Black Swan [Blu-ray]I had been tracking this film’s production since day one. Any film by director Darren Aronofsky is really a treat. Black Swan was really interesting, just a genuinely intelligent genre cerebral work. This film isn't the first to walk the cinematic line between the obscure and the mainstream, the brain and the primitive. The influence of several predecessors looms shadow-like over Black Swan, from Alfred Hitchcock and Roman Polanski, to David Cronenberg and David Lynch and ... continue reading...
DVD Reviews: Black Swan
Book Reviews: Into My Father’s Wake
Into My Father's WakeAuthor: Eric BestEric Best, in the throes of divorce, purchases Feo, a 47 foot steel hulled ketch and sails a solo 5,000 miles into the Pacific, reaching Hawaii and returning home to San Francisco. Within the parameters of the sail, Best hopes to assuage his personal fears, and psychological demons from childhood. He seeks to put his powerful, narcissistic father to rest – and to claim himself as well as his journey into solitude and danger. But he has never even sailed ... continue reading...
DVD Reviews: Tron/Tron Legacy 5-disc set
Tron: Legacy / Tron: The Original Classic (Five-Disc Combo)I may be a wicked geek for movies and video games so much so that they really have almost taken over my life (ask the wife to be). So it really is a wonder that I was never exposed to the film Tron. This bridges the two universes, although I had been turned off by man vs. computer films such as Stay Alive and Brainscan. When this film launched theatrically I had absolutely no desire to see it. To me it looked cheesy and I really am ... continue reading...
Book Reviews: Mothers and Daughters
Mothers and DaughtersAuthor: Rae MeadowsThe inter-generational stories of Violet, her daughter Iris, and her granddaughter Sam reach from the early 1900’s to the present, from the alleys of New York City to the fields and meadows of Wisconsin. A novel about how we know our mothers through our daughters, Meadows story sweeps from the brutal gang streets of poverty strewn New York City’s Fourth Ward and Madame Tang’s opium den to Sam and her new daughter, Ella. Ella’s birth is bittersweet, for ... continue reading...
Upcoming Releases: African Cats
We have had the pleasure of reviewing a couple of DisneyNature's wonderful DVD's aimed at the entire family. While they're beautiful to watch on DVD and Blu-Ray, imagine sitting in a theater and being surrounded by the sounds and sights of these magnificent African Cats?This film tells the true story set against the backdrop of one of the wildest places on Earth of these majestic beasts. “African Cats” captures the real-life love, humor and determination of these kings of the savanna. Narrated ... continue reading...
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