Articles by Allan Tong

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Ben Stiller

PUBLISHED Dec 23, 2013

Walter Mitty has been a part of pop culture since James Thurber published his brilliant short story in 1939. Mitty is a meek, anonymous of...

The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season [Blu-Ray]

PUBLISHED Dec 15, 2013

By the sixteenth season of TV's greatest animated series — which aired in 2004/2005 — The Simpsons were in middle age, which me...

Schindler's List [Blu-Ray]

Steven Spielberg

PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2013

The 20th anniversary edition of Steven Spielberg's landmark drama about the Holocaust is a disappointment. Consisting of a Blu-Ray disc, th...

Cabaret [Blu-Ray]

Bob Fosse

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

This musical landmark from 1972 reaches Blu-Ray, bursting with bonus features lifted from the DVD, but adding a new audio commentary and do...

A Star Is Born [Blu-Ray]

Frank Pierson

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

The third incarnation of this showbiz melodrama was a 1976 vehicle for Barbra Streisand, who doubled as executive producer. The first two v...

Bagdad Cafe

Percy Adlon

PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2013

Bagdad Cafe is one of those films that just won't go away. Released in 1987, it flew under the radar initially, but gradually attracted a d...

To Rome with Love [Blu-Ray]

Woody Allen

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2013

Woody Allen returns to Europe after the success of Midnight in Paris, this time interweaving several romantic/comedic tales set in the love...

Officer Down [Blu-Ray]

Brian A. Miller

PUBLISHED Jan 28, 2013

Officer Down is a cop thriller that has straight-to-video written all over it. The script is a string of clichés: a cop with a crooked past...