The Boondock Saints Blu-ray review
The Boondock Saints follows religious Irish brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus – played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus – who grab Boston by the balls as vigilantes out to eliminate evildoers. It all starts after they kill a Russian mobster in self-defense, and decide that they have found their calling from God – ….
Pretty Woman Blu-ray review
Buena Vista Home Entertainment released the romance comedy classic Pretty Woman on Blu-ray disc for the first time on February 10, 2009. The feel-good modern spin on the Cinderella tale stars Academy Award winner Julia Roberts as Vivian – a spirited, streetwise prostitute, who has a chance meeting with a a dapper, no-nonsense socialite billionaire ….
Blindness DVD review
Miramax Films released the scary and provocative what-if thriller Blindness on DVD last week. It is a story where characters remain nameless, and is eerily set in an unidentified stark metropolis where angry commuters start their moribund day engaged in multiple acts of road rage along gridlocked and congested streets. A young man (Yusuke Iseya) ….
Miracle at St. Anna Blu-ray review
Touchstone Home Entertainment recently released Spike Lee’s acclaimed epic war film Miracle at St. Anna, which looks at the lives of four African American soldiers trapped behind enemy lines during World War II. ‘Miracle’ opens in the late 1980s, as aging New York postal clerk Hector Negron (Laz Alonso) pulls out a pistol and puts ….
Flashdance I Love the 80’s Edition DVD review
Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad I Love the 80’s DVD review
Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….
Coming to America I Love the 80’s Edition DVD review
Paramount Home Entertainment and VH1 celebrate the best films of that unforgettable decade in the second wave of the I Love the 80’s Collection. Thirty of the most memorable motion pictures released by the studio between 1980 and 1989 were released on DVD yesterday, February 3rd—all accompanied by a special bonus CD containing songs by ….
Friday the 13th Part 2 – Deluxe Edition DVD review
The Paramount classic Friday the 13th Deluxe Editions wouldn’t be complete without Friday the 13th Part 2: Deluxe Edition. Five years after the massacre at Camp Crystal Lake – now a condemned piece of property – the legend of Jason Vorhees and his diabolical mother lives on. Of course, despite ominous warnings from locals to ….
Friday the 13th Part 3 – 3D Deluxe Edition DVD review
Spine-tingling horror gets a triple play, as Paramount Home Entertainment releases Friday the 13th Part 3 the Deluxe Edition on DVD – in 3D – for the first time in the U.S. While the third in the series of Jason movies starts to show it’s cracks, it’s still reminiscent of a time when slasher films ….
Friday the 13th: Uncut Deluxe Edition Blu-ray review
Friday the 13th still stands as probably the most successful horror franchise of all-time. But for years Paramount didn’t release the uncut version of the first film in the U.S. on DVD. Well, fans rejoice – not only has Paramount come through with a stand out Blu-ray edition of the much imitated horror classic, they’ve ….
Kiefer Sutherland’s Mirrors Unrated Blu-ray review
On January 13th, Fox Home Entertainment released the horror thriller Mirrors: Unrated, on DVD and Blu-ray. I know this film was widely panned by critics, but I actually thought it was ok. Mirrors has three very powerful things going for it. Kiefer Sutherland, the stunning Paula Patton, and director Alexandre Aja, who brings a unique ….
Funny Face: The Centennial Collection DVD review
One of Hollywood’s (and one of my) all-time favorite leading ladies, Audrey Hepburn, is featured in another of her most spirited and enjoyable performances in Funny Face, which returned in a brand new DVD edition on January 13th, from Paramount Home Entertainment. The majestic star headlines this newest release from the Paramount Centennial Collection, which ….
Zodiac: The Two Disc Extended Director’s Cut Blu-ray review
On January 27th, Paramount Home Entertainment will release an Extended Two-Disc Director’s Cut of David Fincher’s (Se7en, Panic Room) poignant suspense thriller Zodiac on Blu-ray. The film, which quickly became one of the most talked-about and critically-acclaimed movies of 2007, is a triumph of craftsmanship, set design, acting and cinematography, fully stocked with a double-barrel ….
Breakfast At Tiffany’s The Centennial Collection DVD review
Breakfast at Tiffany’s was re-released on a very special edition DVD on January 13, 2009, from Paramount Home Entertainment. The bright-spirited and unflappable Audrey Hepburn stars in the two-time Oscar-winning film, that brings back a flavor of classic and stylish New York. The DVD is part of the Paramount Centennial Collection, and is timed in ….
Dexter: The First Season Blu-ray review
Dexter: The Complete First Season made its Blu-ray Disc debut on January 6th, from Showtime Networks, CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Entertainment. Based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay, Dexter is an incredibly addictive crime drama that stands out as utterly original, darkly funny, and completely engrossing. The show features a ….