Reviews
TOY STORY TRILOGY, POPS IN 3D
Now here’s the way to release a trio of classics, with the whole set, not only in…
THE RUM DIARY, A TIPSY TWISTER
A testy screenplay that turns conventional upside down becomes an enjoyable madcap adventure with Johnny Depp’s ‘intoxicating’ performance. …
MARGIN CALL, A STUNNER
At first look you may think that Margin Call is an extension of the film Wall Street, but…
JOHNNY ENGLISH, A SQUEEKY SEQUEL
It’s very hard to repeat a performance of a character after an 8-year hiatus from the role and Rowan Atkinson, as Johnny English just isn’t as funny anymore. Maybe its because I love Atkinson as Mr. Bean and in Johnny English Reborn the lack of the amazing wordless dialogue in Bean’s facial expressions are hard to forget.
THE MIGHTY MACS, A SLAM DUNK
We have probably had a bevy of sports true story films over the years and in most all cases even if you know who won, they are all inspirational. This is the case of The Mighty Macs, a small women’s parochial college so obscure, that I had never heard of it before seeing the film.
SHOLEM ALEICHEM, A STIRRING PORTRAIT
Sometimes you come across films that surprise you with an interesting portrait of a person who achieved fame after his death. This is the case of Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness, a biographical documentary about Sholem Rabinowitz the writer of the musical Fiddler on the Roof.
PIRATES ON STRANGER TIDES, CRESTS IN 3D BLU-RAY
Being a huge fan of Pirates of the Caribbean I just couldn’t wait for the On Stranger Tides 3D Blu-ray and was not disappointed on its quality and content. The 5-disc combo pack has everything in it for pure entertainment and the movie measures up to the theatrical version (except not on a huge screen theatrical screen).
THE THING, THRILLER FOR NEWBIES
Fans of the film The Thing (1982) beware; even though the movie takes you back to the Norwegian outpost providing a beginning to John Carpenter’s film with the same title, this one may as well have been a remake. Those that have never seen Carpenter’s masterpiece however, will get all the chills and thrills of the original. For fun, why not rent the 1982 horror flick AFTER you see this release for a comparison of alien shape shifting.