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Blu-ray Review: Capitalism – A Love Story

Rebecca Wright — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 03:59:07 +0000

Starz / Anchor Bay | 2009 | 127 mins. | Rated R Arguably one of the best known documentary filmmakers in the western world, Michael Moore is a man who stirs up strong emotions. People tend to love or hate him, with little room for a middle ground. The strong feelings he evokes means that he [...]

Blu-ray Review: Broken Embraces

Rebecca Wright — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:27:29 +0000

Sony Pictures | 2009 | 127 mins. | Rated R Director Pedro Almodóvar has clearly found his muse in Penélope Cruz; after working together in Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, the two teamed up again for Broken Embraces. A film within a film that moves back and forth between past and present [...]

Blu-ray Review: Where The Wild Things Are

Rebecca Wright — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:47:27 +0000

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 101 mins. | Rated PG As a child, Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are was a regular part of my bedtime reading routine. As a matter of fact, it was one of the first books I learned to read. Suffice to say, I have found memories of the story, and [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Princess and the Frog

Rebecca Wright — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:34:19 +0000

Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 97 mins. | Rated G In recent years, Disney has found itself playing catch up with the mighty PIXAR when it comes to animated films. While the ‘House of Mouse’ has put out some enjoyable fare including Meet the Robinsons, and Bolt, they have been surpassed by the innovative [...]

The Hurt Locker Wins Big at the 82nd Annual Academy Awards

Rebecca Wright — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:50:36 +0000

Here are the nominees, with the winners listed in bold: Best Picture: “Avatar” “The Blind Side” “District 9″ “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart” George Clooney, “Up in the Air” Colin Firth, “A Single Man” Morgan Freeman, “Invictus” Jeremy Renner, “The Hurt Locker” Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Matt Damon, [...]

DVD Review: The Brothers Warner

Rebecca Wright — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:14:37 +0000

Warner Bros. | 2008 | 94 Mins. | Unrated These days with the major motion picture studios parts of much bigger business conglomerates, it’s easy to forget that it was individual men who initially built the film business into what it is today. Filmmaker Cass Warner Sperling is the granddaughter of Harry Warner, one of the [...]

DVD Review: Clint Eastwood – 35 Films 35 Years at Warner Brothers

Rebecca Wright — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:18:02 +0000

Warner Bros | 1968-2008 | 19 Discs | Rated R These days, Clint Eastwood is considered an American institution. With his 80th birthday nearly upon us, it’s amazing to realize he’s been an actor since the mid 1950’s, with a list of credits that spans for pages. By the 1970’s Eastwood had added director and producer [...]

DVD Review: FlashFoward – Season One, Part One

Rebecca Wright — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 18:54:22 +0000

Disney/Buena Vista | 2009 | 430 mins. | Not Rated Created by Brannon Braga (24) and David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight), adapted from Robert J. Sawyer’s novel, FlashFoward appears to be a series that hopes to win over Lost fans by the time that series leaves the air by the end of this season. Whether [...]

DVD Review: Night Court – The Complete Third Season

Rebecca Wright — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 23:06:07 +0000

Warner Bros. | 1985-86 | 526 mins. | Unrated I was eleven-years-old when Night Court began airing in January of 1984, and a sophomore in college when the series took its final curtain call in 1992. Through all of those years, I was a pretty faithful watcher. The series, which centered on the night shift of [...]

Blu-ray Review: Mona Lisa Smile

Rebecca Wright — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 03:36:43 +0000

Sony Pictures | 2003 | 117 mins. | Rated PG-13 Mona Lisa Smile is one of those movies you can’t help but watch and wonder what might have been. When I was tempted to refer to the film as Dead Poets Society light, but that would do a real injustice to the 1989 Robin Williams film [...]