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The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (50th Anniversary Edition) Blu-ray Review

October 23, 2008

We are used to seeing box sets that combine multiple movies from a single director, actor or main character, but it is telling that the titles in Sony's Ray Harryhausen Collection are thematically linked by their special effects designer. Before… Read More

4.2

out of 5

Mongol Blu-ray Review

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October 17, 2008

Before Genghis Khan cemented his name in history books for assembling the most powerful empire in history, he went by the name of Temudjin as an independent young boy and man raised either in captivity or driven from his home… Read More

3.5

out of 5

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull Blu-ray Review

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October 14, 2008

Picking up nearly two decades after the last big-screen adventure for Archeologist and "part-time" teacher Henry "Indiana" Jones Jr. (Harrison Ford), Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull finds the now-65-year old Jones globetrotting with a young, rebellious… Read More

4.0

out of 5

Interview With The Vampire Blu-ray Review

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October 13, 2008

Even after fourteen years, I still have a difficult time fully accepting Neil Jordan's adaptation of Interview With The Vampire. By its release in 1994, I had read the available installments in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles. While I would not… Read More

3.0

out of 5

The Thing Blu-ray Review

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October 6, 2008

Before some of his later and questionable cinematic productions (Village of the Damned, Vampires), there was a time in the 1980's when it seemed director John Carpenter could do no wrong. From the slow burning tension of Halloween (1978) to… Read More

4.3

out of 5

Made of Honor Blu-ray Review

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October 6, 2008

Most romantic comedies take the side of the woman's point of view, with men either as heinous characters or pawns in the female lead's plot to find love. Made of Honor, however, is written from "the guy's perspective." It is… Read More

3.7

out of 5

Beetlejuice Blu-ray Review

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October 1, 2008

Tim Burton's cinematic work is known for being bizarre, surreal, macabre and eccentric in addition to often humorous, and it is his second feature film, 1988's Beetlejuice, where these themes first came together. While the director has gone on to… Read More

3.6

out of 5

The Godfather Collection: Coppola Restoration Blu-ray Review

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September 25, 2008

"What are they getting so excited about? It's only another gangster picture." - Marlon Brando, 1971 The studio wanted a quick cash-in on a popular book. They wound up with the highest-grossing film of all time (pre-Jaws) and a motion… Read More

4.5

out of 5

How the West Was Won Blu-ray Review

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September 25, 2008

How The West Was Won is one in a long roster of movies that I have been meaning to watch for years. Thanks to being able to review the new Warner Blu-ray release, I can finally cross it off that… Read More

4.5

out of 5

The Forbidden Kingdom Blu-ray Review

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September 23, 2008

Jackie Chan. Jet Li. On their own, these martial artists are not only captivating, but relative locks for a good box-office showing. How about together in the same film? That's the stuff of martial-arts fantasy. Well, it was, anyway, until… Read More

3.5

out of 5