Blu-ray Review: The Circle
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Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
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Noah (Blu-ray)
[AMAZONPRODUCTS asin=”B00JBGWP3Y”]Director Darren Aronofsky, known for his low-budget, artistic offerings such as Requiem for a Dream and The Wrestler took on a big budget adventure of epic proportions to tell the popular Bible story of Noah, about a man, his giant ark and the incredible lengths a family will go to when facing what is […]
Blu-ray Review: My Week With Marilyn
At first glance, My Week with Marilyn might appear to be a salacious behind-the-scenes look at the making of a film that had its share of off camera drama. However, a closer look at the movie reveals an incomplete, yet captivating character study of Marilyn Monroe The story takes place in 1956, when the icon-in-the-making […]
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
The first Harry Potter effort for director Peter Yates, Order of the Phoenix is probably my least favorite of the films. While the ending creates some excitement, getting there is ponderous to say the least, even after cutting the standard 200 pages from J.K. Rowling’s original text.
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (Ultimate Edition)
I’ve come to think of this sixth film in the Harry Potter franchise as the one where the young wizard truly begins to grow up. When we last saw Harry in The Order of the Phoenix, he was engaged in war, suffering a great personal loss that would forever rob him of innocence and compassion […]
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1
Warner Bros. | 2010 | 146 min | PG-13 The decision to divide J.K. Rowling’s seventh novel into two separate films remains a controversial one, but director David Yates and screenwriter Steve Kloves have taken full advantage of the opportunity the opportunity provided, and crafted a character driven drama unlike anything seen in the series […]
DVD Review: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Ultimate Edition)
Warner Bros. | 2002 | 174 mins. | Rated PG Released just a year after Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, 2002’s The Chamber of Secrets finds the young wizard back at home with his Muggle family on summer vacation, locked in his room, anxiously awaiting his return to Hogwarts. Though Harry’s uncle has insisted […]
Blu-ray Review: Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
Warner Bros. | 2009 | 153 mins. | Rated PG I’ve come to think of this sixth film in the Harry Potter franchise as the one where the young wizard truly begins to grow up. When we last saw Harry in The Order of the Phoenix, he was engaged in war, suffering a great personal […]
DVD Review: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Ultimate Edition)
Warner Bros. | 2001 | 159 mins. | Rated PG From the moment J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter novel became one of the biggest sensations the literary world had ever seen, there was no doubt the book would be turned into a film. At the time, many fans feared that that the British toned story […]