Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: Big Wednesday

Inspired by director John Milius’ own experiences surfing in Malibu during the 1960’s, Big Wednesday is a coming-of-age story for the Vietnam War era. Co-written with fellow surfer and journalist Dennis Aaberg, Big Wednesday spans from 1962 to 1974, following

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Blu-ray Review: A Bill of Divorcement (1940)

A remake of the 1932 film of the same name, A Bill of Divorcement directed by John Farrow, stars Maureen O’Hara (McLintock!), Fay Bainter, Adolph Menjou (The Sheik), and Dame Mae Witty, taking over for Katharine Hepburn, Billie Burke, John

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Blu-ray Review: The Favourite

With films like The Lobster, and The Killing of a Sacred Deer, Yorgos Lanthimos has earned a reputation as one of the most exciting and original directors working today. His latest film, The Favourite, only cements that reputation. For those

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4K UHD Review: Green Book

New York City 1962, bouncer Frank “Tony Lip” Vallelonga (Viggo Mortensen, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey), finds himself in need of a job while he waits for the Copacabana to complete renovations. He is asked to with Dr. Don Shirley

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Blu-ray Review: The Group

A depression era soap opera centered on eight female 1933 graduates of Vassar College, The Group is based on Mary McCarthy’s novel of the same name. As economic hardship grips the country, these girls, their families, and friends remain largely

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Blu-ray Review: Youngblood

Released in the winter of 1986, Youngblood has the distinction of being the first R-rated movie I ever saw on my own in a theater. I was only 12 going on 13 at the time, but an older friend worked

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Blu-ray Review: Charly (1968)

Oscar winner Cliff Robertson may be best known to modern audiences as Uncle Ben in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man Trilogy (2002-07). However, his crowning achievement came in 1968, when he won the Best Actor Oscar for playing the title role in

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Blu-ray Review: Female on the Beach

Aging, but holding on to the glamour girl image that had made her a star in the 1920’s, the mid-fifties were an odd time for Joan Crawford (Strait-Jacket) Not quite ready for William Castle, she starred in Female on the

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