Miracles and Mayhem cloud Winter’s Tale, a romantic saga that’s extremely predictable and falls short on acting. The film tries to be a mystery of sorts and almost achieves its goal, until the devil comes into the picture and from there on the movie slowly falls apart. Laughable at times, the story loses its […]
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“Winter’s Tale” A Terminal Romance (Film Review)
February 13th, 2014 
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Tags: Drama, PG-13, Romance 
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“Jungle Book” Swings Onto Blu-ray (Video Review)
February 11th, 2014 John Delia One of Disney’s more animated animation adventures The Jungle Book has been released for the first time in a diamond edition on Blu-ray/DVD and Digital Copy. Whether you are a collector of Disney on Blu-ray or just want the best possible presentation of this comical and music filled adventure it’s a perfect choice for […]
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“The Adventurer” A Cool Captivating Film (Video Review)
February 11th, 2014 John Delia An intriguing mystery film The Adventurer: Curse of The Midas Box is now available on Blu-ray and DVD. The captivating film, taken from the first book in a series by G.P. Taylor, provides all the suspense that the Harry Potter books brought to the screen. It’s a great follow-up for Teens and tweens who […]
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, BLU-RAY, DVD, FEATURES AND INDEPENDENT, John Delia, RANTS & REVIEWS, VIDEO Tags: Action, Adventure, Mystery, Rated PG, Thrills No Comments »MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 13: T.R.A.C.K.S. (T.V. review — redacted)
February 7th, 2014 Steven D'Arcangelo What follows is a classified document critical of this week’s new S.H.I.E.L.D. episode. For reasons of national security, several information-sensitive passages have been redacted at the request of Director Fury. Rumors that this was a cover-up perpetrated by the reviewer in order to “get out of” having to write a full, cohesive review cannot be […]
“Monuments Men” A Battle for Art (Film Review)
February 6th, 2014 John Delia If you are looking for a big action film from this weekend’s Monuments Men, it’s not. More of a historical recreation of true events, the movie tries very hard to open a window to an important part of WWII history, but barely achieves it. Loading the movie with familiar faces of top actors, director […]
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“Awkward Moment” A Silly Love Story (Film Review)
January 30th, 2014 John Delia Here’s a chick flick with a lot of face time with upcoming stars. It’s called That Awkward Moment and features Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan. The film’s a romancer that has a lot of appeal, except the storyline is quite hackneyed and very predictable. The saving grace here is the snappy […]
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“Labor Day” An Sudden Affair (Film Review)
January 30th, 2014 John Delia Finally making its way into many theaters after a soft opening in December, Labor Day adds some drama to the weekend. The film features some good acting, able direction and a story that intrigues, but gets hung up in reality issues. If you accept the story as played out you will enjoy it, otherwise […]
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