Category: Blu-Ray’s

Blu-ray Review: The Guilt Trip

I’ll say this right up front: The Guilt Trip is not a typical Seth Rogen comedy. For those expecting a stoner comedy, forget it. This film is all about Barbra Streisand; as such it might be the perfect opportunity to…

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Blu-ray Review: Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie

Cheech & Chong’s Animated Movie reunites the legendary comedy duo for their first film in nearly thirty years. Unfortunately, anyone familiar with their material may be disappointed, as Animated Movie doesn’t really offer up anything that can be considered new…

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3D Blu-ray Review: A Monster in Paris

For those who follow the world of animation, the name Bibo Bergeron is likely quickly recognizable. Having worked on numerous animated features, and directed The Road to El Dorado and Shark Tale, Bergeron returned to his European roots to helm…

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Blu-ray Review: Strictly Ballroom

With Baz Luhrmann’s latest film, a remake of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby scheduled to hit U.S. theaters on May 10, 2013, it’s fitting that Lionsgate would release Luhrmann’s first film, 1992’s Strictly Ballroom on Blu-ray. If asked to…

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Blu-ray Review: Gangster Squad

Loosely based on true events, Gangster Squad is the story of a group of rag tag police officers brought together in 1949 Los Angeles, in a desperate attempt to bring down the ruthless gangster Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn). Seeped in…

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Blu-ray Review: Naked Lunch (Criterion Collection)

Long thought to be impossible to film, David Cronenberg’s interpretation of the William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch is undoubtedly a peculiar movie. However, given Cronenberg’s apparent enjoyment of the grotesque—this is the guy who made The Fly, and Dead Ringers—he…

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Blu-ray Review: One Life

When I was growing up, save for the occasional Disney release, nature documentaries were relegated to PBS. In the last several years, with the arrival of IMAX, seeing a nature documentary on the big screen has become an immersive and…

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