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Film critics are frequently accused of being elitist snobs who don't know how to have fun at the movies and don't understand what real people want to see. That's a load of bunk. We like purely entertaining...
I don’t know what the folks at Paramount are doing these days. First they wouldn’t screen GI Joe: Rise of Cobra for critics during it’s summer run, now they’ve taken it a step further by not sending out review copies of the DVD/Blu-ray to critics – and why should they? The movie still went on [...]
... journey to the screen feels like a net loss. That’s how I felt, anyway, as I watched the new Blu-ray transfers of Logan’s Run (1976), Heat (1995), and Tony Scott’s remake of The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009). I’ve never understood why Logan’s Run , directed by Michael Anderson and adapted by David Zelag Goodman from the William F. Nolan/George Clayton Johnson novel, isn’t regarded as one of the worst...
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead (Blu-ray)20th Century Fox / 2009 / Unrated Street Date: October 20, 2009List Price: $29.99 () Overall Grade (click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) Skip it Reviewed by Sunday, November 08, 2009 First it was a group of stumbling onto the isolated cabin of deranged cannibals. Then a small group of TV show contestants were caught playing...
Out of all the films which have, and could have, been turned into money-making franchises, for some reason, I find the 'Wrong Turn' series one of the most surprising. Well, that and the Chucky chain, which...
... ok. The Pixar film that I actually love was Ratatouille and Finding Nemo. After catching UP on Blu-ray I have to go along with the crowd. Movie The first 11 minutes of this movie is probably one of the best Romantic movies I’ve seen all year with an ending that rips your heart out and it’s all done without much dialogue. It does a brilliant job of setting up the rest of the movie. Next to Star...
Here is a film that's had a long strange trip from conception and execution to arriving in your hands in the form of this Blu-ray (or DVD). It was on and off the Warner Brothers release schedule a number of times between October of 2007 and early 2009 before this home video release. For the horror fan this has been a troubling time. Consider the steady stream of PG-13 and Saw-inspired fare from The...
In the years prior to the fall of the city's infamous Wall, angels Damiel and Cassiel (Bruno Ganz and Otto Sander) roam the streets of Berlin, invisible to all but young children. They have always walked...
... early sequences, that adults are sure to enjoy as much as any film released this year. Now on Blu-Ray, it is safe to say they are some of the most stunning transfers of the year. Pixar films, being created digitally, look flawless when transferred to Blu-Ray. You may remember that UP was released theatrically in 3-D. The DVD is only being released in the standard format. Don't worry about this....
Bones: Season 4 (Blu-ray)20th Century Fox / 2009 / 1052 Minutes / Unrated Street Date: October 06, 2009List Price: $69.99 () Overall Grade (click linked text below to jump to related section of the review) Worth a Look Reviewed by Nate BossThursday, November 05, 2009 Like automobiles and bad fast food restaurants, police procedural television programs are around every corner, all resembling...
LOGAN'S RUN is now over thirty years old. Released in 1976, the film was recently forced to enter the "Carousel", to experience a rebirth. That rebirth is now the LOGAN'S RUN Blu-Ray. Set in 2274, Michael York plays Logan 5, whose job it is to terminate those that try to flee from society upon nearing their 30th birthday. But when he finds out he is about to turn thirty, he must flee himself,...
Over the summer 'Orphan' became the most controversial movie in the world without anyone having actually, you know, seen it. (Groups have claimed that the movie has an anti-adoption agenda, because as...