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

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Epic

Chris Rebholz | Aug 27, 2013

The title of Blue Sky Studios' latest animated film seems to be both ironic and sincere, the former because Epic is concerned with an incredibly small-scale view—it stars little woo...

Full Review | Grade: B

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: A

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