Review: Monkey Kingdom

By John Corrado ★★★½ (out of 4) The latest Earth Day release from Disneynature, Monkey Kingdom is arguably the best film yet in the studio’s ongoing series of impressively photographed wildlife documentaries, striking the perfect balance between adorable animals, and emotionally affective drama of the natural world. Taking place in Sri Lanka, the film follows a troop of macaques… Read More Review: Monkey Kingdom

Criterion Release: Sullivan’s Travels

By John Corrado Today, the 1941 classic Sullivan’s Travels is being released on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection.  John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) is a popular director of escapist studio fare, who finds himself at an existential crossroads, and wants to make a serious film that will accurately depict the harsh realities of life.  Posing… Read More Criterion Release: Sullivan’s Travels

DVD Release: Complete Series of Frasier, MacGyver and The Brady Bunch

By John Corrado Last week, Paramount released the complete collections of Frasier, MacGyver and The Brady Bunch on DVD, a trio of impressively sized boxed sets that offer an innumerable amount of discs between them, and come highly recommended for both television enthusiasts and fans of the individual series. Frasier: The Complete Series: Running from 1993 to 2004, Frasier follows… Read More DVD Release: Complete Series of Frasier, MacGyver and The Brady Bunch

Three Views: Danny Collins

Danny Collins – An Elevation Pictures Release http://www.bleeckerstreetmedia.com/#!danny-collins/cfvg Release Date: April 10th, 2015 Rated 14A for coarse language and substance abuse Running Time: 107 minutes Dan Fogelman (director) Dan Fogelman (screenplay) Ryan Adams (music) Theodore Shapiro (music) Al Pacino as Danny Collins Bobby Cannavale as Tom Donnelly Jennifer Garner as Samantha Leigh Donnelly Giselle Eisenberg… Read More Three Views: Danny Collins

Criterion Release: Hoop Dreams

By John Corrado Last week, the classic 1994 documentary Hoop Dreams was released for the first time on Blu-ray, through the Criterion Collection.  The film follows William Gates and Arthur Agee throughout their high school careers, two inner-city kids in Chicago who dream of playing professional basketball, with the chance of elusive sports scholarships being the only hope their… Read More Criterion Release: Hoop Dreams