Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media Reviews

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When Chris was but a wee lad growing up in the slums of suburban New Jersey, he happened to rent a little movie called Tron. Then his head exploded. It was at the moment that he realized that he loved movies, and since then Chris has made it a habit of renting movies, going to the movies, discussing his favorite movies, and anything else in between when it comes to that genre.

Turbo

Nov 19, 2013

It would be easy to simply stamp Turbo as DreamWorks' Cars rip-off. Certainly the similarities are striking, from high speed animated racing and a spot on the map on the verge of...

Full Review | Grade: A

Man of Steel

Nov 12, 2013

Man of Steel Blu-ray offers stupendous video and audio; despite my issues with some of the creative decisions -- Recommended.

Full Review | Grade: B

Thor: The Dark World

Nov 08, 2013

Now that we're firmly into Phase Two of Marvel's plan for total cinema domination, the titles are coming thick and fast.The next Captain America ( Full Review | Grade: B

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (Extended Edition)

Nov 06, 2013

*Note: This review focuses on the extended version of the recently released Blu-ray of The Hobbit, all video/audio specs and special features focus on this release specifically.It was bound to di...

Full Review | Grade: A

Lovelace

Nov 06, 2013

There seem to be a couple widely known "truths" about the pornographic industry, one of which is probably verifiable if one were to dig into the numbers, the other a little harder to quantif...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Internship

Nov 05, 2013

One almost has to giggle at the irony inherent in The Internship with regard to Google's well publicized ability to tailor ads for specific people via its technologies like AdSense. This...

Full Review | Grade: C

The Way, Way Back

Nov 05, 2013

If you're too young to have experienced the era of the family station wagon, you may not initially understand the phrase "the way way back", for it referred to the most posterior section...

Full Review | Grade: B

The Heat

Oct 30, 2013

Sandra Bullock both brought the house down and up to its feet into a standing ovation when she started off her acceptance speech for having won the Best Actress Academy Award for The Blin...

Full Review | Grade: B

Shrek the Musical

Oct 30, 2013

There has been a lot of talk over the past several years about the so-called "Disneyfication" of Times Square and Broadway. Broadway, once the purview of creative types who would bring compl...

Full Review | Grade: C

Monsters University

Oct 29, 2013

It wasn't so long ago that Pixar rejected the idea of churning out sequels to its greatest hits. Toy Story was the exception rather than the rule, having been succeeded by two critically...

Full Review | Grade: B