Blu-ray Movie Reviews

Movie: 2.5
Picture/Sound: 3.5/4
Extras: 3.5

Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4/4
Extras: 2.5

This is an entertaining portrait of the early life of Gabriel Bonheur Chanel (Audrey Tautou), an orphan who would build a fashion empire. Known to her friends as Coco, she emerges from an orphanage to a mundane job as a seamstress and eventually ends up as a concubine for an eccentric French aristocrat.

I enjoyed the film, but I was particularly taken with the cinematography featuring lush settings, Oscar-nominated costumes, and the beauty of Audrey Tautou. The color saturation is slightly washed out in most scenes (intentionally), but the fine detail is mesmerizing in the 1080p encode.

Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 3.5/4
Extras: 3.5

Movie: 4.5
Picture/Sound: 4/4
Extras: 3.5

Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4.25/4.5
Extras: 3.5

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/goodfellas20.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Based on the novel "Wiseguy, Life in a Mafia Family" by Nicholas Pileggi, <i>GoodFellas</i> follows the life of Henry Hill (Ray Liotta), who started as a gofer for the Mob and advanced through the ranks (although he could never become a "made man" based upon his heritage).