The Place Beyond The Pines Movie Review – Just Seen It
March 27th, 2013 by David Freedman
We review the new drama, “The Place Beyond The Pines” WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays at 6PM or pbssocal.org/justseenit
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Crazy, Stupid, ‘Gangster Squad’ (Movie Review)
January 10th, 2013 by Aaron Neuwirth
Gangster Squad is the R-rated, spiritual successor to Dick Tracy that nobody wanted. The film is a stylish exercise in action sequences, featuring a bunch of good actors that have decided not to do much acting, aside from Sean Penn, who attempts to devour every scene he is in and hopes to stop short of […]
Gangster Squad Movie Reivew – Just Seen It
January 4th, 2013 by David Freedman
Liz, Sean and Salim do a quick review if this new crime drama with an all-star cast based on the novel Starring Liz Manashil, Sean Wright and Salim Lemelle. Directed by Jude Law. Synopsis: Mobster Mickey Cohen runs the crime syndicate in 1940’s Los Angeles. So two police sergeants decide he must be stopped. Together […]
Gerard’s Top 10 Bad Ass Blu-rays of 2012
December 21st, 2012 by Gerard Iribe
It’s that not-so-dreaded time of the year where I unleash my Top 10 Blu-rays of 2012. This year I thought I’d go against the grain the best that I could and just limit myself on picking Blu-rays that actually made a statement in terms of video, audio, and special features, instead of films that were […]
Brian White’s Top 10 Most Righteous Blu-rays of 2012
December 7th, 2012 by Brian White
While this was a huge year for long-awaited, big catalog title Blu-ray releases such as Finding Nemo, E.T., Jaws, Titanic, Chinatown and Indiana Jones, we also saw monstrous box sets take the High-Definition world by storm like Bond: 50, the Universal Monster collection, Hitchcock and more! And yes, finally…we got all caught up with all […]
The Ides of March (Blu-ray Review)
January 25th, 2012 by Sean Ferguson
Ambition seduces and power corrupts in this look at politics from Academy Award nominated director George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck). Idealistic campaign worker Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) has sworn to give all for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), a wild card presidential candidate whose groundbreaking ideas could change the political landscape. However, a brutal Ohio […]
Drive (Blu-ray Review)
January 17th, 2012 by Brian White
Every once in awhile, a film comes around that’s so hard to classify and/or nail down to a specific genre. One can argue that 2011’s Drive just might be one of these movies. Is it a mainstream picture? Is it art house? Is it an independent film? Is it film noir? Is it a thriller? […]
Gregg’s Top 10 Cinema Films of 2011 (and some duds too)
December 28th, 2011 by Gregg Senko
I was kind of worried throughout the first half of the year that it wasn’t going to be a pleasant 2011 as far as theater viewings went. There were more than a few flops at the cinema by the time June came to a close with a sparse picking of films that had some ‘wow’ factor. […]
Aaron’s Top 10 Films of 2011 & Other Yearly Wrap-Up Stuff
December 27th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
To me, 2011 was a pretty unusual year. I say that because I found there to be an unusual amount of great films that came out in both the realm of mainstream feature films and the realm of art house and independent features. This year, like any year, had its share of duds as well, […]
Gerard’s Top 10 FILMS of 2011
December 23rd, 2011 by Gerard Iribe
As promised, here is my Top 10 FILM list for 2011. I actually had to scramble in compiling this list, because there was one movie that I needed to see before my deadline and I was confident that it would go on my list. Did it, though? That’s what you’re going to have to read […]
Brian’s Unquestionable TOP 10 Films of 2011
December 22nd, 2011 by Brian White
It’s that time again. Another year has flown by and I’m still proverbially in the same place and physically in the same chair as I was last year. My how things don’t always change like you want them to, but that’s the beauty of looking forward to next year and all the endless possibilities dreams, […]
The Ides of March Comes out on Blu-ray January 17!
December 12th, 2011 by Sean Ferguson
Ambition seduces and power corrupts in a nerve-wracking thriller from Academy Award nominated director George Clooney (Good Night, and Good Luck). Idealistic campaign worker Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling) has sworn to give all for Governor Mike Morris (Clooney), a wild card presidential candidate whose groundbreaking ideas could change the political landscape. However, a brutal Ohio primary […]
Make a Quick Getaway with DRIVE on Blu-ray This January!
November 30th, 2011 by Blu-ray Brian
I think it’s pretty safe to say that Drive is a 2011 staff favorite film of many here at Why So Blu. And why would’t it be? The movie kicked a$$! So without further ado, I am happy to announce that Drive will be debuting on the glorious Blu-ray format next January 31st. Drive‘s all-star […]
Don’t Beware, But Instead Welcome “The Ides Of March”
October 9th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
In reviewing a film that would be described as a political thriller, the question of how that person leans versus how the film is deciding to lean can easily come up. This is the same as associating any personal view towards a film, come time for its evaluation. Being subjective while holding back personal views […]
Buckle Up And ‘Drive’
September 16th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
Seeing the pieces fall together in a film all so perfectly is a beautiful thing. The right combinations can sometimes still make for chaos, but at other times work in perfect rhythms. Drive presents this very positive latter angle. Taking a standard crime-story and turning into a piece of neo-noir art makes for a great […]
‘Drive’….To The Movies!
September 15th, 2011 by Kellen Boyle
Drive, starring Ryan Gosling, based off of the book written byJames Sallis, is a movie that’s hard to throw into a genre. It’s about a Hollywood stunt driver who works part time as a mechanic and a wheelman for the criminal underworld, until a failed heist means he has to kill everyone…you know, that old […]
Aaron’s Most Anticipated Films For Fall 2011
September 14th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
So now that we have left the summer movie season behind (a recap featuring the Why So Blu crew’s top picks can be found HERE), it is time to get into the big fall releases. There are a lot of great looking releases on their way, including both “prestige” level films as well as those […]
See A Bunch of Stars Fall In ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’
July 28th, 2011 by Aaron Neuwirth
With several weeks’ worth of action films out of the way, it is now time to step back into the realm of romantic entanglements involving a lot of attractive people dealing with the complications of maintaining relationships. Crazy, Stupid, Love benefits from having a lot of very good actors dealing with mostly solid material, while […]
