Listen, I’m not going to beat around the bush. Valentine’s Day is just pretty awful. Probably the biggest culprit is the writer, Katherine Fugate. The jokes, or intended jokes, are simply not funny. None of them. Now with that said, I must remind myself that comedy is probably the most subjective of any of the [...]
Read More Anne Hathaway, blu-ray, Bradley Cooper, comedy, DVD, Jamie Foxx, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Kathy Bates, PG-13, romance, Topher Grace, Valentine's DayThe trailers for Law Abiding Citizen made it look like an exciting action thriller, but it’s actually a lethargic revenge fantasy, one that expects us to buy macho man Gerard Butler as an ingenious mastermind. Butler is the title guy, an enraged engineer who, ten years after witnessing the murder of his wife and daughter, [...]
Read More David, DVD, F. Gary Gray, Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Kurt Wimmer, Law Abiding Citizen, R, Viola DavisThe Soloist is a huge step above many of the DVD releases we’ve seen over the last few months. The film is based on the true story of Steve Lopez, reporter for the LA Times who, while out looking for a story, encounters the homeless cellist, Nathaniel Ayers. The movie tracks their relationship and, in [...]
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