There’s nostalgia and there’s being old-fashioned. One charmingly recreates outdated culture from the past, while the other feels like it’s been sitting on ice for decades and should have remained there. ‘Jersey Boys’ has one of t...
All things considered, March turned out to be a pretty good month for some major Blu-ray titles. Unfortunately, as we leave that month behind, April gets off to a less impressive start. [Post has been updated since it was first pu...
This week brings us some science that is quite weird indeed. Giant robots, deranged surgeons, slutty cyber-vixens, clones and teleportation all prominently feature in the latest batch of Blu-ray releases. My creation, is it real? ...
Guns, guns, guns. From Dirty Harry’s .44 Magnum to Han Solo’s blaster pistol, Hollywood loves guns, the bigger and louder the better. Setting aside political arguments about the 2nd Amendment (we’re talking about fiction and fanta...
Christmas is right around the corner, and the Hollywood studios have some last-minute Blu-ray releases to tempt holiday shoppers. While none of these are likely to exhibit the selling power of last week’s ‘Dark Knight Rises’, perh...
They say that every actor wants to direct. Quite a few directors have also attempted to act. (This week, even Tyler Perry makes a bid for action stardom.) Some have pulled this double-duty off better than others. In today’s Roundt...
Because Luke was on vacation this weekend, I’ll have to step in for today to cover his box office recap. Doing so just reaffirms that I have absolutely no idea why people pay to see certain movies and not others.
For a baseball flick, there are dozens of phrases that I could turn into plays-on-words to describe the failure that is ‘Trouble with the Curve’. Personally, I’d like to start this review off by saying, “The trouble with ‘Trouble ...
Even with four studio titles opening wide this weekend, I’m most anticipating the expansion of Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’. Last weekend’s record-setting limited release has perked my already heightened expectations. The f...
As Ridley Scott returns to the ‘Alien’ franchise today with his sort-of-prequel ‘Prometheus’, this got us thinking about other movies that have yet to be given the prequel treatment. A few of the ideas we’ll pitch in this week’s R...
Well, look at that. Hey, Disney, you see how easy it is to include the words “of Mars” in a title? That’s not very difficult at all, just seven little characters (including the space) that might help your potential audience to hav...
Welcome back from another long weekend, folks. We hope you had a good one. This week’s selection of new Blu-ray discs gives us a diverse assortment of titles, from the latest installment in an animated franchise that just won’t di...
