Blu-ray Review: In the Heart of the Sea

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Visually, the film has moments that are really impressive. While a few of the scenes — the dolphins alongside the whaling boats, Nantucket in the distance of Chase’s home — fall randomly flat with their CGI, the work done on the white whale is first rate. Seeing it dive beneath the boat and turn it into kindling looks excellent, as do its other appearances. The sense of scale between all the whales and the boats really drives home how dangerous this profession was.

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Blu-ray Review: Creed

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Set roughly 40 years after the original Rocky, Creed introduces us to Adonis Johnson (Jordan), who is taken from a youth facility as a teenager by Mary Anne, the widow of Apollo Creed. It turns out Adonis is Apollo’s son from an extramarital affair, and his mother was pregnant with him when Apollo was killed in the ring by Ivan Drago.

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Blu-ray Review: The 33

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Quite frankly, the fact that these men survived under the circumstances is amazing, and it’s cool that the film brings their struggle to light. Even if some of them seem artificial, there are a lot of emotionally charged moments that may have you blinking away tears. As trite as it is to say, The 33 has an unbelievable and inspiring story to tell about the human spirit. On that front, it largely succeeds.

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Blu-ray Review: Black Mass

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Depp is legitimately menacing in his portrayal of Bulger, highlighted by a pair of uncomfortably intense scenes — one opposite Connolly’s wife, Marianne (Julianne Nicholson), and another while intimidating FBI Agent John Morris (David Harbour) over barbecue. It’s a far cry from his relatively benign portrayal of John Dillinger in Public Enemies and reaffirms his ability to play a serious role.

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Blu-ray Review: Our Brand is Crisis

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Bullock is a wise choice for a film that tries to appeal to multiple genres at once. Her portrayal of the cynical Calamity Jane is often played for laughs, but there’s always a grim weight hanging on her that manifests itself throughout. While her eventual character arc isn’t as believable as the moment-to-moment acting, Bullock does her best to bring Jane’s personality to life.

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Blu-ray Review: Hitman: Agent 47

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Despite not being in the spirit of the game’s stealth-heavy roots, Agent 47 is at its best when 47 and, to a lesser extent, Smith are going balls out trying to put one another in the ground. The hand-to-hand combat is enjoyable, but the “gun-fu” is the film’s high point. While it’s not as raw as John Wick or as stylized as Kingsman, the smoothness with which one headshot flows into the next has an almost hypnotic quality to it.

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Blu-ray Review: The Intern

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While we haven’t been the biggest fans of De Niro’s work since probably Ronin, he’s undeniably likable as the retired guy that still has something to offer. He portrays the kind of mentor many of us probably would’ve loved to have at some point during our professional lives. He’s composed and funny, creating a kind of warmth that the other characters gravitate toward. Maybe it’s a little overstated for such a light-hearted film, but this is my favourite De Niro appearance since Stardust.

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