Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-Ray’s

Grudge Match (Blu-ray)

Robert De Niro and Sylvester Stallone starred in two of the greatest boxing films in movie history:  Raging Bull and Rocky. Grudge Match, directed by Peter Segal and credited to three screenwriters, may have intended to recapture the magic of

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Funny Face (Blu-ray)

[Note: Parts of this review have appeared in a write-up concerning a previous DVD release of this film.] The first time I saw Fred Astaire glide across the screen with Ginger Rogers in Swing Time (1936), I was mesmerized. They

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Walking with Dinosaurs (Blu-ray)

A visually stunning film, Walking with Dinosaurs is done in by a paper-thin story and low-brow dialogue. The film is based on a popular 1999 documentary series produced by the BBC and narrated by Kenneth Branagh. Using what would now

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Sabrina (1954) (Blu-ray)

[Note: Parts of this review appeared in an evaluation of a previous DVD release.] Fresh off her success in William Wyler’s Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn joined Humphrey Bogart, William Holden and director Billy Wilder for 1954′s Sabrina. The film was

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No Holds Barred (Blu-ray)

In the mid to late 1980’s, there was no bigger name in professional wresting than Hulk Hogan. His popularity helped spearhead a period of unprecedented growth for the WWE. Hulk Hogan’s small part as Thunderlips in Rocky III had been

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Persona (Criterion Collection) (Blu-ray)

Haunting and complex, Ingmar Bergman’s Persona is perhaps the director’s most unforgiving look at the human condition. Probing the depths of the human psyche with surprising intimacy, the intensity never lets up, leaving the viewer to experience every uncomfortable twist

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Philomena (Blu-ray)

It’s easy to take Judi Dench for granted. In a career that has spanned more than fifty years; she has turned in memorable performance after memorable performance across the stage, film, and television. Playing the title role in Philomena, Dench

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Frozen (Collector’s Edition) (Blu-ray)

Inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Snow Queen,” Frozen is the story of two sisters, princesses, named Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) from the seaside kingdom of Arendelle. Elsa, the elder, was cursed with

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August: Osage County (Blu-ray)

Based on Tracy Letts Pulitzer Prize winning play, August: Osage County is the kind of drama many actors love to do: thick with dialogue, it gives multiple performers a chance to really chew some scenery.  Packed with fighting, crying, drinking,

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Little House on the Prairie: Season One (Blu-ray)

Loosely based on the beloved series of children’s books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie became one of the most popular series in television history, earning 17 Emmy nominations throughout its nine year run. Television producer and

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