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Entries for November, 2008

Blu-ray Review: Star Wars: The Clone Wars [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 98 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 EX Audio Mix – Digital Copy “I’ve got a bad feeling about this.” The words that were uttered by many die hard Star Wars fans when the animated big screen movie based […]

Box Office Review: Quantum of Solace [2008]

Nov. 21, 2008 Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras  Released 11/14/08 1 hr. 46 min. PG-13 Marc Foster/Columbia  Daniel Craig Olga Kurylenko Mathieu Amalric  James Bond is dead. In his place is a new man who looks HGH modified, doesn’t say much, and is extremely vengeful. Forget the fact that this film is simply picking up […]

Blu-ray Review: Deception [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 108 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix You know those erotic thrillers that come on cable in middle of the night? The ones with B or C list actors who took the jobs because this is the […]

Blu-ray Review: First Blood [1982]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair NOTE: First Blood is available on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment individually, or as a part of a box set three-pack that includes Rambo: First Blood Part II and Rambo III. Lionsgate Home Entertainment – 96 minutes – 1982 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 surround […]

Blu-ray Review: Rambo: First Blood Part II [1985]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair NOTE: Rambo: First Blood Part II is available on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment individually, or as a part of a box set three-pack that includes First Blood and Rambo III. Lionsgate Home Entertainment – 95 minutes – 1985 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.20:1 – DTS HD 5.1 surround […]

Blu-ray Review: Rambo III [1988]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair NOTE: Rambo III is available on Blu-ray from Lionsgate Home Entertainment individually, or as a part of a box set three-pack that includes First Blood and Rambo II. Lionsgate Home Entertainment – 102 minutes – 1988 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 surround audio   The […]

Blu-ray Review: Felon [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 104 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix There are good prison films, The Shawshank Redemption, and there are bad prison films, Lock Up, but it’s a setting that Hollywood has been fascinated with for a long […]

Blu-ray Review: What Happens In Vegas [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 99 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio Romantic comedies seem to be quick moneymakers for Hollywood studios, because they are fairly cheap to make and as long as you pair up the right cute couple, someone will pay […]

Blu-ray Review: Dude, Where’s My Car? [2001]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 83 minutes – 2001 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio This could be a topic of debate, but the ‘stoner movie’ genre began with the Cheech and Chong films, and has since evolved into later comedies such as the Bill and […]

Blu-ray Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 118 mins – 2008 – Rated R and Unrated – 1080p widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio The success of films, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and SuperBad, have made Judd Apatow and everyone in his entourage, the ‘go-to’ guys when it […]