Nathaniel Stevens

Wow, has it been 25 years? I thought I was feeling old after reviewing the Grosse Point Blank 15th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray. I remember seeing Spaceballs in a North Carolina theater in 1987 that only had two films at a time (yes, those existed). I remember laughing my ass off every minute of the film. I can still do that with this release Blu-ray release. Can we talk?

John Cusack was on a roll with the dark comedies towards the end of the 90s with movies like Pushing Tin and Grosse Point Blank. When 2000 hit he continued the trend with High Fidelity. This movie seems a bit more personal, and far more dark than comedy. Don't get me wrong, Jack Black and a hippie Tim Robbins certainly made some laughs, but there's nothing about failed relationships and needing to...[Read More]

Can you change a tire? Sing the blues? Deal with a very gruff Thor? Elizabeth Shue can do such things, and did such in 1987's Adventures in Babysitting, which is headed to Blu-ray.  Come see if she survived the HD transition.

You know, when this first hit the theaters I simply couldn't wrap my head around why the hell anyone would want to see this.  Just look at it! It yells 'dumb'. There in lies the genius of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. It's dumb, but in the most opposite of ways.I shall explain.

There's something to be said about a comedy involving hitmen and a 10-year high school reunion. That sounds like the beginning of Godfather Part IV, if you ask me. Thankfully, no one asked me and what came out of that sentence was a dark comedy starring John Cusack as a faltering hitman in Grosse Point Blank.

Unlike Battleship, the movie Clue does a fine job with taking the basic formula of a board game, translating it successfully to film,  and putting together a charming mystery with an even more charming cast to support it.  So, you can understand why I was excited to hear that Paramount was finally bringing this great movie to Blu-ray. It certainly deserves the HD treatment. So, without further del...[Read More]