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

Browse reviews written by Chris Rebholz, including critical takes on films, home entertainment releases, and television series.

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Chris Rebholz, FlickDirect film critic

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.
The Little Mermaid Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Little Mermaid
No one factor was singularly responsible for The Little Mermaid's success. It wasn't a surefire hit from the outset. Walt Disney Animation wasn't riding high, gaining momentum or...
Full Review  | Grade: A
Leverage Physical Media: DVD Review
Leverage: The Fifth Season
Yes, Grifters, it's still sad that "Leverage" is no more, but at least we got a final season DVD set, which was released Tuesday, Sept. 17, and like the previous seasons' DVDs, it...
Full Review  | Grade: B
The Fly Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Fly
Horror films have often been the poor stepchildren of the film industry, relegated to B-movies or less than stellar production quality, including often less than A-list talent both in front of and beh...
Full Review  | Grade: A
Sons of Anarchy Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Sons of Anarchy: Season Five
It used to be that ads on television about so-called private matters seemed to be the exclusive domain of women (think of products like Depends or Summer's Eve), but we're in an apparently...
Full Review  | Grade: A
Revenge Physical Media: DVD Review
Revenge: The Complete Second Season
There was a period several years ago where it seemed that Bones was the only television show I watched on a regular basis. However, in recent years, the TV dance-card has been filled with mor...
Full Review  | Grade: B
Heart of the Country Physical Media: DVD Review
Heart of the Country
"Heart of the Country" releasing to DVD on Aug. 20, isn't necessarily a bad movie, but there's really not much that is too memorable in the 87-minute runtime. The story is a by the n...
Full Review  | Grade: C
Epic Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Epic
The title of Blue Sky Studios' latest animated film seems to be both ironic and sincere, the former because Epic is concerned with an incredibly small-scale view—it stars little woo...
Full Review  | Grade: B
Grey's Anatomy Physical Media: DVD Review
Grey's Anatomy: The Complete Ninth Season
Grey's Anatomy came onto the TV scene, believe it or not, over 9 years ago and during that time has garnered a strong and loyal following. Mostly, the audience for this show is women which isn't so su...
Full Review  | Grade: B
The Great Gatsby Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
The Great Gatsby
There's no shortness of irony swirling around Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby, a slick but shallow retelling of F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel of the same name. From Strictl...
Full Review  | Grade: B

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