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Eastwood and Hanks Pilot ‘Sully’ to Great Heights

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|September 8, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Walking into a movie directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Tom Hanks, it’s only natural for expectations to be high. Luckily, Warner Bros.’ biographical drama “Sully” doesn’t disappoint. Based on the untold story behind 2009’s “Miracle on the Hudson,” when US [...]

‘All the Way,’ ‘Peanuts,’ ‘South Park,’ More on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|September 4, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “The Ones Below” surfaces Tuesday Sept. 6 on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD. Written and directed by David Farr (“The Night Manager”), the psychological thriller, from Magnolia Home Entertainment under the Magnet Label, features performances from Clémence Poésy (“ [...]

Disney’s ‘The Jungle Book’ Swings On To Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Heather Turk|August 29, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Rudyard Kipling’s “The Jungle Book” might be a literary classic, but many would say that Walt Disney Productions’ 1967 animated film of the same name is the definitive version of the coming-of-age tale of a man-cub raised in the jungle by a family of wolves. Tha [...]

‘Commitments,’ ’19-2,’ ‘Shameless,’ More on Home Video … (plus a giveaway!)

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|August 29, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features To celebrate the 25th year since its theatrical release, “The Commitments” is available on Blu-ray in a special anniversary edition Tuesday Aug. 30, from RLJ Entertainment. Based on a book by Roddy Doyle (“The Van”), the screenplay was co-written by Doyle, in c [...]

‘The Nice Guys’ Roll On To Home Video

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News Reviews By Heather Turk|August 24, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features While at first glance this year’s “The Nice Guys” and 2015’s private-eye caper “Inherent Vice” might have some similarities (both are Warner Bros. films, both stories take place in Los Angeles in the 1970s, both follow down-on-their-luck private investigat [...]

‘Huntsman,’ ‘Scandal,’ ‘Dark Horse,’ More on Home Entertainment … (plus a ‘Scandal’ giveaway!)

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews News By Angela Dawson|August 22, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features Discover the story that came before “Snow White” in “The Huntsman: Winter’s War,” available on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand Tuesday Aug. 23, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. The Blu-ray and DVD include the original theatrical version plus [...]

‘War Dogs’ Isn’t A Bomb, But It’s Far From A Blast

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|August 18, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic Todd Phillips may be best known for wacky comedies (“The Hangover” trilogy, “Old School,” “Road Trip”), but the writer-director gets a little more serious with his latest big-screen effort, “War Dogs.” Based on a true story, the film follows two chil [...]

‘Musicals,’ ‘Girlfriend Experience,’ ‘Line of Duty,’ More on Home Entertainment

Blu-Ray / DVD Reviews DVD Features News By Angela Dawson|August 8, 2016 |0

By ANGELA DAWSON Front Row Features “The Golden Age of Musicals” featuring 17 classic films from the genre’s peak era and spanning from 1937 to 1957, is available in a five-disc DVD collector’s set starting Tuesday Aug. 9 from Film Chest Media Group. In the Golden Age of cinema the emergence of s [...]

Faulty ‘Suicide Squad’ Still Fun Until The Final Act

Film Reviews Reviews By Heather Turk|August 5, 2016 |0

By HEATHER TURK Front Row Features Film Critic One of the year’s most highly anticipated films, Warner Bros.’ “Suicide Squad” is finally in theaters. Picking up after the downright dreadful “Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,” writer-director David Ayer’s (“Fury”) DC Comics adaptation follows a [...]

Dead on Arrival ‘Suicide Squad’: Another DC Comics Dud

Film Reviews Reviews By James Dawson|August 3, 2016 |0

By JAMES DAWSON Front Row Features Film Critic It’s not just bad. It’s “Howard the Duck” bad, an embarrassingly overbaked abomination that’s what the enjoyably irreverent farce “Deadpool” may have been like if that movie had done absolutely everything wrong. It’s also at least four-in-a-row bad f [...]