Blu-ray Review: Belle Époque
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Blu-ray Review: Pirates of the Caribbean – On Stranger Tides
The Pirates of the Caribbean franchise has been incredibly lucrative. The latest installment, On Stranger Tides, the fourth in the series, grossed $1,039,571,802 in worldwide box office. Regardless, the film seems lazy, as if this is a franchise in which the creative juices have run dry. Lacking the creativity, spicy wit, and visual structure that […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides will set sail on DVD, stunning high definition Blu-ray™ and Blu-ray 3D™ on October 18th
BURBANK, Calif., July 14, 2011 — The Walt Disney Studios and Jerry Bruckheimer Films are proud to present the #1 worldwide box office success of 2011 – making over $1 billion globally – Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, in stunning high definition Blu-ray™, eye popping Blu-ray 3D™ (a first for the legendary franchise) […]
Blu-ray Review: Nine
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 119 mins. | Rated PG-13 An adaptation of the Maury Yeston-Arthur Kopit Tony winning stage musical, Nine seemed like a sure-fire hit. Directed by Rob Marshall, who steered Chicago to a Best Picture Oscar in 2002;. Packed with kinetic choreography (by Marshall himself), melodic songs, and a substantive story based […]
Blu-ray Review: Broken Embraces
Sony Pictures | 2009 | 127 mins. | Rated R Director Pedro Almodóvar has clearly found his muse in Penélope Cruz; after working together in Live Flesh, All About My Mother and Volver, the two teamed up again for Broken Embraces. A film within a film that moves back and forth between past and present […]
Blu-ray Review: G-Force
Disney / Buena Vista | 2009 | 88 mins. | Rated PG Back in the 1980’s and early 1990’s when the production team of Bruckheimer/Simpson were flying high with testosterone filled box office hits like Flashdance, Beverly Hills Cop and Top Gun, a kid friendly movie involving animals didn’t seem like it would have a […]