ReviewsOct 04, 2012
EATING RAOUL - Blu-ray review
The main body of the review was written by Jim Plath on the occasion of the 2004 SD release of “Eating Raoul” by Sony. The rest of this reviews has been written by Christopher Long, and addresses the
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ReviewsOct 03, 2012
THE HUNGER GAMES - Blu-ray review
One of the most-anticipated movies of 2012, “The Hunger Games” arrived in theaters in March, with record box-office receipts for a non-sequel in midnight showings, as well as a record for the highest
ReviewsOct 02, 2012
ROCK OF AGES - Blu-ray review
Note: In the following joint Blu-ray review both John and Tim give their opinions of the film, with John also writing up the Video, Audio, Extras, and Parting Shots. The Film According to John:
ReviewsOct 01, 2012
THE GAME - Blu-ray review
When irony rules and most tongues are permanently grafted into cheeks, I suppose it's pretty churlish to complain about a movie taking itself too seriously. But after watching “The Game” (1997) again,
ReviewsOct 01, 2012
RED LIGHTS - DVD review
The tag line for Rodrigo Cortes’ feature “Red Lights” asks “How much do you want to believe?” One could say this question applies to the viewers of this ambitious, uneven paranormal thriller as mu
ReviewsSep 30, 2012
KING OF THORN - Blu-ray review
In the near future, the world reels from an outbreak of a mysterious illness called the Medousa Virus. It is so named because it reduces the human body to a stone-like corpse. There is no cure, and th
ReviewsSep 29, 2012
ANNIE - Blu-ray review
Mention John Huston and a film buff is apt to start speaking rapturously about the director’s debut, “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)—or perhaps “The Treasure of the Sierra Madre,” “Key Largo,” “The Asphal
ReviewsSep 29, 2012
CINDERELLA - Blu-ray review
Disney is all about wishes, so when Walt decided to turn the popular fairy tale “Cinderella” into a full-length animated feature, he used Charles Perrault’s version, in which the Frenchman introduced
ReviewsSep 27, 2012
ARACHNOPHOBIA - Blu-ray review
Creature features were one of the more offbeat and just plain fun by-products of the nuclear age, when just about any living thing could grow large enough to ravage cinematic cities and we’d believe i
ReviewsSep 26, 2012
HART OF DIXIE: SEASON 1 - DVD review
I can give you several reasons why I shouldn’t like “Hart of Dixie”:It’s “Northern Exposure” without the indie edge and truly quirky characters.It’s an unabashed romantic dramedy in the tr
ReviewsSep 25, 2012
THE CABIN IN THE WOODS - Blu-ray review
In a recent conversation with my friend about horror movies, she remarked something that made me think about the modern horror genre as a whole. She said, “Horror movies by their nature are meant to s
ReviewsSep 24, 2012
MARVEL'S THE AVENGERS - 3D Blu-ray review
I was 13 when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes made their fall 1963 debut in a Marvel comic—a group that originally featured Iron Man, Ant-Man, Wasp, and Thor as they banded together to fight The Hulk. Maybe