORY 2 - Blu-ray 3D review
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

TOY STORY 3 - Blu-ray 3D review
ReviewsNov 08, 2011

TOY STORY 3 - Blu-ray 3D review

Screenwriter Michael Arndt told a virtual roundtable that "writing ‘Toy Story 3' was a three-year ordeal of anxiety and barely suppressed panic. And the only person more desperate and panic-stricken t

ROLE/PLAY - DVD review
ReviewsNov 05, 2011

ROLE/PLAY - DVD review

"Role/Play" is a gay-interest film, and I feel as if I should offer up the disclaimer that I am not, myself, gay. But I don't believe you have to be in order to review a film like this, any more than

CARS 2 - Blu-ray 3D review
ReviewsNov 02, 2011

CARS 2 - Blu-ray 3D review

It's your own fault, John Lasseter. Because your studio's first 11 films were home runs, every time your guys go to their computers the public expects another awesome at-bat. That would be unreasonabl

THE TREE OF LIFE - Blu-ray review
ReviewsOct 25, 2011

THE TREE OF LIFE - Blu-ray review

"Art is the Tree of Life," William Blake once wrote. "Science is the Tree of Death. " That's an extreme statement, of course, but it illustrates that Blake was a humanist who valued art and artistic e

GREEN LANTERN - Blu-ray review
ReviewsOct 04, 2011

GREEN LANTERN - Blu-ray review

"In brightest day, in blackest night, No evil shall escape my sight, Let those who worship evil's might Beware my power... Green Lantern's Light! " *Note: In the following joint Blu-ray review, both