Reviews

Up Blu-ray Review

When we first meet recently-widowed Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Ed Asner) in the new Disney/Pixar comedy adventure Up, he is about to lose his home to building developers and be forced into a retirement home by the courts following an…  Read More
4.9
out of 5

V Season 1, Episode 1 Review: Pilot

The original 1983 miniseries V is a tense, slow-building piece of science fiction that showed the creation of a fascist movement in the United States by the alien Visitors. An allegory for the creation of the Nazi movement, the original V portrays… Read More

DJ Hero Review: Pump Up the Volume

For my money the whole idea of Guitar Hero and its clones has begun to grow stale. Sure there is still fun in jamming with buds in search of the elusive finger mangling perfect score. But little surprise comes the…  Read More
4.5
out of 5

Howards End: Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

With a 40-plus year run resulting in over 30 motion pictures, Merchant Ivory productions is best known for period pieces emphasizing award winning sets, cinematography and adapted screenplays. For my viewing preferences, these facets were rarely compelling enough to make…  Read More
4.5
out of 5

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