We Bought A Zoo (2011)

Blu-ray Review: Cameron Crowe's WE BOUGHT A ZOO

"It sounds like it's the worst movie when you pitch it. I usually, say 'It's about a family that buys a zoo!', and just when their eyes begin to glaze over, I say, 'well, it's a Cameron Crowe movie!'" - Matt Damon There are films, the recent release of Chinatown is brought immediate to mind, where the title is sufficiently esoteric as to belie the conceit of the film's plot. There are those that go part way to accounting what we're going to see on screen, say, 2001: A Space Odyssey, or even Black Hole. Then there are those films that the title sums up, for better but much more often for worse, the entirely of the film's scope. We Bought A Zoo takes...

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DVD REVIEW: WE BOUGHT A ZOO

Between the title, the premise, and the trailer, how can you not think &#8220schmaltzy&#8221 when this movie comes up? Well, if you've never heard the word schmaltzy before, I guess&#8230 but I digress. However, is it really just a big, cheesy, sap-fest? Self-proclaimed adventurer Benjamin Mee (Matt Damon) recently lost his wife, and he's trying to get over it along ...

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This Week in Blu-ray: We Bought a Zoo, Chinatown and War Horse

Left, right, left we march out of March and into April with another sizzling edition of This Week in Blu-ray. Alright, so that's not exactly true. Despite finding a number of titles to recommend in this week's release offering, it's not exactly a week that's going to blow your socks off. Which begs the question: why wear socks in the first place if you're constantly reading Film School Rejects? You know that eventually they're just going to be blown off anyway. But not today, as you're about to see. We take a stroll into the world of buying a zoo with Cameron Crowe, we get lost in a great release of Chinatown and we ride the War Horse to yawn-inducing victory. Come along and enjoy the ride. We Bought a Zoo There was a primo opportunity for me to make a &#8216We Must Buy This Blu-ray' joke here, but sadly I'm just not that kind of guy. Our own Jack Giroux love love loved this movie wh (Read More)

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Blu-ray and DVD Picks For April 3 – 9

With tax season upon us, it appears that studios are taking a break on collectors by not offering too much this week. That said, there’s a good Steven Spielberg film, and Roman Polanski‘s Chinatown – which is in the running for the best flick of the 1970's. There’s also Cameron Crowe‘s latest, and a Madonna concert flick are among the notables, check it out… New:War Horse: Though a little hampered by the bio-pic structure of the film, Steven Spielberg’s War Horse is his homage to John Ford, David Lean, and the old school masters who’ve long informed his work. Jeremy Irvine  stars as the boy who owns the horse, which he raises it until it’s drafted for World War I, and then the flick follows the  horse on its journey. It’s schmaltzy – like much of Spielberg’s filmography – but it’s very entertaining and has a great cast.We Bought a Zoo: Cameron Crowe‘s return to cinema after the botche (Read More)

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