DVD Verdict: Biographical

Viva Zapata! (Blu-ray)

2013-05-21

Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Quote: "This is two hours of Emiliano Zapata hero worship, and the Socialist message of the revolutionary leader is clearly in tune with both writer and director."

Empire of Silver

2013-05-09

Reviewed by Daryl Loomis
Quote: "With the romance, the war, and the financial issues, Empire of Silver has enough going on for at least another production, so it's too bad that director Christina Yao, in her first feature film, couldn't focus on one or two of these threads."

Liz & Dick

2013-05-08

Reviewed by Tom Becker
Quote: "Did you never listen to Elizabeth Taylor? She did not sound like a three-pack-a-day teenage smoker from the Valley."

Funny Girl (Blu-ray)

2013-05-07

Reviewed by Patrick Naugle
Quote: "It may not be the best of the classic movie musicals, but it is certainly grand entertainment."

The Impossible (Blu-ray)

2013-05-01

Reviewed by Patrick Naugle
Quote: "It's a rare film that is able to make you really care about characters like this."

Hemingway and Gellhorn (Blu-ray)

2013-04-16

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "A pair of interesting performances from its two leads and it looks absolutely fantastic on Blu-ray."

Lincoln (Blu-ray)

2013-04-02

Reviewed by Clark Douglas
Quote: "It could be argued that the film is actually mistitled: it tells us more about the political machine than it does about the President himself."

The Song of Bernadette (Blu-ray)

2013-04-02

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "One of the few interesting films about faith. It's a well-made, well-acted example of what Hollywood could accomplish during war time."

Hitchcock (Blu-ray)

2013-03-25

Reviewed by Gordon Sullivan
Quote: "Some of the bones of the story have a basis in reality, but the meat of this script is as fantastic as anything in Hitch's films."

The Intouchables (Blu-ray)

2013-03-13

Reviewed by David Johnson
Quote: "What we have here is a hilarious, honest, and supremely feel-good story about interesting people, made for interesting people."