Monday, March 25, 2013

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 3/26/13

To barely anybody’s surprise, Daniel Day Lewis won his third Oscar for his powerful portrayal of the 16th President in LINCOLN  (my review h...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Supremely Stupid OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN Falls Short Of Even Being So Bad It's Good

Now playing at nearly every multiplex in Raleigh and the Triangle area: OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN   (Dir. Antoine Fuqua, 2013) It’s DIE HARD at the...
Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Soulless Eye Candy Of Harmony Korine’s SPRING BREAKERS

Opening today in the Triangle area: SPRING BREAKERS   (Dir. Harmony Korine, 2012) If you thought James Franco as Oscar Diggs was too family ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 3/19/13

ZERO DARK THIRTY wasn’t completely shunned by the Academy last month, it won one Oscar (for Best Sound Editing), but Kathryn Bigelow’s thri...

Jacques Audiard's RUST AND BONE Out Today On Blu Ray & DVD

Releasing today on Blu ray and DVD: RUST AND BONE   (Dir. Jacques Audiard, 2012) Jacques Audiard pulls off a distinctly different sense of t...
Friday, March 15, 2013

Journey Plucks Lead Singer From YouTube Obscurity In DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’

This new documentary, rockumentary if you will, as Marty DiBergi would say, is now playing in selected cities across the country: DON’T STOP...
Tuesday, March 12, 2013

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 3/12/13

This week, the biggest new release on Blu ray/DVD is Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI , fresh from winning four Oscars, and it’s available in a 3 disc B...

A Farewell Tribute To Pepper's Pizza With A SLICE TO DIE FOR

Last week, Pepper’s Pizza in Chapel Hill served its last slice. This makes me sad because for over 25 years - 20 years at 128 E. Franklin S...
Thursday, March 7, 2013

OZ: Not A Bomb But No Magical Masterpiece Either

Opening today at nearly every multiplex in the Triangle area: OZ THE GREAT AND POWERFUL   (Dir. Sam Raimi, 2013) At one point in this movie,...

10 Classic Albums That Only Exist In The Movies

It's time for another random list! This one focuses on the fictitious output by fictitious musicians in the movies. Sometimes you don...
Monday, March 4, 2013

New Releases On Blu Ray & DVD: 3/5/13

The big new releases on Blu ray and DVD deal with video games and Nazis: WRECK-IT RALPH and the 20th Anniversary Limited Edition of SCHINDL...
Friday, March 1, 2013

Warning: The Sordidly Unfunny 21 AND OVER Opens Today

Opening today at nearly every multiplex in the Triangle area:  21 AND OVER   (Dirs. Jon Lucas & Scott Moore, 2013) After writing a strin...