by Danny Miller | Oct 28, 2019 | Interviews, What's Hot
Writer/director Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok, Hunt for the Wilderpeople) brings his signature style of humor and pathos to his latest film, Jojo Rabbit, a World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy (Roman Griffin Davis as Jojo) whose world view is turned...
by Sean Axmaker | Jun 12, 2016 | Reviews, What's Hot
Hail, Caesar! (Universal, Blu-ray, DVD, VOD), the Coen Bros.’s sly lampoon of 1950s Hollywood, is an affectionate and satirical tribute to studio filmmaking and cultural politics in early 1950s America, just before the decline of the studios. Set around the...
by Sean Axmaker | Jan 20, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot
The Palm Beach Story (Criterion, Blu-ray, DVD) – Leave it to Preston Sturges to create the sexiest and most grown-up romantic comedy of his day. Claudette Colbert has never been more desirable as Gerry Jeffers, the flirtatious pragmatist with a clear-eyed take on the...
by Danny Miller | Dec 15, 2014 | Features, What's Hot
Tomorrow is the first night of the eight-day Festival of Lights known as Hanukkah. Unlike last year’s freakishly early Hanukkah (a quirk of the Hebrew calendar), this year’s celebration will butt up right to Christmas. But dare I say it? As an observant...
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...
