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REAL STEEL, Smashing on Blu-ray/DVD

  It’s not Rocky, it’s Real Steel, but you would think you were watching the great boxing film in another dimension.  Now on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack the gritty, action packed fight film blows the lid off some extreme robots on it’s way to being an entertaining movie for those who like a good punch fest.  […]

RED TAILS: Through a Different Lens

For the past month or more, a word of mouth ongoing viral with regards to the movie Red Tails has set the motion picture in place to have a huge successful opening weekend based on director George Lucas’(Star Wars) statement. “Hollywood didn’t want to fund Red Tails because of its black cast.”

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RED TAILS, Flies High

  George Lucas, known for his adventure and science fiction films, tears a page from the WWII war history book and produces Red Tails a true story of courage in the face of adversity and discrimination. Much like Spike Lee’s Miracle at St. Anna the backdrop of war becomes the field on which we see […]

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HAYWIRE, “Taps Out”

  From a ravenous mixed martial arts maven to a star overnight Gina Carano takes acting to new heights in Haywire a spy thriller from Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh.  Her screen presence gets so lively that I couldn’t keep my eyes off the screen.  Knowing that the blows she has to give her […]

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Extremely Loud Incredibly Close, SWEET & SOUR

    The touching film Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close delves into the mind of a young boy on a quest.  It’s not the quest that’s important here, but the determination and desire to make peace with a loss so great it’s nearly impossible.   Director Stephen Daldry takes us on that journey as if we […]

Down in a Blaze of Glory – Ghost Rider 2 : Spirits of Vengeance…

Release Date: February 17th 2012   Ghost Rider 2 may have been blessed with new directors, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank), but even this was not enough to save it from stinking like an old sock worn by a zombie from what I have seen. As we all know, zombies are not much on […]

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GOOD MORNING VIETNAM now on Blu-ray

    I’ve watched Good Morning Vietnam a number of times, but after seeing it on my home theater in Blu-ray it’s like new again.  I do admit it’s one of my favorite films so that has something to do with it, but the quality of sight and sound here over my DVD certainly puts […]

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