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

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Paranoia

Chris Rebholz | Dec 02, 2013

This movie about evil, evil smartphones is just plain dumb. A game cast and some good location work can't save this train wreck.

Full Review | Grade: D

The World's End

Chris Rebholz | Nov 26, 2013

Is there a genre Edgar Wright and cohorts in crime Simon Pegg and Nick Frost haven't tackled? Victorian period romance, I suppose. Otherwise, it's all fair game for the Cornetto Trilogy boys....

Full Review | Grade: B

We're the Millers

Chris Rebholz | Nov 26, 2013

Ah, improv. A seasoned filmmaker's greatest ally; an indecisive director's most fearsome foe. With We're the Millers, Rawson Marshall Thurber (best known for Dodgeball: A True...

Full Review | Grade: B

All the President's Men

Chris Rebholz | Nov 25, 2013

The year 2013 has been called the fortieth anniversary of the Watergate Scandal, but it's hard to tie "Watergate" to a specific point in time. The affair spanned three calendar years beg...

Full Review | Grade: B

2 Guns

Chris Rebholz | Nov 22, 2013

2 Guns fires wide and runs out of ammo long before its double and triple crosses are exhausted.

Full Review | Grade: C

Planes

John Delia | Nov 21, 2013

Planes Is A very fine Family film mostly directed toward the youngsters.

Full Review | Grade: B

Turbo

Chris Rebholz | Nov 19, 2013

It would be easy to simply stamp Turbo as DreamWorks' Cars rip-off. Certainly the similarities are striking, from high speed animated racing and a spot on the map on the verge of...

Full Review | Grade: B

Man of Steel

Chris Rebholz | Nov 12, 2013

Man of Steel Blu-ray offers stupendous video and audio; despite my issues with some of the creative decisions -- Recommended.

Full Review | Grade: B

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition)

Chris Rebholz | Nov 06, 2013

*Note: This review focuses on the extended version of the recently released Blu-ray of The Hobbit, all video/audio specs and special features focus on this release specifically.It was bound to di...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Internship

Chris Rebholz | Nov 05, 2013

One almost has to giggle at the irony inherent in The Internship with regard to Google's well publicized ability to tailor ads for specific people via its technologies like AdSense. This...

Full Review | Grade: C