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 [...]
A light-hearted action adventure set in the sunny Bahamas is something that will always catch my eye. If it involves treasure hunting and Matthew McConaughey, I'm sold. Therefore I was eager to take a look at Warner Home Video's Blu-Ray version [...]
"We Are Marshall" is a film directed by McG, whose previous credits include both "Charlie's Angels" films and lots of music videos. In this film, he is obviously branching out into different territory, and when it works, it can be [...]
College football star Brandon Lang (Matthew McConaughey) suffers a career ending injury that forces him to give up the game he loves. Soon after, Brandon turns his knack of calculating statistics and player characteristics into a winning formula that he [...]
Another summer always brings another summer blockbuster. Each year Hollywood spends millions of dollars on the summer blockbuster. With an aggressive marketing campaign and numerous plugs from stars like Matthew McConaughey and Penelope Cruz, America [...]
Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey star in this new comedy that promises to be full of laughs. Once the movie has set up the premise – Kate playing a girl/fashion-magazine journalist trying to find a guy to date and then to drive him out of her life [...]
Jennifer Lopez seems to have trouble deciding what she wants to do, dance, sing or act. While she used to be a great dancer, the latter two areas are just not her strength. Neither the limitations of her vocal abilities nor the poor range of acting skills [...]
Universal is sending another high caliber Collector’s Edition your way with Ron Howard’s “EDtv”. The disc contains a 16×9 enhanced widescreen transfer of the film in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio. As expected, the transfer is superb, taken [...]
Hollywood wunderkind Steven Spielberg has been very hesitant about DVD from the get-go, and still he doesn’t seem to be content with the acceptance and market penetration the format has gained in so little time. After a year of rumoring the director is [...]
As of this writing – January 1998 – "Contact" has to be considered the most impressive DVD release to date. It is the first title that actually caused massive shortages on retail level when it sold out on the first weekend of its [...]