Videophiled: ‘The Revenant’ – Out of the past and back from the dead

by Sean Axmaker | Apr 20, 2016 | Home Viewing, Reviews, What's Hot

The Revenant (Fox, Blu-ray, DVD, 4K, Digital HD) has been called a revenge movie, which is true enough. Leonardo DiCaprio is Hugh Glass, a real-life 19th century mountain man and guide whose story inspired legends, books, and at least one previous film (Man in the...

Videophiled TVD: ‘Freak & Geeks’ on Blu-ray, plus ‘Grease Live!’ and ‘Childhood’s End’

by Sean Axmaker | Apr 9, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

Freaks & Geeks: The Complete Series (Shout! Factory, Blu-ray) – Somewhere between Dawson’s Creek and Welcome to the Doll House is this sharp, funny, and surprisingly poignant high school dram-edy (for lack of a better word), which premiered in 1999 and lasted for...

Videophiled Blu-ray Classics: John Huston’s WWII documentaries, ‘The Vikings,’ ‘Passage to Marseilles,’ and ‘Deep in My Heart’

by Sean Axmaker | Mar 18, 2016 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

Let There Be Light (Olive, Blu-ray, DVD) – John Huston, like so many members of the Hollywood community, offered his talents to the armed services after Pearl Harbor. He was assigned to the Army Signal Corps, where he made four films. This disc features all four...

Videophiled Blu-ray: ‘Holy Grail’ at 40, Capra’s ‘You Can’t Take It With You,’ two by Jess Franco, Disney’s ‘Aladdin,’ and more

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 26, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

Monty Python and the Holy Grail: 40th Anniversary Edition (Sony, Blu-ray) – After a career of inspired skit comedy, the unbalanced minds of Monty Python pounded the Knights of the Round Table into their own skewed square hole for their first “real” feature film (I’m...

Videophiled TVD: ‘Better Call Saul,’ ‘Peaky Blinders,’ the end of ‘Hannibal,’ the beginning of ‘Game of Thrones,’ and more TV on disc

by Sean Axmaker | Dec 13, 2015 | Home Viewing, What's Hot

Better Call Saul: Season One (Sony, Blu-ray, DVD) – Bob Odenkirk is Jimmy McGill, a struggling lawyer trying to get both respect and clients in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in this prequel series to the award-winning Breaking Bad. He was Saul Goodman in that show, the...