Author: Rebecca Wright

Blu-ray Review: The Cell 2

New Line Cinema | 2009 | 94 mins | Not rated Though advertised as a sequel to the 2000 Jennifer Lopez film The Cell, this direct to video sequel has nothing in common with its namesake. That’s if you don’t…

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DVD Review: Gran Torino

Warner Bros. | 2008 | 117 mins | Rated R Clint Eastwood has reportedly said that 2008’s Gran Torino will mark his last appearance in front of the camera. If that’s the case, his absence as an actor will mark…

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DVD Review: Spring Breakdown

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 84 mins | Rated R In the midst of financial problems, Warner Brothers was forced to close its independent picture wing Warner Independent. Some pictures on its slate found new studio homes, most notably Slumdog…

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Blu-ray Review: Striking Distance

Sony Pictures | 1993 | 102 mins | Rated R In the early 1990’s, Bruce Willis was one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood. Given the major success of the first two Die Hard films he was often cast…

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DVD Review: Nobel Son

20th Century Fox | 2008 | 110 mins. | Rated R The first few minutes of writer/director Randall Miller’s (Marilyn Hotchkiss’ Ballroom Dancing & Charm School, Bottle Shock) Nobel Son, gave me a bit of a headache. The film’s frenzied,…

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Blu-ray Review: Morning Light

Disney / Buena Vista | 2008 | 98 mins Executive produced by Walt’s nephew Roy Disney, Morning Light chronicles a real-life crew training and competing in the 44th Transpacific Yacht Race aboard a TP52 class yacht, Morning Light. I didn’t…

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Blu-ray Review: Miracle

Disney / Buena Vista | 2004 | 135 mins | Rated PG Given the way the world is today, memories of the Soviet Union as a superpower and the Cold War are beginning to fade, in favor of a host…

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