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

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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: A

Lethal Weapon Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Lethal Weapon Collection

Chris Rebholz | Jun 07, 2012

Back in the 1980's, the buddy cop comedy was a foreign concept. Up to that point, most of the movies have revolved around a teenager who got to witness his parents adolescent, a child who discover...

Full Review | Grade: A

Hell on Wheels Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Hell On Wheels - The Complete First Season

Chris Rebholz | Jun 06, 2012

The clickety clack of train travel may tend to put some travelers in a hypnotic state, a state probably better suited for meditation than wondering about how this giant rail project was ever built in...

Full Review | Grade: A

The Princess Diaries Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

The Princess Diaries: 10th Anniversary Collection

Chris Rebholz | Jun 04, 2012

It's every little girl's fantasy, and even the big dream of grown-up girls who might not be the most popular, the wealthiest, or the prettiest in school, at work, or around town, to one day be...

Full Review | Grade: B

This Means War

Chris Rebholz | May 29, 2012

In "This Means War," Chris Pine and Tom Hardy play Franklin and Tuck, CIA agents with a special kind of relationship. They would do anything for each other, even stop a bullet, if it came to...

Full Review | Grade: C

Journey 2: The Mysterious Island

Chris Rebholz | May 29, 2012

It's certainly hard to argue the appeal with family audiences for 2008's "Journey to the Center of the Earth" but let's be honest, it wasn't exactly a screaming success. It w...

Full Review | Grade: C

Chronicle

Chris Rebholz | May 21, 2012

The found footage sensation combines itself with the super hero genre for "Chronicle." Using a trend with a slightly different goal in mind, director Josh Trank appears to be trying to...

Full Review | Grade: B

Bringing Down The House

Chris Rebholz | May 21, 2012

Steve Martin is a funny guy and 2003's "Bringing Down the House" did very well at box office, but the film is not among the entertainer's most-inspired work. Mar...

Full Review | Grade: D