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

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Evita

Chris Rebholz | Jul 17, 2012

Evita's stature has grown with the passage of time, and even if you feel (as many fans do) that Alan Parker's 1996 film adaptation doesn't capture the electricity of the stage musical at i...

Full Review | Grade: B

Treasure Planet

Chris Rebholz | Jul 09, 2012

The 2002 animated sci-fi/fantasy adventure film from Disney, Treasure Planet, is loosely based on the Robert Louis Stevenson novel Treasure Island, but how well the Stevenson's seafaring adventure tra...

Full Review | Grade: B

Chariots of Fire

Chris Rebholz | Jul 06, 2012

Atlantic City. Chariots of Fire. On Golden Pond. Raiders of the Lost Ark. Reds. These are the five films nominated for Best Picture in 1981, and it was Chariots of Fire that walked away with the honor...

Full Review | Grade: B

Deliverance

Chris Rebholz | Jun 28, 2012

This is the weekend they didn't play golf. That's the tag line for a film that has seared itself into the minds of a generation of fans. Deliverance has lasted for over three decades as...

Full Review | Grade: B

Wilfred: The Complete First Season

Chris Rebholz | Jun 28, 2012

Series co-creator and co-star Jason Gann describes Wilfred as "Donnie Darko meets Russell Crowe on a bender." That gets you at least halfway there. The show, which is based on Gann's Aus...

Full Review | Grade: B

Wrath of the Titans

Chris Rebholz | Jun 27, 2012

Louis Leterrier's Clash of the Titans arrived to negative reviews, divided audiences, and set off a much discussed 3D. Warner cleaned house for the sequel. New director, new screenwriters, new bea...

Full Review | Grade: B

Project X

Chris Rebholz | Jun 21, 2012

Morally vapid. Those are the words that come to mind when analyzing this movie. Producer Todd Phillips and director Nima Nourizadeh's Project X is a wasteland; a vast empty desert prowled by self-...

Full Review | Grade: C

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Chris Rebholz | Jun 13, 2012

So to sum up, “A Game of Shadows” is a cozy match to “Sherlock Holmes,” and while it sometimes feels.

Full Review | Grade: B

John Carter Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

John Carter 3D

Chris Rebholz | Jun 08, 2012

With occasional exceptions, like Michael Keaton's Batman, we want and expect our superheroes to be classically handsome. But the interplanetary sci-fi bash John Carter proves it's possible for...

Full Review | Grade: C

Act of Valor

Chris Rebholz | Jun 08, 2012

It isn't enough to call the men of SEAL Team 7 heroes; that's easy to see. They are much more complicated than cardboard cutout supermen. Act of Valor is a good ol' fashioned war movie, in...

Full Review | Grade: B