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HALL PASS - Blu-ray review
ReviewsJun 10, 2011

HALL PASS - Blu-ray review

The Farrelly brothers, Peter and Bobby, started out strong with "Dumb & Dumber" in 1995, continued on a mildly humorous track with "Kingpin" in 1996, and hit a home run with "There's Something About M

  • By John J. Puccio
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TIGERLAND - Blu-ray review
ReviewsJun 07, 2011

TIGERLAND - Blu-ray review

Call me oblivious, but I had never even heard of "Tigerland," a low-budget 2000 film that has a kind of "Blair Witch Hunt" rawness to it. That, of course, will be a salt-lick to some and salt rubbed i

  • By James Plath
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JUST GO WITH IT - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMay 30, 2011

JUST GO WITH IT - Blu-ray review

Adam Sandler's career has come a long way in a short time. The guy who got his start as Opera Man on "Saturday Night Live" eventually became much better known for outrageous stuff like "Happy Gilmore"

  • By Eric Parker
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TRUE BLOOD (TV SERIES) - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMay 26, 2011

TRUE BLOOD (TV SERIES) - Blu-ray review

I didn't think it was possible, but "True Blood," HBO's smash hit television series about vampires in rural Bon Temps, Louisiana, has officially weirded me out. Season two dug a bit deeper into the So

  • By Eric Parker
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BIUTIFUL - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMay 20, 2011

BIUTIFUL - Blu-ray review

Director Alejandro González Iñárritu should be crowned the undisputed King of Pain. I am not talking about a WWF champion who derives pleasure from inflicting pain on his opponents, but a director who

  • By Eric Parker
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ARAYA - DVD review
ReviewsMay 12, 2011

ARAYA - DVD review

"Araya" (1959) is not a documentary in the traditional sense, but then again neither is any other documentary. With its towering pyramids of salt stretching out diagonally towards the horizon, this st

  • By Christopher Long
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BEVERLY HILLS COP - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMay 02, 2011

BEVERLY HILLS COP - Blu-ray review

One can understand Paramount's desire to get "Beverly Hills Cop" out on Blu-ray as soon as possible. The 1984 action comedy is probably Eddie Murphy's most popular film, if you discount his vocal work

  • By John J. Puccio
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MOGULS & MOVIE STARS: A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD - DVD review
ReviewsApr 24, 2011

MOGULS & MOVIE STARS: A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD - DVD review

In 2010 Turner Classic Movies aired an ambitious project, "Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood," a seven-part, seven-hour documentary on the history of Hollywood movie stars and equally famou

  • By John J. Puccio
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INCREDIBLES, THE - Blu-ray review
ReviewsApr 07, 2011

INCREDIBLES, THE - Blu-ray review

Brad Bird is proof positive that the Disney Animator Training Program works. Three years out of high school, the aspiring animator got a Disney scholarship to attend the California Institute of the Ar

  • By James Plath
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BLACK SWAN - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMar 31, 2011

BLACK SWAN - Blu-ray review

Because there are so many ballet-minded girls in the world, it's a shame "Black Swan" is such a dark, R-rated film that they can't watch it until they're old enough to date--which, for most dads, mean

  • By James Plath
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TANGLED - Blu-ray 3D review
ReviewsMar 26, 2011

TANGLED - Blu-ray 3D review

In a virtual roundtable with online journalists, co-director Byron Howard said that they were "initially very disappointed when 'Tangled' didn't receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature.

  • By James Plath
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FAIR GAME - Blu-ray review
ReviewsMar 25, 2011

FAIR GAME - Blu-ray review

Before the 2003 "shock and awe" attack against Iraq, President George W. Bush and his staff claimed that their intelligence proved Saddam Hussein had materials that could only be used for building "we

  • By James Plath
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