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Entries for February, 2010

Blu-ray review: The Rundown [2003]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 104 mins – 2003 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 
 
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has made some seriously bad film choices lately, with embarrassing efforts such as Doom, Race to Witch Mountain, and the worse yet…Tooth Fairy. He was obviously the most […]

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Blu-ray review: Romancing the Stone [1994]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Fox Home Entertainment – 106 mins – 1994 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 

After the success of Raiders of the Lost Ark, Hollywood was looking for something else to fit in that molding that would sell, but nothing really caught on. In 1984 an adventure […]

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Blu-ray review: Jewel of the Nile [1995]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Fox Home Entertainment – 106 mins – 1995 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 

After Romancing the Stone was a big hit in 1984, there was no doubt a sequel would be in the works, but no one expected it to be so fast. Instead of […]

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Blu-ray review: Away We Go [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 98 mins – 2009 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.39:1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 

 
After watching a wave of movies with explosions, car chases, shoot-outs, transforming robots, and aliens, it’s refreshing to watch a film that is simply about regular people. Away We Go is a […]

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Blu-ray review: Office Space [1999]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Fox Home Entertainment – 89 mins – 1999 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 
 
If you look up the term “cult film,” you will definitely see the poster for the 1999 film Office Space. Just like another cult film, Caddy Shack, fans of Office Space can recite […]

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Blu-ray review: Cliffhanger [1993]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 113 mins – 1993 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 

Way back in the early 90’s, Sylvester Stallone had fallen from grace as the king of the action film genre and was reduced to doing lame un-funny comedies like Oscar and […]

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