In what appears to be a trend, classic Disney movies are making a comeback, but this time in the flesh. Last year it was Maleficent, the story of Sleeping Beauty, and now in 2015, we have Cinderella. What’s interesting about these stories being transformed from animation to real life is in the tactful use of […]
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Fury Review
Fury is a war movie that suffers from being in a competitive genre in which there are far more engaging and inspiring competitors. Fury is a below average war movie. The acting is poor, the story is uninspiring, and the message is virtually non-existent. Certainly if you look at the marketing materials, Fury appears to […]
American Sniper Review
American Sniper is essentially the life story of Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle. Don’t be misled, American Sniper, is not an action film. Indeed there are action sequences, but acting and drama plays a bigger part of the movie. American Sniper sits somewhere between good and average. It’s not a stellar action military style movie […]
THE WAR Review – Ken Burns WW2 Documentary
The War is a PBS documentary on World War 2 and is directed by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. This is an encompassing look at the second world war from an American perspective. How ecompassing? The blu ray collection is six discs and runs about 15 hours, not including the extras. It’s not just battle […]