Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Hostage

2005’s Hostage is one of those films that are perfectly enjoyable if you allow yourself to get past the plots implausibility’s. Hostage represents another attempt by Bruce Willis to produce a thriller with the kind of broad appeal exhibited in…

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Blu-ray Review: Something Borrowed

Romantic comedies often referred to as “rom-coms,” have been around almost as long as commercial films themselves. As any fan of the genre knows, a good rom-com should include two primary ingredients: romance and comedy. Unfortunately for 2011’s Something Borrowed,…

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Blu-ray Review: The Battle of Algiers

First released in 1967 against a backdrop of violence in American cities, The Battle of Algiers (Battaglia di Algeri, La) was hailed by the Black Panther Party and other radical leftist groups as a handbook for urban revolution. In 2003,…

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Blu-ray Review: Rounders

“If you can’t spot the sucker in the first half hour at the table, you are the sucker.” With those words, begins the tale of Mike McDermott (Matt Damon), a card shark who plays people as well as he does…

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Blu-ray Review: Wedding Daze

Wedding Daze, the first feature film written and directed by comedian Michael Ian Black, never got a proper theatrical release in America. Instead, Wedding Daze saw a limited release on in some European countries, and was released on DVD in…

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Blu-ray Review: Mars Needs Moms

Nine-year-old Milo (Seth Green’s captured motion, Seth Dusky’s voice) believes he has a tough life. The way he sees it, his dad (Tom Everett Scott) isn’t home enough, and his mother (Joan Cusack) gives him endless chores. Not only does…

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Blu-ray Review: Four Weddings and a Funeral

Upon its release in 1994, director Mike Newell’s Four Weddings and a Funeral became an international hit, earning an Oscar nomination for Best Picture and turning Hugh Grant into a star. A hilarious look at love and friendship, it was…

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