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Jason Bourne (4K UHD)

With Matt Damon back in the title role, Jason Bourne wisely ignores the events of The Bourne Legacy (2012), instead acting as a direct sequel to The Bourne Ultimatum (2007). After exposing the CIA’s Operation Blackbriar, Jason Bourne has been…

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Mechanic: Resurrection (4K UHD)

The Mechanic (2011) (which was a remake of the 1972 Charles Bronson vehicle), wasn’t a big hit. Thus, this sequel Mechanic: Resurrection was financed independently. Per star Jason Statham, after doing supporting roles in The Expendables 3 (2014), Furious 7…

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Blu-ray Review: Lincoln

Trying to tell the life story of Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, on the big screen would be a gargantuan if not impossible task.  Long a passion project of Steven Spielberg, the famed director wisely decided to…

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Sunset Limited

DVD Review: The Sunset Limited

The Sunset Limited is an HBO film adapted from a play by Cormac McCarthy (All the Pretty Horses, No Country for Old Men). The play was published in 2006 and the Tommy Lee Jones produced the film in 2011. The…

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Love Story

Blu-ray Review: Love Story

Written by Erich Segal and directed by Arthur Hiller, Love Story broke box-office records, and catapulted its stars, Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal, to stardom. While I’m the first to admit that Love Story remains a guilty pleasure more than…

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Blu-ray Review: The Company Men

If you’re looking for a bit of escapist entertainment, The Company Men certainly isn’t it. Writer/director John Wells pulls few punches: a large shipping company as they lay off scores of employees as a cost cutting measure. he film follows…

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