t takes a tremendous amount of effort to make someone so naturally charismatic become so tragically boring. I have to assume that Ryan Gosling went above and beyond to portray Neil Armstrong as accurately as possible, because I trust him as a performer, and if this is the case then Armstrong had a similar level of personality as the ships he piloted.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – First Man – UPHE"Bohemian Rhapsody Director: Bryan Singer Screenplay: Anthony McCarten Minutes: 134 Year: 2018 Score: 7.60 Release: 20th Century Fox I hate to lead with this but it unfortunately seems to be glazing every aspect of this movie. I have always struggled with how to enjoy a film which is plagued by reprehensible activities of the director. […]
Read more "Blu-ray Review – Bohemian Rhapsody – 20th Century Fox"The Shape of Water Director: Guillermo del Toro Screenplay: Vanessa Taylor and Guillermo del Toro Minutes: 123 Year: 2017 Score: 8.73 Release: Theatrical What an immensely pleasurable experience and with this viewing my top 25 has changed twice in as many days. Also, my favorite movie of 2017 has changed. The Shape of Water is […]
Read more "Theatrical Review – The Shape of Water"Longtime readers of the site will know that if Jessica Chastain is in a movie then I will be watching the movie. It is an inevitability. The same goes for Idris Elba. The same goes for Aaron Sorkin. The question is whether it would be theatrical or wait for home video. But together? Opening weekend of wide release.
Read more "Theatrical Review – Molly’s Game"I was recently asked whether or not Lawrence Kasdan’s The Accidental Tourist still holds up today. The film plumbs emotional depths and had deep affect me.
Read more "Blu-Ray Review – The Accidental Tourist"Spencer’s Mountain was the source of televisions family The Waltons. If The Waltons were more similar to Henry Fonda’s character, I would have been more interested in the TV show. It was not.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – Spencer’s Mountain"On advice from counsel I am only watching the Theatrical cut. The Theatrical cut is perfect and it is strange to me that there would be an alternate.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – Cinema Paradiso"36 Hours is a delightfully forgettable film. I don’t mean this negatively. It is similar with two of my favorite films that I can’t separate my thoughts.
Read more "Blu-ray Review – 36 Hours"A Woman’s Face is certainly not the strongest George Cukor film, nor is it the best Joan Crawford film I watched in the last two weeks but it was alright.
Read more "DVD Review – A Woman’s Face"Last week Flicker Alley, in association with Blackhawk Films Collection, released Children of Divorce directed by Frank Lloyd and Josef von Sternberg. The 1927 film starring “IT” girl Clara Bow is now, for the first time, available in a Blu-ray/DVD combo pack. The film is an adaptation of Owen Johnson’s novel of the same name. […]
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