DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

Rated: PG for battle sequences and frightening moments..
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Andrew Adamson
Writer: C.S. Lewis (novel) & Ann Peacock (screenplay)
Cast: Georgie Henley; Skandar Keynes; William Mosely
Memorable Quote: If it's a war Aslan wants, it's a war he shall get.
Tagline: The beloved masterpiece comes to life December 9.
Genre: Action/Adventure/Family
Opens: December 9, 2005
Studio: Buena Vista Pictures

Timeless is one of the many adjectives you could use to describe.  Beautiful is another.  There is a soul-stirring joy that washes over a person while watching Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast.  Perhaps because this ...

MPAA Rating: PG for fantasy action/violence involving scary images and situations, and for a smoking caterpillar.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Tim Burton
Writer: Linda Woolverton
Cast: Johnny Depp; Mia Wasikowska; Helena Bonham Carter
Tagline: You've got a very important date.
Genre: Family/Fantasy

Walt Disney’s 1951 take on Lewis Carroll’s beloved children’s books never got the praise the film deserved from most critics.  Sure, it doesn’t follow the books down to the letter and, yes, it barely...

Time has not been kind to Mary Lambert's adaptation of Stephen King’s Pet Sematary.  Wait.  Another lousy Stephen King movie, you ask?  Big surprise, I know, as there are a ton of them.  More so than there need be for source material that is so ...

Rick Rosenthal's Halloween II isn’t the best release in the series but, with its workmanlike earnestness, the minor dip in glossy quality isn’t a complete undoing.  It holds up better than most slasher sequels.  Besides, measure the original release both in reception and ...

MPAA Rating: R for strong language and disturbing images.
Director: William Friedkin
Writer: William Peter Blatty
Cast: Ellen Burstyn; Linda Blair; Max Von Sydow
Genre: Horror
Memorable Movie Quote: "...from this creature of God! Be gone! In the Name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit!"
Release Date: December 26, 1973
Available on Blu-ray/SD, On-demand: October 5, 2010. Also now available FOR DOWNLOAD on iTunes for the First Time with Bonus EXTRAS (Behind the Scenes and Talent Interviews).

Robert Zemeckis could never be accused of resting on laurels or past successes. Despite Romancing the Stone and Back to the Future being two of the 80s’ most successful offerings, Zemeckis wanted to push the boundaries of filmmaking and homage a couple ...

He-man and the Master of the Universe has to be one of the most successful merchandising/entertainment properties to come out of the Eighties there ever was. Every kid in the world clamoured for another episode at the time, and bugged their parents to ...

MULHOLLAND DRIVE PLOT EXPLANATION AND ANALYSIS

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These are not my own words. This explanation was derived from reader contributions and lengthy discussions, and in many cases, the grammar and syntax appear here as they were originally written.

Delightfully nostalgic for the unrushed days of 8-bit video innocence, yet finding inspiration in the full-throttle frenzy of today’s first-person shooters, Wreck-It Ralph is what happens when Disney meets Pixar – exactly the quality of film we had hoped for when Mickey ...

Rated: R for strong violence/gore and language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Neil Marshall
Writer: Neil Marshall
Cast: Shauna Macdonald; Natalie Mendoza; Alex Reid....complete cast
Tagline: Afraid of the dark? You will be.
Release Date: August 4, 2006
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "How do you give a lemon an orgasm? You tickle its citrus!"
Studio: Lions Gate Films

The Oscar for Best Picture is going to be a tight one. If Ben Affleck’s Argo is any indication of the type of films we are going to see this awards season, the race is also going to be a tough one. Argo doesn’t bait audiences with obvious Oscar touches yet it produces powerful scenes ...

MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA.
Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin; Paulette Goddard; Henry Bergman
Genre: Classic | Comedy
Tagline: Laugh... Cry and Thrill To his Genius... !
Memorable Movie Quote: "Buck up - never say die. We'll get along."
Release Date: February 25, 1936
Blu-ray Release Date: November 16, 2010.

Having run continuously on Broadway for the past 28 years (longer than any in history), Alain Boublil and Claude Michel Schonberg's much-loved stage musical Les Misérables brings a well-seasoned audience frothing for an equally worthy screen adaptation. Enter ...