Reviews

  • Zootopia 2

    BLU-RAY DISC REVIEW: Street Date 3/3/26; Disney; Animated; Box Office $425.8 million; $34.99 DVD, $40.99 Blu-ray, $ UHD BD Steelbook; Rated ‘PG’ for action/violence and rude humor. Voices of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Ke Huy Quan, Fortune Feimster, Andy Samberg, David Strathairn, Idris Elba, Patrick Warburton, Danny Trejo, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Alan … Continue reading “Zootopia 2”

  • Man on the Run

    STREAMING REVIEW: Prime Video; Documentary; Rated ‘R’ for language. Narrated by Paul McCartney. Director Morgan Neville’s new documentary Man on the Run is not just another retrospective of a musical icon; it is an intimate study of a man navigating the wreckage of the biggest breakup in history. Neville, known for his keen ability to … Continue reading “Man on the Run”

  • Song Sung Blue

    BLU-RAY DISC REVIEW: Universal; Drama; Box Office $39.19 million; $27.99 DVD, $35.99 Blu-ray; Rated ‘PG-13’ for thematic material, some strong language, some sexual material and brief drug use. Stars Hugh Jackman, Kate Hudson, Ella Anderson, King Princess, Hudson Hensley, Michael Imperioli, Fisher Stevens, Jim Belushi, Mustafa Shakir. Writer-director Craig Brewer’s Song Sung Blue presents the … Continue reading “Song Sung Blue”

  • Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

    4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY REVIEW: 20th Century; Drama; Box Office $22.64 million; $40.99 Blu-ray; $49.99 UHD BD; Rated ‘PG-13’ for thematic material, some sexuality, strong language, and smoking. Stars Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young, Gaby Hoffman, Marc Maron, David Krumholtz. It was only a matter of time before … Continue reading “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”

  • Now You See Me: Now You Don’t

    4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY REVIEW: Street Date 2/17/26; Lionsgate; Action; Box Office $61.88 million; $29.96 DVD, $39.99 Blu-ray, $42.99 UHD BD; Rated ‘PG-13’ for some strong language, violence and suggestive references. Stars Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Dave Franco, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Justice Smith, Dominic Sessa, Ariana Greenblatt, Rosamund Pike, Morgan Freeman. The third “Now … Continue reading “Now You See Me: Now You Don’t”

  • Network

    4K ULTRA HD BLU-RAY REVIEW: Street Date 2/24/26; Criterion; Comedy; $39.95 Blu-ray, $49.95 UHD BD; Rated ‘R’ Stars Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty, William Prince, Wesley Addy, Beatrice Straight, Marlene Warfield, Arthur Burghardt, Kathy Cronkite. That a film about the state of mid-1970s television would endure decades later as a … Continue reading “Network”

  • Secret Mall Apartment

    BLU-RAY DISC REVIEW: Music Box; Documentary; Box Office $0.85 million; $29.99 DVD, $34.99 Blu-ray; Not rated. The engrossing documentary Secret Mall Apartment depicts an act of quiet rebellion presented as a profound statement of artistic expression. The story involves a group of eight friends in Rhode Island who spent four years setting up a hidden … Continue reading “Secret Mall Apartment”

  • His & Hers

    STREAMING REVIEW: Netflix; Thriller; Rated TV-MA. Stars Tessa Thompson, Jon Bernthal, Pablo Schreiber, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Sunita Mani, Crystal Fox, Marin Ireland, Poppy Liu, Chris Bauer. Netflix’s “His & Hers” is a sharp and engaging limited series (six 45-minute episodes) that retools the traditional small-town murder mystery into a study of domestic wreckage and professional rivalry. … Continue reading “His & Hers”

  • In Waves and War

    STREAMING REVIEW: Netflix; Documentary; Not rated. The men who comprise the Navy SEALs are defined by an elite, almost superhuman physical standard. Yet the documentary In Waves and War — directed by the award-winning team of Jon Shenk and Bonni Cohen — reveals the hidden cost of that excellence. Now streaming on Netflix, the film … Continue reading “In Waves and War”

  • Bad Words

    BLU-RAY DISC REVIEW: Universal; Comedy; $19.98 Blu-ray; Rated ‘R’ for crude and sexual content, language and brief nudity. Stars Jason Bateman, Kathryn Hahn, Rohan Chand, Philip Baker Hall, Ben Falcone, Allison Janney. Blending the zany premise of Billy Madison with the dark wit of Bad Santa, Bad Words is a subversively funny send-up of the … Continue reading “Bad Words”