A very good script, fine direction and top-notch actors make Texas Killing Fields, now on Blu-ray/DVD, a suspenseful thriller. The film, based on a true happening, winds its way through crime scenes, suspects and chases leading up to a final exciting confrontation. If you like movies that are intriguing with a lot of action, […]
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TEXAS KILLING FIELDS, A Suspense Thriller on Blu-Ray
January 30th, 2012 
John Delia 
Posted in ARTICLES BY AUTHOR, BLU-RAY, DVD, FEATURES AND INDEPENDENT, John Delia, MAJOR MOTION PICS, MOVIES, RANTS & REVIEWS, VIDEO 
Tags: Crime/Thriller, Drama, Sam Worthington 
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MAN ON A LEDGE, High Anxiety
January 26th, 2012 John Delia With an exciting beginning and suspense filled story Man on a Ledge entertains those that love a good thriller. With very good performances and an action filled script that’s nicely directed this year’s box office should leap into high gear.
THE GREY, Ferociously Good
January 26th, 2012 John Delia Exciting, terrifying, intriguing and thrilling The Grey provides a stunning entry in the erratic first month of the year. Good acting all around, electrifying cinematography and able direction keeps the film moving and entertaining. If you like a white-knuckle panic film that challenges your worst fears, The Grey will have you in its snarling […]
A DANGEROUS METHOD, a Depressing Experience
January 26th, 2012 John Delia You have to really dig deep to find a perfect performance in A Dangerous Method, unfortunately there isn’t a big cast from which to choose, Keira Knightley over acts, Viggo Mortensen very dull and Fassbender a little distant. Disguised as a biography, it’s more of a blip on an electroencephalograph in the life of […]
ALBERT NOBBS, Top Drawer
January 26th, 2012 John Delia Headlining the film Glenn Close gives a magnificent performance as the title character in Albert Nobbs. The very emotional and tragic drama provides a platform for her amazing talent. Including a noted cast, fine direction by Rodrigo Garcia and remarkable cinematography that sets the bleak Irish period, the movie wins big.
REAL STEEL, Smashing on Blu-ray/DVD
January 22nd, 2012 John Delia 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. […]
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Part Two of Can Any Show Survive Jumping the Shark?
January 21st, 2012 Geoffrey Geib Friday Night Lights had two small weaknesses throughout the course of its five-year run. The first was a tendency to devolve into melodrama and the other was its somewhat understandable yet pathological need to end nearly every episode with an improbable last minute victory for the good guys.
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