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Blu-ray Review: Notorious

Rebecca Wright — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:34:18 +0000

While I can never quite settle on my absolute favorite Hitchcock film, 1946’s Notorious always remains in the top three. Not only one of the most stylish films ever made, Notorious is one of the greatest suspense yarns ever committed to celluloid. Buoyed by a great cast, and a well rounded script, Notorious represents filmmaking [...]

Blu-ray Review: Real Steel

Rebecca Wright — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:26:48 +0000

Based in part on the 1956 short story "Steel" by Richard Matheson, Real Steel might be best described as souped up Transformers. Set in 2020, fans have decided that regular boxing is simply to tame. In an effort to satisfy audiences’ violent appetites, robot boxing was created; once promising boxer Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is [...]

Blu-ray Review: Texas Killing Fields

Rebecca Wright — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:35:02 +0000

Produced by Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral), and the directorial debut of his daughter Ami Canaan Mann, Texas Killing Fields is “inspired by true events.” Set in Texas City, Texas, the story follows local police detective, Mike Souder (Sam Worthington) and New York City transplant, Brian Heigh (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) investigating another in a long string [...]

Hugo debuts on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD on February 28th

Rebecca Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:36:28 +0000

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. – Renowned director Martin Scorsese’s groundbreaking and original adventure Hugo makes its highly-anticipated debut on Blu-ray 3D, Blu-ray and DVD, all with UltraViolet™, On Demand and for Digital Download on February 28, 2012 from Paramount Home Media Distribution. Recipient of more Academy Award nominations than any other film, Hugo was honored with 11 [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Moment of Truth (The Criterion Collection)

Rebecca Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:02:37 +0000

Tired of working on the family wheat farm, and facing a life of financial hardship, Miguel Romero (Miguel Mateo), travels to Barcelona in search of a new life. Given his limited skills, Miguel finds it impossible to find work. Wandering into the Spanish countryside, he finds his way to a torero training school run by [...]

Blu-ray Review: Spellbound

Rebecca Wright — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 01:28:56 +0000

While Spellbound deserves its place as a Hitchcock classic, it’s far from his best work. Adapted from the 1927 novel The House of Dr. Edwardes, by 1945 the idea of psychoanalysis was catching on, and Freud's ideas had really taken off. As such, it was the perfect time to make a movie about psychotherapy. Psychiatrists [...]

Blu-ray Review: Nude Nuns With Big Guns

Rebecca Wright — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:52:21 +0000

Homage’s to exploitation films of the 1970’s can work very well, particularly if there in the hands of directors like Robert Rodriguez—Planet Terror and Machete are excellent—but the line between homage and forgettable trash is a thin one, and most fall in the latter category. Such is the case with Nude Nuns with Big Guns. [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Apartment

Rebecca Wright — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:54:14 +0000

The last black-and-white film until Schindler's List to win the Best Picture Oscar, 1960’s The Apartment is considered by many to be one of the best comedies of the decade. With fine performances from Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, The Apartment is a yet another must-see title in writer/director Billy Wilder’s lengthy filmography. C.C. Baxter [...]

Blu-ray Review: Love Story

Rebecca Wright — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:53:58 +0000

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 forty years after its original theatrical release, it amazes me that this schmaltzy romantic drama [...]

Blu-ray Review: Paranormal Activity 3

Rebecca Wright — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:40:35 +0000

Paranormal Activity is back for a third installment, and with any luck this will be its last. When the first one appeared way back in 2007, there was an air of excitement to the whole thing—is it real or not? Now, nearly five years later the Paranormal Activity franchise should be declared officially played out. [...]