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Theatrical, Streaming, Physical Media 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.
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

Star Trek Into Darkness Movie / Film Review
Star Trek Into Darkness
I was completely swept away by the 2009 reinvention of "Star Trek". Director J.J. Abrams approached an impossible creative challenge with startling confidence, restoring awe to a brand name that ha...
Full Review  | Grade: A

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


Trance Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Trance
Woody Allen famously said, "The heart wants what the heart wants," but what we often forget is that everything we attribute to the "heart" is actually a product of the brain—...
Full Review  | Grade: B

Twixt Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Twixt
Who'd've thought we'd see the day when the once-great Francis Ford Coppola, the director who brought us The Godfather and Apocalypse Now, would be reduced to releasing a cringe-worthy stra...
Full Review  | Grade: D

Oblivion Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Oblivion
"Oblivion" is sci-fi entertainment that recalls genre pictures from the 1980s and ‘70s, where character and spectacle were more evenly matched. It's a strikingly designed and photo...
Full Review  | Grade: A

Stoker Physical Media: Blu-ray Review
Stoker
A "stoker," for those of you who don't know, is someone who adds fuel to a fire. Gets it roaring, heated up, feeding the flames. This is the underlying metaphor of Stoker, a twisted comi...
Full Review  | Grade: B

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