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Entries for December, 2008

Blu-ray review: Fred Claus [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Warner Home Video – 115 mins – 2007 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio – Digital Copy     Everybody knows the story of the big jolly guy with the fluffy white beard and the bright red suit, a.k.a. St. Nick, but did […]

Blu-ray review: Home Alone [1990]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Fox Home Entertainment – 103 minutes – 1990 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix       In 1990 a small film was released during the Holiday season and became an instant phenomenon that made Macaulay Culkin an international child sensation. Home Alone […]

Blu-ray review: Jingle All The Way [1996]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Fox Home Entertainment – 89 minutes – 1996 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix       Arnold Schwarzenegger was the only action hero of the 80’s/90’s who could pull off one golden trick that put him ahead of the pact; he could […]

Review: ClickFree Automatic Back-Up

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Backing up your computer is just as important as locking your car’s doors, yet still many people don’t even thing of it until it’s too late. If something goes wrong with your PC’s hard drive, data recovery is extremely expensive and in most cases precious information you have on your […]

Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS20

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   If you go into any electronics store attempting to buy a digital camera, there are so many options that the average person who doesn’t know the difference between a mega pixel and a SD slot can get very confused. Most people are just looking for a simple point and shoot […]

Blu-ray Review: Where the @#%$ is Santa? [2008]

Warner Home Video – 109 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Mix  Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Okay let’s just cut to the chase, this Blu-ray is not for everybody and is definitely going after a specific audience. If you’re a fan of the Jackass movies and […]

Box Office Review: Four Christmases [2008]

Dec. 17, 2008 Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras Released Nov. 28 1 hr. 22 min. Pg-13 Seth Gordon/New Line Cinema Vince Vaughn Reese Witherspoon Robert DuVall Sissy Spacek Jon Voight Jon Favreau Mary Steenburgen Dwight Yoakam Kristin Chenowith Where do I begin? Should I opine about the fact that a cast like this should be […]

Blu-ray Review: I Am Legend (Ultimate Collector’s Edition [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 107 minutes – 2007 – Rated PG-13 and Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy   * Note: Portions of this review are from the original stand-alone Blu-ray release: http://www.fusedwire.com/index.php/2008/04/14/blu-ray-review-i-am-legend-2007/ I Am Legend was a big hit, both at the […]

Blu-ray Review: Hell Ride [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Weinstein Company – 83 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio There was a time when a biker flick was considered a cash machine. These were films that were B level indie productions with a miscellaneous cast of familiar faces, that cost little […]

Blu-ray Review: Space Chimps [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 81 minutes – 2008 – Rated G – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio There were some great animated movies that came in the summer of 2008, one of them Wall-E and the other was Kung Fu Panda; then there was one really bad […]