Author Archives: thisguyoverhere
Cast: Khomotso Manyaka, Keaobaka Makanyane and Lerato Mvelase Directed by: Oliver Schmitz Written by: Dennis Foon Genre: Drama Rating: Video: 1/2 Audio: Extras: Value: 1/2 Review: Video: 1/2 Shot in high definition, Life, Above All is perfectly suited for high def treatment. The picture quality here has great fidelity, showing the textures of the homes, the [...]
Cast: Brit Marling, William Mapother Directed by: Mike Cahill Written by: Mike Cahill and Brit Marling Genre: Drama, Science Fiction Rating: Video: 1/2 Audio: Extras: Value: Read more about Another Earth (2011) Review: Video: 1/2 Often times when a film is shot on certain types of digital formats, a high definition presentation highlights the flaws [...]
Cast: Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen Directed by: David Cronenberg Written by: Christopher Hampton Genre: Drama At the beginning of the 20th century theories behind mental illness and psychological disorders were in a drastic state of evolution. Sigmund Freud’s (Mortensen) pioneering philosophy on sexual psychoanalysis gave birth Carl Jung’s (Fassbender) implementation of “talk therapy” [...]
Cast: Kermit the Frog, Walter, Jason Segel, Amy Adams Directed by: James Bobin Written by: Jason Segel Genre: Comedy, Musical As I sat in the dimly lit theater waiting for the seats to fill up, months of anticipation was bubbling up inside of me. I had been excited to see these characters again, laugh at [...]
Cast: Woody Harrelson, Brie Larson, Robin Wright Directed by: Oren Moverman Written by: James Elroy, Oren Moverman Genre: Drama Dave “Date Rape” Brown is a street cop for the Los Angeles Police Department. He has suffered past transgressions that have garnered him a questionable reputation – namely an incident involving the murder an “alleged” serial [...]
Cast: Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson Directed by: Will Gluck Written by: Keith Merryman, Will Gluck, David A. Newman Genre: Comedy, Romance Rating: Video: 1/2 Audio: Extras: 1/2 Value: 1/2 Read more about Friends with Benefits (2011) Review: Video: 1/2 Simply put, the video quality here is perfectly adequate. It is not [...]
Cast: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short Directed by: John Landis Written by: Steve Martin, Lorne Michaels, Randy Newman Genre: Comedy, Western Rating: Video: 1/2 Audio: 1/2 Extras: Value: Review: Video: 1/2 It’s a bit difficult to rate the video presentation here because on the one hand, it’s leaps and bounds above the abysmal excuse [...]
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller Directed by: Alexander Payne Written by: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash Genre: Comedy, Drama Matt King (Clooney) and his family are the fortunate heirs to one of the last areas of undeveloped Hawaiian land. All of Hawaii has their eyes on his family’s decision over whether or [...]
Cast: Nora Gregor, Roland Toutain, Jean Renoir Directed by: Jean Renoir Written by: Jean Renoir Genre: Comedy, Drama Rating: Video: Audio: Extras: Value: Review: Video: Upon first examination, The Rules of the Game seems often time soft, and displays a number of flaws in the print. It’s certainly not the most gorgeous transfer ever presented, [...]
Cast: Jesse Eisenberg, Aziz Ansari, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson Directed by: Ruben Fleisher Written by: Michael Diliberti Genre: Action, Comedy Rating: Video: Audio: Extras: Value: 1/2 Read more about 30 Minutes or Less (2011) Review: Video: Sony delivers us a more than adequate, but not extravagant video transfer that is rich in texture, but low [...]
