4K UHD Review: New York, New York
In 1977, director Martin Scorsese was on a roll. Hot off the critical and commercial success of Mean Streets, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Taxi Driver, he was given free rein to do whatever he wished. His pet project…
4K UHD Review: Mars Attacks!
Based on a subversive set of trading cards, I was intrigued when I learned that Tim Burton had agreed to direct Mars Attacks! Each card graphically depicted a Martian invasion of Earth with lots of gory detail. Knowing that, I…
4K UHD Review: MacArthur
Given the success of Patton in 1970, it earned ten Oscar nominations, winning Best Actor for George C. Scott, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay, a biopic of fellow World War II General Douglas MacArthur seemed inevitable. Released in…
Blu-ray Review: Exit 8
Notoriously difficult to adapt, Hollywood has tried for years to successfully transfer video games to the big screen. Whether it’s Justin Kurzel’s dark “Assassin’s Creed,” or one of Uwe Boll’s several forgettable attempts at the genre, there’s never been a…
Blu-ray Review: Covert Affairs – The Complete Series
With the success of shows like Alias and 24, television shows centered around espionage became popular beginning in the early 2000’s. Debuting in 2010, on the USA Network, Covert Affairs was created by the team of Matt Corman and Chris…
4K UHD Review: EPiC – Elvis Presley in Concert
Nearly four years after the release of his Elvis biopic, director Baz Luhrman returns with EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, a dazzling, unconventional concert film and documentary, using never-before-seen concert and archival footage, found in the vaults of Warner Bros.,…