1992
Howards End (The Criterion Collection) on Blu-ray
Amazon.com Howards End is E.M. Forster’s beautifully subtle story of the crisscrossing paths of the privileged and those they disdain–and of a remarkable pair of women who can see beyond class distinctions. Dramatic and tragic, but also surprisingly funny, this James Ivory film focuses on a pair of unmarried sisters (Emma Thompson, who won an [...]
Army of Darkness (Screwhead Edition) on Blu-ray
Amazon.com A movie that only true horror buffs could love, Army of Darkness is officially part 3 in the wild and wacky Evil Dead trilogy masterminded by the perversely inventive director Sam Raimi, who would later serve as executive producer of the popular syndicated TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys. Raimi’s favorite actor, Bruce Campbell, [...]
Wayne’s World on Blu-ray
TV’s Saturday Night Live has been like the evil twin of the legendary alchemist’s stone, which supposedly could turn lead into gold. SNL usually does the opposite, taking rich comic premises from short skits and extrapolating them into overblown and unfunny full-length films. (“The Coneheads”? Puh-leeze!) But this film proved to be the exception, thanks [...]
A Few Good Men on Blu-ray
A U.S. soldier is dead, and military lawyers Lieutenant Daniel Kaffee and Lieutenant Commander JoAnne Galloway want to know who killed him. “You want the truth?” snaps Colonel Jessup (Jack Nicholson). “You can’t handle the truth!” Astonishingly, Jack Nicholson’s legendary performance as a military tough guy in A Few Good Men really amounts to a [...]