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HEADHUNTERS - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 30, 2012

HEADHUNTERS - Blu-ray review

Recently, Swedish author Stieg Larsson has received a lot of accolades for his bestselling three-part book series popularly known as the “Millennium” series. But, even before Larsson’s unstoppable pos

  • By Eric Parker
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HOCUS POCUS - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 30, 2012

HOCUS POCUS - Blu-ray review

Kenny Ortega’s claim to fame is that he choreographed and directed the “High School Musical” series that became a bona fide phenomenon. But his first Disney movie came 14 years earlier with “Newsies,”

  • By James Plath
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TERMINATOR ANTHOLOGY - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 29, 2012

TERMINATOR ANTHOLOGY - Blu-ray review

For those folks who have Blu-ray players but somehow missed getting one or more of the four "Terminator" films in high-def, here they are in a big box set from Warner Bros. No, WB didn't produce the f

  • By John J. Puccio
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QUADROPHENIA - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 28, 2012

QUADROPHENIA - Blu-ray review

One scene in “Quadrophenia” (1979) captures the absurdity and sincerity of youthful rebellion in all its sure-to-embarrass-you-in-the-future glory. Jimmy Cooper (Phil Daniels) says to his friend Kevin

  • By Christopher Long
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LONESOME - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 27, 2012

LONESOME - Blu-ray review

My goodness, New York used to be so crowded! Released in 1928, Paul Fejos' “Lonesome” begins with the big city waking up as “the machinery of life begins to hum.” In a dizzying montage, cars choke th

  • By Christopher Long
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WEEKEND - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 25, 2012

WEEKEND - Blu-ray review

I grow more prudish by the day, and I have now reached a point where I avoid watching films with graphic sexual content just as I have always tried to avoid people who discuss their (alleged) sexual e

  • By Christopher Long
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DARLING COMPANION - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 25, 2012

DARLING COMPANION - Blu-ray review

“Darling Companion” sounds like the title of an Oxygen or Lifetime TV movie. Unfortunately, though it’s directed by Lawrence Kasdan (“The Big Chill”) and features a slew of stars, it also plays li

  • By James Plath
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MARVEL ANIMATED SERIES: WOLVERINE - DVD review
ReviewsAug 24, 2012

MARVEL ANIMATED SERIES: WOLVERINE - DVD review

The “Wolverine: The Animated Series” is part of a project to introduce western Marvel characters to the Japanese audience with tailored animation towards traditional anime. Iron Man, X-Men and Bla

  • By Aaron Carlson
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KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE - DVD review
ReviewsAug 24, 2012

KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE - DVD review

Managing editor's note: This is an older film, but we're posting it now because we don't have a review in our database . . . and also to introduce a reviewer new to Movie Met! It has become a clich

  • By Douglas Norton
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THE LUCKY ONE - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 24, 2012

THE LUCKY ONE - Blu-ray review

If you've ever read a book by Nicholas Sparks or seen a movie adaptation of any of his works, you know the formula. Sparks is a romance writer who struck it big in the literary world with "The Noteboo

  • By John J. Puccio
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A SEPARATION - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 23, 2012

A SEPARATION - Blu-ray review

There are so many heartbreaking moments in “A Separation” (2012) that it would be difficult to write about all of them in this review. But one scene that specifically stayed with me came in the film’s

  • By Eric Parker
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QUICK - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 22, 2012

QUICK - Blu-ray review

“Quick” is a new super-charged action film from Korean director Beom-gu Cho who also wrote the screenplay...eh…or should I say plot. There is a speedy action-filled prologue introducing the main

  • By Aaron Carlson
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