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Edge of Tomorrow Blu-ray Review: Live, Die, Repeat

4.5

out of 5

September 30, 2014

Director Doug Liman's Edge of Tomorrow finds the world at war with an aggressive alien race known simply as Mimics. These creatures invaded Earth using asteroids as their vessels and quickly laid waste to most of Europe. With the enemy bearing… Read More

4.5

out of 5

Captain America: The Winter Soldier Blu-ray Review

4.4

out of 5

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September 10, 2014

The times, they are a changing in the Marvel Universe. In the two years since the Battle of New York that saved the world from an alien invasion, Tony Stark has destroyed all of his Iron Man suits and effectively… Read More

4.4

out of 5

Pumpkinhead Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review

4.2

out of 5

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September 8, 2014

With Aliens already a hit and Stan Winston having achieved legendary status in the visual effects community, it was time for him to step behind the camera and finally call the shots. The unusual project he chose to spearhead was Pumpkinhead, a film… Read More

4.2

out of 5

Woodstock: 40th Anniversary Revisited Blu-ray Review

4.7

out of 5

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August 8, 2014

What is the defining moment of the 1960s? The answer is varied for many that were alive during the turbulent decade: the decades-long space race that culminated in man landing on the moon, the Assassinations of JFK, Dr. Martin Luther… Read More

4.7

out of 5

The Big Chill Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

4.2

out of 5

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July 31, 2014

In Lawrence Kasdan's The Big Chill a group of thirtysomethings are drawn together when Alex, one of their friends, commits suicide. Once idealistic college students of the late 1960s, the group has now become successful adults of the 1980s. Sam… Read More

4.2

out of 5

Jodorowsky’s Dune Blu-ray Review

4.3

out of 5

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July 14, 2014

There are some novels that simply can’t successfully be made into motion pictures. With material far too vast and dense to convey properly over the course of two to three hours, Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic Dune is certainly one of… Read More

4.3

out of 5

The Grand Budapest Hotel Blu-ray Review

4.3

out of 5

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June 21, 2014

Set in the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel is a story within a story within a story within a story. The first takes place in present day and bookends the feature, two small segments where… Read More

4.3

out of 5

Her Blu-ray Review

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June 6, 2014

Is the possibility of having a romantic relationship with some sort of artificial intelligence all that farfetched? While the concept is still largely the stuff you would find in science-fiction films like A.I. or the recent Johnny Depp dud Transcendence,… Read More

4.5

out of 5

RoboCop (2014) Blu-ray Review

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June 3, 2014

Director Jose Padilha and screenwriter Joshua Zetumer's RoboCop isn't so much a remake of the Paul Verhoeven 1987 classic film of the same name as it is a mirror image of the original's Alex Murphy story using some of the… Read More

3.6

out of 5

The Monuments Men Blu-ray Review

3.9

out of 5

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May 30, 2014

I tried to approach George Clooney's The Monuments Men, based on the book by Robert M. Edsel, without any pre-conceptions or expectations with an understanding from its subject matter that it would not be entertainment in the traditional sense. The… Read More

3.9

out of 5