CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
Jack the Giant Slayer
Blu-ray Review: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Crushes Entertainment with Spectacle
Submitted by BrianTT on June 18, 2013 - 8:16amCHICAGO – Every element of “Jack the Giant Slayer,” released today on Blu-ray and DVD, feels like a subpar version of something done better in a superior film. There’s the epic scope and final siege of a “Lord of the Rings” film. There’s the reimagined fairy tale not unlike “Alice in Wonderland” or “Oz the Great and Powerful.”
Film Review: ‘Jack the Giant Slayer’ Has Some Fee-Fi-Fo Fun
Submitted by PatrickMcD on March 1, 2013 - 9:02amCHICAGO – The trend of taking ancient fairy tales – “Hanzel and Gretel” and “Snow White,” for example – and converting them into computer generated mega-pictures is peculiar, and glaringly profitable (no “rights” to buy). The latest, “Jack and the Giant Slayer,” has some fun up the beanstalk again.
