Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: Race to Witch Mountain

Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 98 mins | Rated PG Given Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s popularity as a wrestler and his subsequent success in action films like The Mummy Returns and The Scorpion King, it would have made…

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Blu-ray Review: A River Runs Through It

Sony Pictures | 1992 | 124 mins | Rated PG Directed by Robert Redford (Ordinary People, Quiz Show), A River Runs Through It is a largely faithful telling of the 1976 novella by Norman Maclean. Known for his keen sense…

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DVD Review: Charles Mingus – Epitaph

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2009 | 131 mins. | Not Rated Few would argue that Charles Mingus is one of the most important and influential jazz musicians and composers of our time. Dozens of musicians played in his bands and…

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DVD Review: Peanuts – 1960’s Collection

Charles M. Schultz beloved comic strip Peanuts, debuted on October2, 1950 and new strips ran until February 13, 2000 (the day after Schulz’s death). At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in…

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DVD Review: Wild Pacific

BBC | 2009 | 353 mins | Not rated A while back, I had the pleasure of watching the colossal Planet Earth: The Complete Collection. Its sets like those that make the life of a DVD reviewer sometimes feel like…

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