Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: John Adams

HBO | 2008 | 560 mins | Not rated I reviewed John Adams when it came out on DVD last year and now I’ve had the opportunity to look at the upcoming Blu-ray release that will hit store on June…

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Blu-ray Review: Valkyrie

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | 2008 | 121 mins | Rated PG-13 Valkyrie, which details the July 20, 1944 plot by German army officers to assassinate Adolph Hitler, created a firestorm of controversy long before the film hit screens American screens on December…

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Blu-ray Review: Indecent Proposal

Paramount Pictures | 1993 | 117 mins | Rated R The early nineties seemed to be the golden age of the erotic thriller. Among them, were Paul Verhoeven’s box office smash Basic Instinct, Louis Malle’s Damage, the forgettable Sliver and…

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Blu-ray Review: Fatal Attraction

Paramount Pictures | 1987 | 119 mins | Rated R Few directors have made a commercially successful career out of the erotic thriller. Fewer still have got critical raves for their work along the way. English director/screenwriter/producer Adrian Lyne is…

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Blu-ray Review: Glory

Rarely do I make such statements but Glory is one of those films that every film student should have in their personal collection. If you have a Blu-ray player, Sony’s recent release is a must have. There’s no question that…

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Blu-ray Review: Friday the 13th, Part 2

Friday the 13th: Part 2 scares up Blu-ray! Buoyed by the success of Friday the 13th, Paramount wanted a sequel and wanted it fast. Friday the 13th, Part 2 hit theaters in May of 1981, less than a year after…

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Blu-ray Review: Defiance

Director Edward Zwick seems to enjoy making films featuring difficult moral issues and plots driven on the ambiguity of authority and on individual conscience as the ultimate arbiter of truth. It was during the success of Thirtysomething, a television series…

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