Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Knight and Day

20th Century Fox | 2010 | 109 mins. | PG-13 On the face of it, Knight and Day should have been box office gold. Tom Cruise and Cameron Diaz starring in a comic caper/thriller sprinkled with romance. Unfortunately, director James…

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Blu-ray Review: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

Disney/Buena Vista | 2010 | 109 mins. | PG Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is one prolific guy. It seems like everywhere you look these days, he’s got a new movie or television series ready to hit the screen.  Bruckheimer’s latest theatrical…

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Blu-ray Review: The Search for Santa Paws

Disney | 2010 | 88 mins. | G For the most part, critics don’t like them, but the “Buddies” films featuring a liter of adorable, talking golden labs have become the most popular live-action direct-to-DVD franchise ever. The puppies have…

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Blu-ray Review: Dio – Holy Diver Live

Eagle Rock Entertainment | 2006 | 125 mins. | NR Largely regarded as the most powerful singer in heavy metal, Ronnie James Dio was an inspiration for countless singers and musicians around the world. A former vocalist of Elf, Black…

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Blu-ray Review: The Hangover (Extreme Edition)

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 108 mins. | NR While I’ve always felt director/producer and screenwriter Todd Phillips was a talented guy—his documentaries Frat House and Bittersweet Motel are both high quality stuff—I never completely warmed to the fraternity style…

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Blu-ray Review: Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 98 min | PG Published in 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is one of the most adapted novellas in literary history. Filmed numerous times for film and television, adapted for the stage…

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Blu-ray Review: Ocean’s 11

Warner Bros. | 1960 | 127 mins. | NR The 1960’s version of the Rat Pack is the stuff of legend—Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Joey Bishop, and Peter Lawford became the epitome of cool. On the 50th…

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