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![]() | 10,000 BC Blu-ray Review posted on Jun 30, '08 Read 91 times | Is this movie worth hunting down for your collection?Only time can teach us what is truth and what is legend. If I were to agree that 10,000 BC was as bad as I had heard it was, what would that make movies like One Missed Call and Meet the Spartans? ... |
![]() | 1408 Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 12, '08 Read 77 times | Should you buy this disc and spend some quality time in room 1408?In and out, nobody gets hurt. It's just a job. When you are exposed to as many movies as regularly as I am, and to such a broad range of movies at that, it's hard not to become... |
![]() | 16 Blocks Blu-ray Review posted on Jun 22, '08 Read 80 times | Is '16 Blocks' worth the journey?I was trying to do a good thing. 16 Blocks, a 2006 action/drama film directed by Richard Donner (Lethal Weapon) and starring Bruce Willis (Tears of the Sun) and rapper Mos Def (Be Kind Rewind), plays out... |
![]() | 30 Days of Night Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 5, '08 Read 16 times | Blood-thirsty vampires invade AmericaÂ’s northernmost town of Barrow, Alaska in David SladeÂ’s "30 Days of Night" (2007). Loads of red paint and top-notch camerawork transform pic into a true horror gem. Its moody tone, however, is w... |
![]() | 40 Year Old Virgin , The Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 24, '08 Read 96 times | Apatow and Carrell strike goldThese days, Judd Apatow is a household name. With a half a dozen successful productions to his credit over the past five years, his brand of comedy has become almost synonymous with screwball over-the-top productions featuri... |
![]() | 7 Seconds Blu-ray Review posted on Aug 4, '08 Read 125 times | Seven seconds with this dud is seven too many.Don't blame the baker when the butcher bakes the bread. What's with all the direct-to-video releases coming to Blu-ray recently? In the span of only two weeks, films like Lost Boys: The Tribe, St... |
![]() | 7th Voyage of Sinbad Blu-ray Review posted on Oct 21, '08 Read 38 times | High adventure graces Blu-ray!Sinbad...dares anything! They sure don't make 'em like they used to. The 7th Voyage of Sinbad is a high adventure film full of spirit, vigor, and then-groundbreaking special effects. What makes this film, and so... |
![]() | 88 Minutes Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 24, '08 Read 64 times | Even Al Pacino can't save this incohesive crime thriller from the jaws of bad cinema.As recently lamented on the Made of Honor review, the mainstream Hollywood filmmaking process is a truly baffling beast. One wonders at the sheer volume of painfull... |
![]() | A Bridge Too Far Blu-ray Review posted on Jul 20, '08 Read 94 times | A Bridge Too Far, released in 1977 is based on the best selling 1974 novel of the same title authored by Cornelius Ryan. It features one of the largest all-star cast ever filmed in cinema history, and one of the largest airdrops outside of war times. Jos... |
![]() | A Chinese Odyssey (Import) Blu-ray Review posted on Oct 28, '08 Read 44 times | Humor, action, and unparallel imagination are the key ingredients in Jeffrey Lau’s two-leg production “A Chinese Odyssey”. Heavily influenced by classic Chinese novel “Journey to the West” pic has inspired cohorts of app... |
![]() | A Christmas Story Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 14, '08 Read 18 times | This Blu-ray edition of 'A Christmas Story' boasts only a new cover over the previous 2006 release. Christmas was on its way! Lovely, beautiful, glorious Christmas around which the entire kid year revolves. If one were to bet a Red Rider BB g... |
![]() | A Christmas Story: Ultimate Collector's Edition Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 6, '08 Read 17 times | Warner's old reliable receives yet another home video release, this one with a "leg up" on the others. Christmas was on its way! Lovely, beautiful, glorious Christmas around which the entire kid year revolves. If one were to bet a Red R... |
![]() | A Midsummer Night's Dream Blu-ray Review posted on Jun 25, '08 Read 123 times | Opus Arte bring yet another fabulous disc to the attention of serious HD aficionados. This time around the ambitious distrib offers a BBC Concert Orchestra and Pacific Northwest Ballet rendition of A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream conducted by Stewart Ker... |
![]() | Aeon Flux Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 3, '08 Read 72 times | Aeon Flux follows a long line of movies based on a video game. It joins Lara Crofts Tomb Raider, Ultraviolet, Aliens, CharlieÂ’s Angels, and less famous but far better, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon as movies that feature a woman, or women in a kic... |
![]() | Afro Samurai Blu-ray Review posted on Aug 26, '08 Read 122 times | An excellent fusion of blaxplotation and samurai action looks great in high definition.At first, something would appear so sensational and all-around silly about a concept like Afro Samurai. A black samurai warrior, bent on revenge. Sporting a huge afro... |
![]() | Alpha Dog Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 4, '08 Read 43 times | Former NÂ’Sync member Justin Timberlake takes part in an ambitious but ultimately far from convincing attempt at recreating the history of legendary fugitive Jesse James Hollywood. Strong profanity and even stronger hip-hop beats are in abundance he... |
![]() | Alps Blu-ray Review posted on Oct 29, '08 Read 40 times | IMAX movies shown in IMAX theaters are a real experience and a treat to boot. They are educational, entertaining, and enthrall the viewer immersing them in images that are just incredible in size and scope. Along with the large picture, you get sound th... |
![]() | Amelie (Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 3, '08 Read 93 times | In 2002 Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain, or simply known in the US as Amelie, did not win in any of the five Oscar categories it was nominated for (Best Foreign Language Film, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, B... |
![]() | American Psycho Blu-ray Review posted on Aug 6, '08 Read 92 times | A disturbing portrait of a mind gone awry.I have all the characteristics of a human being ... but not a single, clear, identifiable emotion except for greed and disgust. American Psycho is a character study of disturbing proportions, delving deep into t... |
![]() | Another Fine Audio-Only BD Appears in the Form of Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition Blu-ray Review posted on Oct 9, '08 Read 55 times | A solid selection of seven Mussorgsky compositions pays off the orchestral dynamics of 7.1 DTS-HD Master Audio.At approximately five minutes, thirty-five seconds into the first track, Night on Bald Mountain, when an attack on the cymbals nearly convinced... |
![]() | Baby Mama Blu-ray Review posted on Sep 2, '08 Read 128 times | Baby Mania on BluTina Fey is quite the hot commodity in Hollywood these days. Building on her pioneering run as “Saturday Night Live’s” first female head writer and her amazing work writing, starring in and creating the hit TV show &... |
![]() | Bach Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 25, '08 Read 26 times | Arguably the greatest composer from the Baroque era Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) composed over 1100 works. His works, particularly in regard to counterpoint, are widely regarded as being amongst the greatest compositions ever written. They are charac... |
![]() | Band of Brothers Blu-ray Review posted on Nov 26, '08 Read 85 times | 'Band of Brothers' arrives on Blu-ray as a must-own package.I did things, I didn't do them for medals, I didn't do them for accolades, I did them because that's what had to be done. "Band of Brothers," an ambitious, gr... |
![]() | Bank Job , The Blu-ray Review posted on Jul 17, '08 Read 98 times | Is the Blu-ray edition of 'The Bank Job' worthy of a spot in your safety deposit box?You know what scares me more? Living and dying with nothing to show for it. Simply stated, The Bank Job is one of the finest movies of the year. It may also be... |
![]() | Baraka Blu-ray Review posted on Oct 18, '08 Read 166 times | 'Baraka' is Blu-ray at its best.The thread that weaves life together. Henry David Thoreau once said, "The world is but a canvas to the imagination." Perhaps he had Baraka in mind when first contemplating this now-famous quote. A fi... |

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