Final Trailer: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (2023)

The buzz is building for “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” the live-action film adaptation of the famed role playing franchise. With one week to go before the film’s official release, Paramount Pictures has released one final trailer for the film to help convince people to get out to cinemas to see it. The tone …

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Blu-ray review: “Carrie” (1952)

“Carrie” (1952) Drama Running Time: 106 minutes Written by: Theodore Dreiser, Ruth Goetz and Augustus Goetz Directed by: William Wyler Featuring: Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones and Edward Albert Julie Hurstwood: “Will you give her up?” George Hurstwood: “I'm not like you, Julia. I don't make threats, and I don't make promises.” Julie Hurstwood: “Well, I make them. And I keep them.” William Wyler’s 1952 melodrama Carrie, …

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Blu-ray review: “The Mountain” (1956)

“The Mountain” (1956) Drama Running Time: 105 minutes Written by: Ranald MacDougall based on La neige en deuil by Henri Troyat Directed by: Edward Dmytryk Featuring: Spencer Tracy and Robert Wagner Father Belacchi: “They're getting up a rescue party to climb the mountain.” Zachary Teller: “Why, if everybody's dead?” "The Mountain" is a 1956 drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring Spencer Tracy …

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Blu-ray review: “Hurry Sundown” (1967)

“Hurry Sundown” (1967) Drama Running Time: 146 minutes Written by: Horton Foote and Thomas C. Ryan Based on Hurry Sundown by K.B. Gilden Directed by: Otto Preminger Featuring: Michael Caine, Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Diahann Carroll, Robert Hooks, Faye Dunaway, Burgess Meredith, Robert Reed, George Kennedy, Frank Converse, Loring Smith, Beah Richards, Madeleine Sherwood, Rex Ingram, Steve Sanders, John Mark, Doro Merande, Luke Askew, Donna Danton and Jim Backus Julie Ann Warren: “It wasn't until I was ten …

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Blu-ray review: “Resurrection” (1980)

“Resurrection” (1980) Drama Running Time: 103 minutes Written by: Lewis John Carlino Directed by: Daniel Petrie Featuring: Ellen Burstyn, Sam Shepard, Richard Farnsworth, Roberts Blossom, Clifford David, Pamela Payton-Wright, Jeffrey DeMunn and Eva Le Gallienne Esco Brown: “Go carefully, with peace in your heart, with love in your eyes, and with laughter on your tongue. And if life don't hand you nothing but lemons, you just make …

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Blu-ray review: “About Last Night…” (1986)

“About Last Night…” (1986) Drama Running Time: 113 minutes Written by: Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue Directed by: Edward Zwick Featuring: Rob Lowe, Demi Moore, James Belushi and Elizabeth Perkins Debbie: “Bullshit. You don't know what love is. You've gotten everything you have always wanted and now you're feeling sorry for yourself because there's something you want and you can't have it. But you …

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Blu-ray review: “Real Genius” (1985)

“Real Genius” (1985) Comedy Running Time: 106 minutes Written by: Neal Israel, Pat Proft and PJ Torokvei Directed by: Martha Coolidge Featuring: Val Kilmer, Gabe Jarret, Michelle Meyrink and William Atherton Mitch: “You know, um, something strange happened to me this morning...” Chris Knight: “Was it a dream where you see yourself standing in sort of sun-god robes on a pyramid with a thousand naked women screaming …

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DVD review: “Fresh Fields” (1984 – 1986) 

“Fresh Fields” (1984 - 1986)  Television Twenty seven Episodes Created by: Peter Frazer-Jones Featuring: Julia McKenzie, Anton Rodgers, Ann Beach, Fanny Rowe, Ballard Berkeley, Debby Cumming, Daphne Oxenford, Philip Bird and John Arthur "Fresh Fields" is a British television sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1986, with four series and 26 episodes in total. The show follows the lives of a middle-aged couple, …

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Final Trailer: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (2023)

“Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” (2023) “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” is a live-action film adaptation of the famed board game franchise and opens on March 31st. https://videopress.com/v/HsxP8q2R?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true It follows a group of rogues who steal an artifact as part of a routine job – only to discover that they’ve accidentally delivered doomsday …

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Final Trailer: “Scream VI” (2023)

Final Trailer: "Scream VI" (2023) “Scream VI” opens this Friday and is set shortly after the latest Ghostface killings in last year’s “Scream”. The four survivors – Sam (Melissa Barrera), Tara (Jenna Ortega), Mindy (Jasmin Savoy Brown) and Chad (Mason Gooding) – leave Woodsboro behind and start a fresh chapter in New York City. https://videopress.com/v/754Hbdlj?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Colossal” (2017)

