‘Red Tails’ Crash Lands
Red Tails is like a bad, unironic comic book movie come to life. It could have been a number of different things, including a thrilling war-time action/adventure or a moving depiction of the turmoil...
View Article‘Arbitrage’ on Blu-ray December 21
Richard Gere (Unfaithful) leads a stellar cast including Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking), Tim Roth (TV’s “Lie to Me”), Brit Marling (Another Earth), Laetitia Casta (Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life) and...
View ArticleWhat About ‘Non-Stop’ Though? (Movie Review)
It is fun to see how much credibility an actor with gravitas can bring to a really silly film. Liam Neeson has returned to the action/thriller realm once again to star in an airplane-hijacking film,...
View Article“Beyond the Lights” Is Singing Its Way To Blu-ray This February
Here’s a film that I regrettably missed in theaters. It was not receiving the biggest push, but I have heard nothing but great things and now Beyond the Lights is up for an Academy Award for one of...
View ArticleBeyond The Lights (Blu-ray Review)
Beyond the Lights is the kind of film that I wish could be a part of the conversation, when it comes to changing how Hollywood does things. The film is a romantic drama that happens to feature black...
View ArticleParker’s ‘Birth Of A Nation’ Strikes Back At History (Movie Review)
The Birth of a Nation is a film designed to challenge various parts of me. There is a righteous part of me that sees a film recounting a historical event tying into relevant topics still affecting...
View Article“The Birth of a Nation” Arrives on Blu-ray, DVD and 4K Ultra HD on January 10
While the filmmaker faced his share of controversy, The Birth of a Nation is still a film with a message and more. Those who want to eek it out now have a chance, when the film arrives on Blu-ray this...
View ArticleThe Birth Of A Nation (Blu-ray Review)
The Birth of a Nation came and went last year. Following its breakout at the Sundance Film Festival, the proceeding months were not kind to writer/director/producer/star Nate Parker, based on a muddy...
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