By John Corrado Today, Sony Pictures Classics is releasing Mr. Turner on Blu-ray.  Directed by Mike Leigh, the biopic documents the life and affairs of the gruff and anti-social landscape painter Joseph Mallard William Turner (Timothy Spall). Although a bit dry and overlong, and often moving at a slow pace, this is an artistic achievement that… Read More Blu-ray Release: Mr. Turner

By John Corrado Today, Paramount is releasing Selma on Blu-ray.  Directed by Ava DuVernay, the incredibly powerful drama follows Martin Luther King Jr.’s (David Oyelowo) historic civil rights march in 1965, putting pressure on President Lyndon B. Johnson (Tom Wilkinson) to sign the Voting Rights Act. Although nominated for Best Picture, and deservedly winning Best Original… Read More Blu-ray Release: Selma

By John Corrado Last week, Paramount released The Gambler on Blu-ray.  A remake of the 1974 James Caan classic, the film follows Jim Bennet (Mark Wahlberg), a depressed university professor who moonlights as a high stakes gambler and owes money, forcing him to connect with a loan shark (John Goodman), and complicating his relationship to… Read More Blu-ray Release: The Gambler