DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

There’s no denying the intelligence of Steven Spielberg’s A.I. nor is there any denying of the film’s passion toward the subject of human responsibility toward technology. The subject broached isn’t...

Historically accurate, supremely relevant, and yet politically polarizing, The Conspirator is the first feature film to come from Joe Rickett’s newly formed American Film Company, whose aim is to produce engaging, authentic films...

I wish every family reunion could be this weirdly exciting. They aren’t. There’s a reason most people groan at the very thought of reunions, yet most of us don’t imagine the horror of it all. Enter writer/director Robert O’Hara and his...

From beneath the super-hero movie flotsam has arisen a sub-genre of sorts. One that explores what might happen when ordinary Joe suits up to turn the tables on his intimidators. Though last year’s critically acclaimed Kick-Ass ...

Who is Johnny Marco? The world knows him as a famous Hollywood celebrity, but he himself can’t pin down his own being. Perhaps it’s the drugs, the alcohol, the woman, and the schedule that has numbed...

When a successful franchise hits film number five, it’s time to pay it some well-earned attention. Finally graduating from the street racing culture, Fast Five, reinvigorated by a return of nearly all the cast members involved in the series...

There are so many ways in which a modern movie about a hammer-wielding god from Old Norse mythology could fail.  Oh, so many ways.  Thankfully, under the kinetically skilled direction of Shakespearean wonder-kid Kenneth Branagh...

It’s unfortunate that Mel Gibson gives what many will hail as the performance of his career inside Jodie Foster’s grossly uneven handling of The Beaver.  The film is a disturbing look at adult depression and the consequences...

It’s a bit ironic that in theaters filled with glistening comic book heroes embroiled in clearly defined battles of good versus evil, the romantic comedy counter-program of choice, Something Borrowed, drags us into a murky alternate...

Co-directors Stephen Carpenter and Jeffrey Obrow’s The Dorm That Dripped Blood aka Death Dorm aka Pranks was a minor little horror gem from 1982.  Perhaps best known for launching actress Daphne Zuniga’s career, the film was...

The good news is that the second collaboration between director Scott Stewart and actor Paul Bettany is a marked improvement on the pseudo-religious muck that was Legion The bad news is that fact doesn’t make Priest any more...

The objective voice when it comes to religion and morality in film is often the weakest heard.  By casting Christians and Pagans in shrouded light of grayish ambiguity, Christopher Smith’s Black Death, a European-made ...

If the hand-drawn frames aren’t enough to garner your interest in Jacques Tati’s beautiful semi-autobiographical narrative, the simplicity of this father-and-daughter story will certainly win you over.  That is, if you have a ...

They call it the savage journey into the heart of the American Dream.  Some call it America’s Season in Hell.  For Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is the true Lost Weekend of writers, scoundrels, gypsies...

Considering the backhanded critical response On Stranger Tides is getting, file this review under Pirates of the Caribbean: In Defense of the Sublime.  Rob Marshall, veteran director of the musicals Chicago and Nine, takes over the ...