With Father’s Day just around the corner, here are some top-notch gift suggestions from the awesome selection of Blu-Rays and DVDs available from 20th Century Fox and MGM Home Entertainment. The Ultimate Westerns Collection is a magnificently packaged box set, including some of the finest westerns put forth from Clint Eastwood, Sergio Leone, and John… Read More Father’s Day Gift Ideas from 20th Century Fox/MGM Home Entertainment

The Book of Eli – A Warner Home Video Release http://thebookofeli.warnerbros.com/dvd/ DVD Release Date: June 15th, 2010 Rated 14A for coarse language and brutal violence. Running time: 118 minutes Albert Hughes (dir.) Allen Hughes (dir.) Gary Whitta (screenplay) Atticus Ross (music) Leopold Ross (music) Claudia Sarne (music) Denzel Washington as Eli Gary Oldman as Carnegie… Read More DVD Review: The Book of Eli

Youth in Revolt – An Alliance Films Release http://www.youthinrevolt-themovie.com/ DVD Release Date: June 15th, 2010 Rated 14A for sexual content, coarse language, and substance abuse. Running time: 90 minutes   Miguel Arteta (dir.)   Gustin Nash (screenplay) C.D. Payne (novel “Youth in Revolt: the Adventures of Nick Twisp”)   John Swihart (music)   Michael Cera… Read More DVD Review: Youth in Revolt

From the makers of Planet Earth and The Blue Planet: Seas of Life, comes Life – now available (since June 1st) as a Blu-Ray 4-disc box set.   Narrated by Oprah Winfrey, this is an 11-part mini-series, that if you’ve enjoyed the others in the BBC Earth line, you’ll want to add to your collection.… Read More Blu-ray Release: BBC/Discovery Channel series ‘Life’

Today, a day that could be considered frabjous, Disney has released Tim Burton’s most curiouser and curiouser film adaptation of Alice in Wonderland on DVD and Blu-Ray.  We reviewed this strangely wonderful film when it opened in theatres on March 5th, all giving it a most excellent review.  You can read our reviews of the… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Alice in Wonderland

Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing Clint Eastwood in The Man With No Name Trilogy on Blu-Ray.  This definitive 3-disc set includes director Sergio Leone’s classic spaghetti westerns A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966).   Arriving just in time… Read More Blu-ray Release: Clint Eastwood: The Man With No Name Trilogy

Leap Year – A Universal Pictures’ Release http://universalpictures.com/leapyear/ DVD Release Date: May 4th, 2010 Rated PG for violence, language may offend, and mature theme Running time: 101 minutes Anand Tucker (dir.) Deborah Kaplan (writer) Harry Elfont (writer) Randy Edelman (music) Amy Adams as Anna Brady Matthew Goode as Declan Adam Scott as Jeremy John Lithgow… Read More DVD Review: Leap Year

Today, Alliance Films’ released the Nicholas Sparks film Dear John on DVD.  Out of the two adaptations of Sparks’ books this year (The Last Song being the other), I personally liked this one better.  The wonderful performance by Richard Jenkins as a man with Aspergers is worth checking out.  We reviewed the film when it… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Dear John