Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: The Nutcracker and the Four Realms

Originally released in theaters last November, those behind Disney’s The Nutcracker and the Four Realms clearly hoped to be destination viewing for the many of us who count a viewing of Tchaikovsky’s ballet as tradition. Based on the original short

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Blu-ray Review: Johnny English Strikes Again

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Blu-ray Review: Notorious (Criterion Collection)

[amazon_link asins=’B07JVF7M7M’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’7834fec7-a8bb-4a6e-9d09-ecd7256263f7′]Directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, Notorious is not only one of the most stylish films ever made but is one of the greatest suspense yarns ever committed to celluloid. Buoyed by a great cast,

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Blu-ray Review: Studio 54 – The Documentary

[amazon_link asins=’B07KM16SG6′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’54d9aaaa-0ed3-11e9-aed6-1fde55ef42e9′]Opening on April 26, 1977 Studio 54 became an immediate sensation. Driven by the youthful exuberance of co-owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager, the Manhattan nightclub quickly became the place to be. Once home to

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Blu-ray Review: The Jerk

[amazon_link asins=’B07G2CTJ25′ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’289f3b4f-0a0c-11e9-8ff5-175cc05e27af’]Steve Martin (Steve Martin: The Television Stuff) made his major feature film debut in The Jerk as Navin R. Johnson, a role he was born to play. A co-writer of the screenplay with Carl Gottlieb

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Blu-ray Review: The Nun

[amazon_link asins=’B07GVXDHSZ’ template=’ProductAd’ store=’moviegazett03-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’ecd3c8be-0a04-11e9-8827-31d6a52f0cba’]A prequel to The Conjuring films, The Nun ends right before The Conjuring begins, making it also work as a stand-alone film. Set in 1952 in a small Romanian town, a delivery man finds a

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Blu-ray Review: Brewster McCloud

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Blu-ray Review: Some Like It Hot (Criterion Collection)

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