by Sean Axmaker | Nov 30, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Pete’s Dragon (Disney, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD) is that rare breed of remake that outshines the original. The 1977 film, about an orphaned boy who runs away from his abusive adoptive parents with a magical dragon, was a live action film with a bright cartoon character...
by Sean Axmaker | Sep 9, 2014 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Disney, Blu-ray, Blu-ray 3D, DVD, Cable VOD) has been touted by many fans as the best Marvel Universe superhero movie to date. Picking up where The Avengers left off, it’s a superhero adventure by way of a political...
by Jeff Michael Vice | Apr 1, 2014 | Reviews
What has set the Marvel movies apart from expected, somewhat run-of-the-mill super hero movies based upon comics material from other companies and books is their ability to change genres — yet do so in a strong, compelling fashion. For example, the three Iron...
by Noah Walden | Dec 3, 2013 | News
David O. Russell, who, you may recall, had some awards-season success with last year’s Silver Linings Playbook, looks to be on track for another season of trophies with American Hustle. Russell re-teams with his Playbook pairing of Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley...
by James Rocchi | Oct 17, 2013 | Reviews
The breadth of the ocean, the shortness of life. J. C. Chandor’s first film, Margin Call, was a surprise hit on VOD and earned the writer-director a Best Screenplay Oscar nomination; it was urban, urbane, concentrated within one night in one place and consisted,...
