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Blu-ray Review: Conclave

A film squarely for adults, Conclave is based on Robert Harris’s 2016 novel of the same name. While many of the films centered on religion have been fodder for the horror and thriller genres, Conclave explores the ancient, secretive process…

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Blu-ray Review: The Company You Keep

Robert Redford’s first movie role since 2005 and his ninth directorial effort, The Company You Keep, based on the novel by Neil Gordon, is a fictionalized account of the radical anti-war movement called the Weather Underground. Old news footage at…

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Blu-ray Review: Jack the Giant Slayer

Another in a growing number of films that seek to offer alternate versions of popular fairy tales, Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer reworks Jack the Giant Killer. As is often the case with these films, our hero has a…

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Blu-ray Review: Burlesque

Sony Pictures | 2010 |119 mins. | PG-13 While 2010’s Burlesque is certainly no Dreamgirls, or Chicago, it’s not Showgirls either. Truthfully, writer/director Steve Antin hasn’t infused this film with one ounce of originality. We’ve all seen the story—poor, small…

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