Physical Media: 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD Reviews

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The Great Gatsby

Chris Rebholz | Aug 26, 2013

There's no shortness of irony swirling around Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, a slick but shallow retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. From Strictl...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Muppet Movie Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

The Muppet Movie: The Nearly 35th Anniversary Edition

Chris Rebholz | Aug 15, 2013

The first, some would argue best Muppets movie could have easily been the last. On-set tensions between director James Frawley and producer Jim Henson could have spilled over into the film. Henson'...

Full Review | Grade: B

Quicksilver

John Delia | Aug 06, 2013

Quicksilver Is A high energy film with excellent acting and a captivating storyline.

Full Review | Grade: B

Trance

Chris Rebholz | Aug 05, 2013

Woody Allen famously said, "The heart wants what the heart wants," but what we often forget is that everything we attribute to the "heart" is actually a product of the brain—...

Full Review | Grade: B

Twixt

Chris Rebholz | Aug 05, 2013

Who'd've thought we'd see the day when the once-great Francis Ford Coppola, the director who brought us The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, would be reduced to releasing a cringe-worthy stra...

Full Review | Grade: D

Oblivion

Chris Rebholz | Aug 05, 2013

"Oblivion" is sci-fi entertainment that recalls genre pictures from the 1980s and ‘70s, where character and spectacle were more evenly matched. It's a strikingly designed and photo...

Full Review | Grade: B

Love Me Tender

John Delia | Jul 31, 2013

Love Me Tender Is A good film library piece and a nice bit of nostalgia.]

Full Review | Grade: C

6 Souls

John Delia | Jun 27, 2013

6 Souls Is A very cool horror flick for a dark rainy night at home.

Full Review | Grade: B

Stoker

Chris Rebholz | Jun 26, 2013

A "stoker," for those of you who don't know, is someone who adds fuel to a fire. Gets it roaring, heated up, feeding the flames. This is the underlying metaphor of Stoker, a twisted comi...

Full Review | Grade: B

Wilfred: Season Two

Chris Rebholz | Jun 26, 2013

Much like its central protagonist, Ryan Newman (Elijah Wood), Wilfred's weightiest problems continue to be inconsistency and uncertainty. Adapted from the Australian series of the same name, conce...

Full Review | Grade: C