Laura Linney

Mr. Holmes

November 3, 2015 // 0 Comments

Sherlock Holmes is hotter than ever with the boxoffice success of the Robert Downey Jr. blockbusters and the British reimagining on the TV show “Sherlock.” With “Mr. Holmes” we have yet another, very different, approach to the subject matter as [...]

“Mr. Holmes” comes home for one last case

October 22, 2015 // 0 Comments

Lionsgate Home Entertainment and Miramax have revealed details about the upcoming release of Mr. Holmes, bringing the film to Blu-Ray Disc and DVD in November. See the world’s most famous detective as you’ve never seen him before, portrayed by acting [...]

Love Actually

January 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

Universal Home Entertainment has released a new 10th Anniversary Edition of the romantic comedy "Love Actually, " and while I'm typically not much of a viewer of romantic comedies, the release caught my eye. I'm glad it did, because I [...]

Primal Fear

February 20, 2009 // 0 Comments

In 1996 a film appeared featuring a young actor that no one had heard about but that clearly showed that he had the makings of a Hollywood star. The actor was Ed Norton and as expected, he has made quite a splash in the film industry ever since. Martin [...]

The Truman Show

December 12, 2008 // 0 Comments

Peter Weir's film about a young man who's life is highly publicized and dissected before the eyes of a huge TV audience had been the box-office sensation of 1998 and gave rise to what we now call "Reality Television." Little did we [...]

Man Of The Year

March 2, 2007 // 0 Comments

I am not entirely sure what happened to Universal's high definition day-and-date commitment but for some reason Robin Williams' latest film "Man Of The Year" is currently available only on DVD. While this is a bit disappointing I was [...]

The Exorcism Of Emily Rose

December 7, 2005 // 0 Comments

Any film touching upon the possession and exorcism theme has to inevitably measure up and withstand comparison with William Friedkin's horror classic "The Exorcist." While it would have been an easy thing to turn the story of Emily Rose [...]

The Mothman Prophecies

May 29, 2002 // 0 Comments

With ’Arlington Rd.’, director Mark Pellington was able to breathe new life into the paranoia-thriller genre. With his second film, ’The Mothman Prophecies’, he tackles a supernatural-suspense tale, but the results aren’t as promising. [...]

The Truman Show

February 24, 1999 // 0 Comments

Peter Weir’s film about a young man who’s life is highly publicized and dissected before the eyes of a huge TV audience has been the box-office surprise hit of 1998. Although the film gathered a good deal of initial attention through it’s main star [...]