Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Edge of Darkness

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 117 mins. | Rated R Appearing in his first lead role since 2002’s Signs, Mel Gibson returns to form as a devastated homicide detective determined to avenge the murder of his only daughter, uncovering corporate…

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Blu-ray Review: Death Race 2000

Shout Factory | 1975 | 78 mins. | Rated R Sometimes nicknamed “King of the B-movies” for his output of B-movies (though he himself rejects it), director and film producer Roger Corman has gained both critical and commercial success with…

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Blu-ray Review: Shutter Island

Paramount Pictures | 2010 | 138 min | Rated R As any fan of Martin Scorsese likely knows, the accomplished director is also a lifelong student of the history of film. Watching the first frames of his latest effort, I…

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Blu-ray Review: The Book of Eli

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 118 min. | Rated R As is usually the case with movie apocalypses, the one in The Book of Eli leaves the United States covered in a thick coating of grime, dust and dirt. However,…

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Blu-ray Review: Alice in Wonderland

Disney / Buena Vista | 2010 | 108 min | Rated PG Despite its title, Alice in Wonderland is more of a sequel to the Carroll novels, not a reworking of them. Return to Wonderland, or Alice’s Continuing Adventures in…

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Blu-ray Review: Dear John

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 108 mins. | Rated PG-13 Author Nicholas Sparks has unquestionably cornered the market on angst filled romance cinema. As the lovers in his previous films The Notebook, A Walk to Remember, and Nights In Rodanthe…

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Blu-ray Review: Extraordinary Measures

Sony Pictures | 2010 | 106 mins. | Rated PG If Extraordinary Measures has the look and feel of a made-for-TV movie, the explanation is a rather simple one: it’s the first feature released by the newly constituted CBS Films….

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Blu-ray Review: Preacher’s Kid

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 110 mins. | Rated PG-13 For the most part, Christian cinema has had a difficult time finding success among mainstream audiences. While I’m not exactly sure why, I suspect it’s because often times the filmmakers…

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