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Taken Blu-ray review

I knew very little about Taken when I first watched it in the theater back in early February. Me and my wife thought it was about as close to the perfect pure action film as they come. Little did I know that there was an even bloodier, more violent version of the film, that was ….

Paycheck Blu-ray review

Paycheck is based on the short story by noted science fiction author Phillip K. Dick, and revolves around Jennings (Ben Affleck), an engineer who works for a company that uses his unique gifts to reverse engineer their rivals’ technology, alter it slightly, and then wipes his memory after he completes every project. When he is ….

Valkyrie Blu-ray review

Valkyrie tells the heroic true story of several German military officers that wholly rejected the ideals of Adolf Hitler and, in an effort to end his assault on German culture, attempt to assassinate him for the greater good of their country. They form a secret alliance with the purpose of removing Hitler from power, understanding ….

Major League: Wild Thing Edition Blu-ray review

Rachel Phelps (Margaret Whitton) is a beautiful, smart, goal-oriented, former exotic dancer who just inherited a baseball team from her recently deceased husband. Unfortunately, it’s the Cleveland Indians, the worst team in Major League Baseball. She hates everything about the town and the team, so she hatches a scheme to move the franchise to sunny ….

Wayne’s World Blu-ray review

Based on the Saturday Night Live sketch of the same name, Wayne’s World enjoyed immense success in theaters in 1992. The wacky, irreverent comedy about the adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne (Mike Myers) and Garth (Dana Carvey), cemented itself as a pop culture favorite for years as a staple of the home ….

Saturday Night Fever 30th Anniversary Special Collector’s Edition Blu-ray review

The classic disco street epic Saturday Night Fever captured the essence of 1970’s Brooklyn, New York, like no other film before or since, thanks in no small part to the grounded and uncompromising direction of John Badham, who has a knack for bringing a gritty realism to solid action and comedy films like Stakeout, WarGames, ….

Three Days of the Condor Blu-ray review

The classic cat-and-mouse political thriller Three Days of the Condor stars Robert Redford as Joseph Turner, designation (codename) Condor, a bookworm CIA agent, whose New York City division is responsible for reading every book ever published, seeking patterns, codes or hidden messages, that may somehow threaten the security of the United States. Turner’s laid back ….

Grease Rockin’ Rydell Edition Blu-ray review

The hit Broadway musical Grease, became a hit film in 1978, featuring rising star John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Frankie Avalon and Stockard Channing. The movie firmly established Travolta as a versatile superstar actor and performer, and professional singer Newton-John grounded the project as a stylized musical powerhouse. While Grease may not compare with some of ….