After hitting the international festival circuit in 2007 and languishing through scattered American festivals in 2008, Gregory Mackenzie's romantic comedy/fantasy "Camille" ultimately made its debut on DVD and Blu-ray without even so much [...]
While "Contact" may not be the major driving force on Blu-Ray that it was when it was first released on DVD in 1998 and sold out in virtually every store overnight, but it still is a movie with enormous appeal, particularly when presented in [...]
In 1982 a film appeared in theaters around the globe that was magical and completely different from anything we had ever seen on the silver screen. Jim Henson and Frank Oz, the inventors of numerous puppet TV specials, including the award-winning and [...]
When Warner first announced "The Wizard Of Oz" for release on Blu-Ray Disc, somehow I felt as if I had seen the film one times too many. After countless DVD versions and TV broadcasts, "The Wizard Of Oz" just didn't sound as [...]
Arriving as one of Paramount Home Entertainment's "Sapphire Series" releases, "Braveheart" has been eagerly awaited by many, no doubt, as it is not only one of Mel Gibson's most successful and beloved films, but also one that [...]
Dito Montiel's aptly titled "Fighting" is your pretty standard underdog story, with nothing really new or innovative to offer. Channing Tatum stars as Shawn MacArthur, a homeless street vendor in New York who is pulled into the world of [...]
For some time, director Yimou Zhang has delivered a series of incredibly impressive movies that made Chinese cinema accessible and popular here in the US. Audiences here took first notice of the director in 1991 when his film "Raise The Red Lantern, [...]
British director Joe Wright's third film is a significant departure from his two previous movies, 2005's "Pride and Prejudice" and 2007's "Atonement." Those were both period dramas based in Britain and centered on [...]
Hotly anticipated, the Blu-Ray version of "Gladiator" was controversial weeks before its actual release already. Let me tell you right off the bat however, that all the hoohah about the supposed poor quality of the release is vastly exaggerated [...]
A number of years ago, someone recommended Alan Moore's "Watchmen" to me with the stipulation that is was the best and most mature graphic novel ever. I read it and I did not like it. If "mature" means convoluted and hard to [...]
