DVD Review: The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob

By John Corrado Following their initial airing as part of the Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse in 1959, the first two episodes of the popular TV series The Untouchables were edited together into a single feature length film that was released theatrically in 1962, under the subtitle of The Scarface Mob. The film dramatizes the Prohibition-era exploits of federal agent Eliot Ness… Read More DVD Review: The Untouchables: The Scarface Mob

Blu-ray Review: The Lost City of Z

By John Corrado Based on the fascinating true story of Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam), James Grey’s The Lost City of Z dramatizes the three expeditions that the British soldier turned explorer took into the Amazon between 1906 and 1925.  Although initially going for colonialist purposes, Fawcett brought back valuable evidence of a lost civilization that was way more advanced than anyone… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Lost City of Z

Blu-ray Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife

By John Corrado Based on a true story, The Zookeeper’s Wife dramatizes the lives of Antonina (Jessica Chastain) and her husband Jan Zabinski (Johan Heldenbergh), the keepers of the Warsaw Zoo who used their facilities to save hundreds of Jewish people when the Nazis invaded Poland during WWII. Although I do think there are some problems with… Read More Blu-ray Review: The Zookeeper’s Wife

DVD Review: Under the Dome: The Complete Series

By John Corrado Loosely based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name, the TV series Under the Dome takes place in the small town of Chester’s Mill, and follows the residents after a mysterious translucent dome appears out of nowhere, cutting them off from the rest of the world and forcing the imprisoned inhabitants to… Read More DVD Review: Under the Dome: The Complete Series

Blu-ray Review: Bambi: 75th Anniversary Edition

By John Corrado Walt Disney’s 1942 animated classic Bambi is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, and has gotten a new Blu-ray release as part of their Signature Collection to honour the occasion. Adapted from Austrian author Felix Salten’s 1923 novel, Bambi follows a young deer who is destined to take over his father’s place… Read More Blu-ray Review: Bambi: 75th Anniversary Edition