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Entries for February, 2009

Box Office Review: Gran Torino [2009]

Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras Released Jan. 11, 2009 1 hr. 56 min. R Clint Eastwood/Warner Brothers Clint Eastwood Christopher Carley Bee Vang Ahney Hur John Carroll Lynch Rumored (falsely) to be the last Dirty Harry film, Gran Torino lives up to that lineage in many ways. Though the film does not center around the […]

Blu-ray review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Weinstein Company – 101 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio   Kevin Smith has a built in audience, and even though it’s a small one, it’s enough to keep him in the film industry. He’s been making films for over a decade, […]

Blu-ray review: Mirrors [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 111 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy   Hollywood tosses out plenty of horror-thrillers every year, some good and plenty of them bad. In the case of the movie Mirrors, here’s a one that should be […]

Blu-ray review: Max Payne [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 103 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 and Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy   Movies based on videogames still are not on the level where they are taken seriously. Some have made a ton of money, such as […]

Blu-ray review: Pride and Glory [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 130 mins – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy   Ever since the success of Training Day, the quest to make the next big film about dirty cops has uncovered a long list of movies that […]

Blu-ray review: Poison Ivy: The Secret Society [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 95 mins – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy     Ever had one of those nights where you couldn’t sleep and were forced to watch some really, really bad film on cable at 2:00 am? Well […]

Blu-ray review: Old School [2003]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Paramount Home Entertainment – 91 mins – 2003 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix     Old School is a comedy that gets right to the point of letting you know what it’s all about, a bunch of thirty-something year old men who wished they […]

Box Office Review: Paul Blart: Mall Cop [2009]

Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras Released Jan. 16, 2009 1 hr. 31 min. PG Steve Carr/Columbia Pictures Kevin James Bobby Cannavale Jayma Mays Peter Gerety Keir O’Donnell Odd as it might be to fathom, Paul Blart was/is a heavily marketed vehicle film for Kevin James. Albeit that the vehicle employed truly is a Segway. But […]

Blu-ray review: Doom [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 113 mins – 2005 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   Without a doubt, Doom is one of the most played games of all time, and the videogame industry owes so much to the success of it, because it […]

Blu-ray review: King Kong [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 3 hrs 20 min – 2005 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     The original 1993 King Kong was a masterpiece because at its time it went beyond what anyone imagined could be accomplished on film. Since […]