“Colossal” (2016) Action/Thriller/Horror/Science Fiction Running Time: 110 minutes Written and Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo Featuring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, Agam Darshi, and Tim Blake Nelson Gloria: “Keep it cool. These people are looking at us.” Oscar: “She's the monster.” Its been five years since Anne Hathaway received her Oscar for supporting actress  the for musical “Les …

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Television/Streaming review: “The Passage – Episode Four – Whose blood is that?” (2019)

"The Passage – Episode Four - Whose blood is that?" (2019) Ten Episodes Created by: Liz Heldens based on the novels written by Justin Cronin Featuring: Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Saniyya Sidney, Vincent Piazza, Brianne Howey McKinley Belcher III, Jamie McShane, Caroline Chikezie, Emmanuelle Chriqui Fanning: "Don't let it happen to me!" The third episode has arrived of the show based on the excellent adult …

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DVD review: “Anger Management” (2012-2014)

"Anger Management" (2012-2014) Television One hundred Episodes Created by: Bruce Helford Featuring: Charlie Sheen, Selma Blair, Shawnee Smith, Daniela Bobadilla, Noureen DeWulf, Michael Arden, Derek Richardson, Barry Corbin, Brian Austin Green and Laura Bell Bundy Sean: “I don't know what's going on here, but I am totally on Jen's side.” "Anger Management" is a television sitcom that aired from 2012 to 2014. The show stars Charlie Sheen as …

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DVD review: “Britannia III” (2019)

“Britannia III” (2019) Television/Historical Drama Ten Episodes Created by: Jez Butterworth, Tom Butterworth and James Richardson Featuring: Kelly Reilly, David Morrissey, Zoë Wanamaker, Mackenzie Crook, Nikolaj Lie Kaas and Eleanor Worthington Cox “When I look over my shoulder (what happens then?)What do you think I see? (Mm)Some other cat looking over (shadoop, shadoop)Over his shoulder at me” – Season of the Witch, Donovan Released recently …

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Trailer: “The Last of Us: Episode Nine” (2023)

Trailer: “The Last of Us: Episode Nine” (2023) HBO has premiered the trailer for the season finale of “The Last of Us” which airs next Sunday, March 12th at 9pm US-ET. The ninth and final episode adapts the entire Salt Lake City-set ‘Spring’ portion of the game and sees the return of Merle Dandridge as …

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DVD review: “Travelers: Season 1 – 3” (2016 – 2018) 

“Travelers: Season 1 - 3” (2016 - 2018)  Television Thirty Four Episodes Created by: Brad Wright Featuring: Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Reilly Dolman and Patrick Gilmore Grant MacLaren: “I'm Not Gonna Sit Here And Pretend To Know What Makes Us Who We Are. But I Gotta Figure It's More Than Just The Sum Of What We Remember.” Released recently on …

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DVD review: “Alphas: Season One and Two” (2003 – 2005) 

“Alphas: Season One and Two” (2003 - 2005)  Television Twenty Four Episodes Created by: Zak Penn and Michael Karnow Featuring: David Strathairn, Ryan Cartwright, Warren Christie, Azita Ghanizada, Laura Mennell, Malik Yoba and Erin Way Trey Lockerbie: [singing] “Don't take "no" for an answer / 'nd there's no telling where we've been... / 'Cause people don't understand, understand, understand / People don't understand / People like me.” …

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DVD review: “Murder Investigation Team” (2003 – 2005) 

“Murder Investigation Team” (2003 - 2005)  Television Twelve Episodes Created by: Paul Marquess Featuring: Samantha Spiro, Lindsey Coulson, Diane Parish and Michael McKell DC Rosie MacManus: [Looking at a picture of the victim's daughter] “Poor cow! She's got no one now! DI Vivien Friend: She'll get used to it.” Released recently on DVD is the drama “Murder Investigation Team” (2003 - 2005) which …

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DVD review: “Jason King” (1971 – 1972) 

“Jason King” (1971 - 1972)  Television Twenty Six Episodes Created by: Dennis Spooner and Monty Berman Featuring: Peter Wyngarde, Anne Sharp, Ronald Lacey and Dennis Price  Jason King: “Whenever I feel the urge to exercise, I lie down until it passes.” Released recently on DVD is the English drama “Jason King” (1971 - 1972), he was a fictional character who first appeared in …

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Trailer: “The Last of Us: Episode Eight” (2023)

Trailer: “The Last of Us: Episode Eight” (2023) The airing of the seventh episode of HBO’s “The Last of Us” brought with it a mostly faithful adaptation of ‘Left Behind,’ the downloadable extra content for the original game that serves as something of a standalone chapter in the story. Exploring the backstory of Ellie’s character …

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