Sitting one model below the top of Samsung’s lineup in terms of features and quality the UN55JS9000 is an UltraHD set with 4K resolution (2160p), and is what Samsung is now referring to as a SUHD display. The S doesn’t stand for Super or anything else specifically, but represents a […]
Exodus Blu-ray Review
Epic is hardly the only word for Otto Preminger’s Exodus. It’s a 3 ½-hour marathon noting the slow, painful birth of the state of Israel after World War II, filled with memorable movie faces playing people on all sides of the conflict.
Lilies of the Field Blu-ray Review
Ralph Nelson’s Lilies of the Field works its quiet magic on an audience so splendiferously that one isn’t quite aware he’s caught up in its storytelling until it’s almost over. It’s small film with mounds of heart but with sentiment soft-pedaled and never cloying.
Mojave Blu-ray Review
A quasi-thriller that’s too much talk for its own good, William Monahan’s Mojave had the makings of a fine suspense picture. Despite characters who don’t always ring true and direction that veers from inventive to prosaic, Mojave still offers a modicum of interest in its cat-and-mouse struggle scenario.
Weekly RoundUp 4-5-2016 (The “Force Awakens” Edition)
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on 4k/UHD, Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – Star Wars: The Force Awakens – 2015 – Journey to the Seventh Planet – 1962 – The Gallant Hours – 1960 – The Purple Plain – 1954 The Prices Click on […]
Archer: The Complete Season Six DVD Review
Things pretty much return to the normal if outlandish world of espionage for the nitwit undercover operative gang on the sixth season of one of TV’s brightest comedies Archer.
The Black Sleep Blu-ray Review
The Black Sleep is an old-fashioned B horror film about a mad doctor which is worth seeing for its exceptional cast of iconic actors. It has arrived on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber with a mostly nice transfer and excellent sound.
The Power of One DVD Review
An angry, visceral dissection of eighteen years of a young white boy’s life amid the violence and bigotry of apartheid is the focus of John G. Avildsen’s The Power of One. Based on a popular and well-regarded novel by Bryce Courtenay, the coming of age story is marked by a […]
Weekly RoundUp 3-29-2016
Where to find the Best Deals on Movies & TV Shows on Blu-ray and DVD… The Features – The Hateful Eight – 2015 – The Red House – 1947 – Concussion – 2015 – Pigs – 1972 – Point Break – 2015 – The Gong Show Movie – 1980 The […]
Untamed DVD Review
A sprawling epic set in South Africa during the early years of European settlement, Henry King’s Untamed is a bit untamed itself condensing a meandering narrative into less than two hours of screen time and keeping its top-billed star off screen for large portions of that running time.
Freaks and Geeks Blu-ray Review
The brainchild of actor/writer Paul Feig, Freaks and Geeks was one of the most critically acclaimed shows to debut on network television in 1999. It was also one of the lowest rated shows to debut that season, despite a loyal fanbase that tried to keep it on the air even […]
These Thousand Hills DVD Review
Richard Fleischer’s These Thousand Hills is a western that has a little more on its mind than cattle herding, lynch mobs, or pretty gals, subjects which often drive many westerns and which are found in this one, too, even if they aren’t its emphasis.