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(Chris Rebholz) 03/22/2013 3:15 PM EDT "Mulan" was at the tail end of Disney's hand-drawn animation success and it seems as though it was one Disney's more underrated successes. The music and songs are memorable and it has fun characters like Mushu (Eddie Murphy). The film also creates another classic Disney princess, who is not only pretty but also very strong... Read More |
 
(Chris Rebholz) 03/22/2013 2:36 PM EDT When "Brother Bear" first hit theaters, it seemed that Disney was slipping quite a bit with their animated films but looking at it again with a little more age and wisdom adds a little something different this time around. "Brother Bear" is not a perfect film and in fact it's one of the last classically animated films from D... Read More |
 
(Chris Rebholz) 03/22/2013 1:50 PM EDT Before Peter Jackson's take on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, the closest J.R.R. Tolkien fans ever got to a live-action film adaptation of Middle Earth was 1988's Willow, which borrows heavily from the writer's alternate medieval universe. Besides dueling sorcerers, castle sieges, and trolls, both works feature diminutive heroes who hee... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 03/22/2013 1:46 PM EDT Disney is keenly aware of the appeal and reach of its catalog, down to the best and worst films under the Mouse House banner. Titles like Cinderella and Peter Pan arrive separately and to great fanfare, while other titles shuffle onto shelves en masse, sans the red-carpet treatment afforded their Platinum and Diamond Edition brethren. Last year, it... Read More |
(John Delia) 03/18/2013 3:10 PM EDT From flying fish to tiger strikes Life of Pi comes to home video with an adventure that will startle, amaze and exhilarate your senses. The movie received 11 Oscar nominations and won 5 including Best Director for Ang Lee. The production features some of the best cinematography I have ever seen on home video, especially the knock out 3D... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 03/16/2013 8:20 PM EDT An unexpected journey indeed... The humble, altogether simple story of "The Hobbit" becomes the grand, still relatively simple story of The Hobbit, with a smart series of additions, clarifications, expansions and only a few questionable tweaks or misguided deviations. Told in flashback (with several flashbacks within that flashback),... Read More |
(John Delia) 03/14/2013 9:34 AM EDT The historical drama One Night with the King that follows the Biblical Esther, Queen of Persia has come to Blu-ray for the first time. The film features an extremely emotional story with widescreen vistas that lend to the enchantment. With a huge recognizable cast, visual effects wizard and director Michael O. Sajbel it contains every p... Read More |
(Chris Rebholz) 03/12/2013 11:16 AM EDT It seemed perpetually delayed and a movie that might never see itself splashed up across cinema screens. The remake of the 1980's red scare Russian invasion Action movie Red Dawn perhaps might have been best left in the can after all. On one hand it's a slick, high-tech, thrilling action film with plenty of fast-moving gun play. On the othe... Read More |
(John Delia) 03/11/2013 4:09 PM EDT One of the most important films of the century, Schindler's List has been released on Blu-ray in a 20th anniversary box set. This masterpiece of filming takes you into the heart of the tragedy of the Polish Holocaust from the masterminded takeover of a country not equipped to resist to the camps, extermination showers and a smidgeon of hope tha... Read More |
(John Delia) 03/07/2013 9:10 AM EDT You don't have to be a surfer to enjoy the true story Chasing Mavericks, a bio drama that's filled with inspiration and determination. Now on Blu-ray the movie has a fine cast and crew with a script that takes you deep into the life of a real surfer and his willpower to catch the biggest and most dangerous waves. If you like dramas that... Read More |