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Blu-ray Review: Gilmore Girls – The Complete Series
(4) With the recent announcement that Gilmore Girls is leaving Netflix after a twelve-year run, the fact that Warner Brothers recently released the entire series on Blu-ray is a godsend for fans. Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Gilmore Girls ran for seven seasons and 153 episodes from 2000-2007. The series returned in 2016... Th
4K UHD Review: Moneyball
(3.9) Based on Michael Lewis’ nonfiction best seller of the same name, Moneyball centers around the Oakland Athletics baseball team during the 2001 season. An underachiever during his playing days, Billy Beane (Brad Pitt) is now the A’s General Manager. Entering the new season, the team is expected to disappoint, given their limited budget compared to... The
4K UHD Review: Ray
(4.5) A film that took fifteen years to make, Taylor Hackford’s Ray chronicles the life and work of musical icon Ray Charles. Starring Jamie Foxx in the title role (who deservedly won a Best Actor Oscar for his performance), the film begins with a young Ray Charles traveling to Seattle to perform at a club. Rising... The post 4K UHD Review: Ray appeared firs
4K UHD Review: Crime 101
(3.4) Based on the novella by Don Winslow, director and screenwriter Bart Layton’s Crime 101 has the look and feel of a 1940’s noir, complete with a long opening sequence, shot in dark shadows. Set in Los Angeles, Chris Hemsworth stars as Mike Davis, a master jewel thief who picks his targets from along U.S. Route... The post 4K UHD Review: Crime 101 appeare
4K UHD Review: Maurice
(4) Based on the 1971 novel of the same name by E.M. Forster, 1987’s Maurice features Hugh Grant in his first starring role. Directed by James Ivory, and produced by his partner Ismail Merchant, the cast is filled out by several familiar British actors, including Rupert Graves, Denholm Elliott, Ben Kingsley, Simon Callow and James Wilby.... The post 4K UHD R
Blu-ray Review: Letty Lynton
(3.9) Legally unavailable for almost ninety years due to copyright infringement, 1932’s Letty Lynton has made its way to Blu-ray courtesy of Warner Archive. Based on the novel by Marie Belloc Lowndes, a young Joan Crawford stars as Letty Lynton, a wealthy New York socialite desperate to escape her cold-hearted mother (Mary Robson. Letty has spent... The post
4K UHD Review: The Drama
(4.3) Written and directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli, The Drama is one-part social satire and one part rom-com about good people doing bad things, and the people who judge them. Be forewarned, The Drama has a secret A24 did their best to keep that way. Since the film has been out in the United States... The post 4K UHD Review: The Drama appear
Blu-ray Review: The Mastermind
(3.4) Writer/director Kelly Reichardt’s The Mastermind is both a character study and a heist film. Set in Framingham, Massachusetts,1970, James Blaine “J.B.” Mooney (Josh O’Connor), is an unemployed carpenter, art school dropout, and would be thief. JB orchestrates the theft of four modernist Arthur Dove paintings from the local art museum. Married to Terri
Blu-ray Review: Pretty Maids All in a Row
(3.1) By the early 1970’s, Hollywood was in a transition period. A new generation of filmmakers were eager to make their mark. Among them was French provocateur Roger Vadim, fresh off the success of camp fest Barbarella, starring his then-wife, Jane Fonda. Given his prevalence toward onscreen nudity, Vadim was tapped to direct Pretty Maids All... The post Bl
4K UHD Review: Anyone But You
(3.8) Anyone But You is a decidedly formulaic romantic comedy that takes its inspiration from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. Directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), there’s a level of raunchiness not often seen in mainstream rom-coms. Further, there is a lack of chemistry between the two leads, which undermines the story. After an amazing first... The post 4