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Entries for March, 2009

Blu-ray review: The Bourne Trilogy [2002/2004/2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 345 min – 2002/2004/2007 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   Ever since the character of James Bond was introduced in the 1962 film Dr.No, many, many, many have tried to take his seat as the ultimate spy, […]

Box Office Review: Taken [2009]

Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras Released Jan. 30, 2009 1 hr. 33 min. PG-13 Pierre Morel/20th Century Fox Liam Neeson Famke Jannsen Maggie Grace Xander Berkeley It is time to wake up and question the world around us. I don’t mean to say here that we should wake up and question the corruption that is […]

Blu-ray review: Pineapple Express [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 117 mins – 2008 – Rated R/Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – TrueHD 5.1 – Digital Copy   Thanks to the success of the Harold and Kumar films, stoner movies are bankable again, so being that Hollywood knows how to chase money like a bloodhound […]

Blu-ray review: RockNRolla [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 115 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p – 2.4:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy     When you watch a Guy Ritchie film, you have to know what you’re getting into, because this dude loves the dark seedy characters of the […]

Blu-ray review: Milk [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 129 mins – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   Sean Penn just won the Academy Award for best actor, and after watching his performance in Milk it’s easy to see why. The film didn’t break any […]

Blu-ray review: Role Models [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 112 mins – 2008 – Rated R/Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     Thanks to the success of such films as The Forty Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and SuperBad, the R-rated comedy has made a comeback. But just […]

Blu-ray review: Event Horizon [1997]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Paramount Home Entertainment – 95 min – 1997 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Master Audio     Ridley Scott mastered setting a horror film in space brilliantly in the 1979 movie Alien. Since then, this plot has been attempted many, many times with either […]

Box Office Review: Confessions of a Shopaholic [2009]

Reviewed by Richard Lee Zuras Released Feb. 13, 2009 1 hr. 45 min. PG P.J.Hogan/Bruckheimer Films Isla Fisher Hugh Dancy Krysten Ritter Critics used to exist to steer folks away from movies like this. In this day and age, people seldom listen to the critics–even when, en masse, the critics rise up and sound the […]

Blu-ray review: Ronin [1998]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair    Fox Home Entertainment – 121 minutes – 1998 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix     A good spy/espionage thriller is hard to come by, so for those of you who have never seen Ronin, you’re in for something worthy. Ronin is the […]

Blu-ray review: Street Fighter [1994]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 102 mins – 1994 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     Super Mario Brothers and Street Fighter were the first videogame-based movies to get the full Hollywood treatment, and it’s easy to see why they both […]