Blu-ray Review: Beauty and the Beast (2017)
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The Girl on the Train (4K UHD)
Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Paula Hawkins, The Girl on the Train offers up a few Hitchcockian inspired twists, but never explores the psychological torment or creates the level of suspense as accomplished in Rare Window, an obvious inspiration. While somewhat of a disappointment (particularly for fans of the book), […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Extended Edition (3D Blu-ray)
Editor’s Notes: Portions of this review also appear in our coverage of the previous Blu-ray release of ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug.’ Picking up where An Unexpected Journey left off, just after their escape from a pack of Orcs, Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman), Gandalf the Grey (Sir Ian McKellen), and a band of dwarves […]
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (Blu-ray)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, the second film in Peter Jackson’s prequel to The Lord of the Rings, is beginning to show the strain of the director’s determination to stretch the adventure into three books. While still enjoyable, Smaug has difficulty maintaining the fantasy for its 161 minute runtime, finding it necessary to resort […]
Blu-ray Review: The Three Musketeers (2011)
The Three Musketeers based on the 1844 Alexandre Dumas novel, has long been a Hollywood favorite. There are over twenty adaptations of the story, including The Three Musketeers starring Douglas Fairbanks, Disney’s The Three Musketeers and The Musketeer, which added Asian fighting to the mix. Now, Paul W. S. Anderson, the man behind Event Horizon, […]