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BLENDED - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 25, 2014

BLENDED - Blu-ray review

There are more than a few problems with “Blended,” which lands in stores soon from Warner Bros. Rather than be persnickety and go after the boring script, the uninspired performances or the well b

  • By David Van Der Haeghen
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REVELATION TRAIL - DVD review
ReviewsAug 23, 2014

REVELATION TRAIL - DVD review

Zombie movies are big again, and a sub-genre that’s emerged in recent years is the zombie Western. “The Quick and the Undead” may have kick-started the trend back in 2006, because a number of zombie W

  • By James Plath
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BEE PEOPLE - DVD review
ReviewsAug 22, 2014

BEE PEOPLE - DVD review

“Bee People” looked like a film that was going to tell me more about something that I already know: that honeybees are in steep decline, and that anyone who appreciates the little things in life (

  • By James Plath
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TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 19, 2014

TIE ME UP! TIE ME DOWN! - Blu-ray review

Sometimes you just don't connect with a film in any way. A half hour into “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (1990) I was wondering why anything that was happening was actually happening. After that, I focused

  • By Eric Parker
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Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 18, 2014

Y TU MAMA TAMBIEN - Blu-ray review

The main body of this review was written by John Puccio in 2002 for the MGM/UA DVD releasethat year. The rest of the review was written by Christopher Long in regards to the 2014 Blu-ray release by Cr

  • By Eric Parker
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LOVE STREAMS - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 18, 2014

LOVE STREAMS - Blu-ray review

Like many of the characters in John Cassavetes' films, Sarah Lawson (Gena Rowlands, Cassavetes' wife) is all impulse and no filter. To want or to need is to act immediately on that desire with no thou

  • By Christopher Long
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PING PONG SUMMER - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 17, 2014

PING PONG SUMMER - Blu-ray review

Part sweetly predictable coming-of-age story, part loving 80’s movie throwback, “Ping Pong Summer” sits in that comfortable spot between empty nostalgia and cloying earnestness. Newcomer Marcello

  • By Douglas Norton
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QUEEN MARGOT - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 16, 2014

QUEEN MARGOT - Blu-ray review

*Man is a religious animal . . . the only religious animal that has the true religion—several of them. He is the only animal that loves his neighbor as himself and cuts his throat if his theology isn’

  • By James Plath
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THE SUSPECT - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 16, 2014

THE SUSPECT - Blu-ray review

“The Suspect” stars Yoo Gong as Ji Dong-cheol an quiet yet deadly agent from North Korea who has defected to South Korea. When we meet Ji he is reeling from the murder of his wife and daughter and

  • By Aaron Carlson
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TOY STORY OF TERROR - Blu-ray review
ReviewsAug 15, 2014

TOY STORY OF TERROR - Blu-ray review

Pixar takes the same kind of pride and care with their “Toy Story” characters as Walt Disney did with his beloved Mickey Mouse. Whether it’s a major motion picture, a half-hour TV special, or one of t

  • By James Plath
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