Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Roger Longenbach | Jul 16, 2009

I don't know if it's just my luck, or just the quality of movies this summer, but this movie is another hard one to judge. If you're a fan of the books, or have followed the previous 5 movie...

Full Review | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Marco Chacon | Jul 09, 2009

"It is easy to shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France. But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review...

Full Review | Grade: C

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Roger Longenbach | Jun 25, 2009

This is one of the hard movies to review, because I could give this movie an F and if you are a fan of the first movie, you're probably going to go see it in the theater anyway. While I did...

Full Review | Grade: D

The Hangover

Marco Chacon | Jun 22, 2009

The Hangover fits into a category that is somewhat fuzzy and defined as "guy movies". That is, there are few women, there is a lot of male-bonding, and there are wacky, usually R-rated hijin...

Full Review | Grade: B

Inkheart

Nathan M Rose | Jun 22, 2009

On January 23, 2009, a movie called Inkheart which was based on the top-selling novel by Cornelia Funke burst its way onto unsuspecting audiences and now comes to Warner Bros Blu-ray this June....

Full Review | Grade: B

The Proposal

Nathan M Rose | Jun 19, 2009

2009's summer movie season is now in full swing with its killer robots from the future, Full Review | Grade: B

The Taking of Pelham 123

Marco Chacon | Jun 18, 2009

The Taking of Pelham 123 was a 1973 thriller about a group of thugs who take over a subway train and threaten to kill one hostage a minute unless they are paid 1 million dollars. It was remade i...

Full Review | Grade: C

Confessions of a Shopaholic

Nathan M Rose | Jun 15, 2009

During the winter "dead movie months", Jerry Brucheimer and Touchstone pictures released a little publicized film, entitled Confessions of a Shopaholic. Now on June 23, 2009, Walt Disn...

Full Review | Grade: B

Marco Chacon | Jun 01, 2009

I was able to tell from the teaser-trailer that Up was about an old man who fastens a bunch of helium balloons to his house and then uses it to take off. I thought "what then?" It...

Full Review | Grade: A

Terminator 2: Judgment Day Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Skynet Edition)

Nathan M Rose | May 23, 2009

There has never been another DVD (and looking like Blu-ray for that matter) that has been released as many times as 1991 smash hit film, Terminator 2: Judgment Day. Now with the release of the...

Full Review | Grade: A