Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: Stoker

Park Chan-wook is one of the most popular directors’s in his native Korea and a cult figure here in America largely due to 2004’s Oldboy, fans have been anxiously awaiting his English-language debut. Though it took longer than some would…

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Blu-ray Review: Phantom (2013)

Based on true events, when a Russian submarine seemed to go rogue during the Cold War in 1968, nearly creating a major international nuclear incident, Phantom is a mediocre thriller helped by a surprisingly strong cast. Ed Harris plays Demi,…

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Blu-ray Review: Shoah (Criterion Collection)

World War II is the most visually documented event in world history; there are countless hours of ships on patrol, planes in combat, and squadrons on the battlefield. However, the one thing that’s nowhere to be found is a visual…

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Blu-ray Review: The Kentucky Fried Movie

Produced and written by David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker (ZAZ) The Kentucky Fried Movie plays out like an R-rated version of Saturday Night Live. Made up of a series of sketches, some will entertain you, some may miss…

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Blu-ray Review: Retreat, Hell!

In a thirty year career, Joseph H. Lewis made a name for himself directing low-budget action pictures, westerns, and thrillers. Most highly regarded for his work on film noir, Lewis’ most appreciated film is Gun Crazy (1946), a story about…

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