Tag: Robert Downey Jr.

Blu-ray Review: Oppenheimer

Filmmaking at its finest, Oppenheimer requires you to have your brain fully activated or you’ll surely miss something. Given its large cast and 180-minute runtime, director Christopher Nolan has given audiences a lot to digest. A major success at the…

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4K UHD Review: Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch) Sherlock Holmes. Equal parts buddy film and adventure, the detective…

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I Am Steve McQueen (Blu-ray)

Called “The King of Cool,” Steve McQueen was a top box-office draw of the 1960’s and 1970’s. His combination of movie star looks, love of action, combative style and his steely-eyed calm stare made women want to be with him…

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Chances Are (Blu-ray)

Director Emile Ardolino spent the better part of two decades working in television. Most notably at PBS, where his profiles of dancers and choreographers for their Dance in America and Live from Lincoln Center series garnered him a total of…

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Blu-ray Review: Due Date

Warner Bros. | 2010 | 95 mins. | R When I heard that director Todd Phillips was reuniting with Zach Galifianakis, I naturally thought the project had the makings of another laugh-till-you-drop comedy. Add Robert Downey Jr., one of the…

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Blu-ray Review: A Scanner Darkly

Warner Bros. | 2006 | 100 mins. | R Note: Warner Brothers released A Scanner Darkly on Blu-ray in 2007. This 2010 reissue appears to be identical to that disc save for the fact that it omits a featurette from…

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Iron Man 2 headed for DVD and Blu-ray

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (July 13, 2010) – The billionaire Super Hero in the iron suit is back in Marvel Studios’ and Paramount Pictures’ thrilling sensation IRON MAN 2, debuting on Blu-ray, DVD, and digital download September 28, 2010.  Packed with fantastic…

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Blu-ray Review: Sherlock Holmes

Warner Bros. | 2009 | 128 mins. | Rated PG-13 Sporting his remarkably convincing English accent for the first time since his Oscar nominated role in Chaplin, Robert Downey, Jr. takes on the lead role in director Guy Ritchie’s (Snatch)…

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