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

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Rocky Digibook

Chris Rebholz | Jun 01, 2011

"His whole life a million-to-one shot". That was the original tagline for the 1976 film Rocky starring Sylvester Stallone as Rocky Balboa, a Philadelphia native who took part in boxi...

Full Review | Grade: B

I Am Number Four

Nathan M Rose | May 25, 2011

Adult novels are a hot commodity in Hollywood these days, so it is no surprise that the latest hot title for children, I Am Number Four, by Pittacus Lore, is the latest novel to make its way t...

Full Review | Grade: C

Platoon

Chris Rebholz | May 25, 2011

No one movie can capture the horror of war but there are some that have come close and Platoon is one of them. Directed by Oliver Stone, a Vietnam vet himself, the movie portrays the harsh rea...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Rite

Chris Rebholz | May 21, 2011

Every horror movie that comes along boasts that this film will be the scariest movie you have ever seen; sometimes even making comparisons to classic films like The Exorcist, American Werewolf...

Full Review | Grade: C

Gnomeo & Juliet

Marco Chacon | May 20, 2011

The story is a simple mix of Shakespeare's famous, forbidden love tragedy mapped onto the secret world of animated garden gnomes. If that makes any sense at all to you, you are likely prepared for...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Usual Suspects Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

The Usual Suspects Digibook

Chris Rebholz | May 19, 2011

Sometimes a movie comes along that completely shakes our world to the very core. It is a rare thing to experience this and when it does happen it is not easily accomplished a second time. When...

Full Review | Grade: B

Gulliver's Travels

Eric English | Apr 29, 2011

December 2010's Gulliver's Travels starring Jack Black (School Of Rock) comes to Blu-ray and DVD this April based loosely on the classic novel by Jonathan Swift, the film takes many libert...

Full Review | Grade: C

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1

Chris Rebholz | Apr 15, 2011

It has been a long road for Harry Potter fans. Since the first book was adapted into a movie, fans have been clamoring for each chapter in the saga of the "boy who lived". Now fi...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Chronicles of Narnia: Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Chris Rebholz | Apr 15, 2011

Adapting a book into a film is never an easy task. There is always a good chance certain details will get left out and for fans of the books this comes as a hard truth. Sometimes this works in the fil...

Full Review | Grade: B