Blu-ray Review: Armageddon
Disney / Buena Vista | 1998 | 150 mins. | Rated PG-13 Released in July of 1998, Armageddon became a box office smash. Despite largely negative reviews from critics, filmgoers flocked to theaters, leaving the movie with a gross of $553.7 million worldwide. Directed by Michael Bay, and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer—two men known for […]
Blu-ray Review: Surrogates
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 88 mins. | Rated PG-13 After directing the third film in the Terminator franchise, Jonathan Mostow returns to a story involving humanoid characters with robotic skeletons; Surrogates based on the 2005-06 comic book series of the same name. The comics premise is fascinating: a dark future in which […]
Blu-ray Review: Striking Distance
Sony Pictures | 1993 | 102 mins | Rated R In the early 1990’s, Bruce Willis was one of the biggest action stars in Hollywood. Given the major success of the first two Die Hard films he was often cast in films in that genre. One can only believe that Willis thought his acting skills […]