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Entries for the ‘Blu-ray Reviews’ Category

Blu-ray Review: I Am Number Four [2011]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Disney – 109 minutes – 2011 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby DTS 5.1 Audio Mix – DVD – Digital Copy Because of the success of I Am Legend, the wave of “I Am…” movies was inevitable. Though the premise is miles away from Mr. Smith’s blockbuster hit, [...]

Blu-ray Review: The King’s Speech [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Starz/Anchor Bay – 118 minutes – 2010 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS 5.1 Audio Mix If just a year ago you were told that a movie about a King with a stuttering problem would capture audiences and win the Academy Award for best picture, you would have [...]

Blu-ray Review: Mortal Kombat [1995]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Brothers – 101 minutes – 1995 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.78:1 – DTS 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy The original Mortal Kombat game released in 1992 captured gamers in a big way and became one of the most controversial games of all time. Hollywood saw how the [...]

Blu-ray Review: Mortal Kombat: Annihilation [1997]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Brothers – 95 minutes – 1997 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.78:1 – DTS 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy The first Mortal Kombat film made a lot of loot, more than was probably actually expected. And in Hollywood you know what that means, there will be a sequel…whether [...]

Blu-ray Review: The A-Team [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 117 minutes – 2010 – Rated PG-13/Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy Back in the mid-80’s NBC had a hit show that starred a big black guy with a Mohawk and the lovable actor from Breakfast at Tiffany’s, and [...]

Blu-ray Review: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 133 minutes – 2010 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy “Greed is Good,” a line that dominated the late 80’s and early 90’s, until the mighty Wall Street crumbled and reality hit us all hard. Oliver Stones [...]

Blu-ray Review: Spartacus: Blood and Sand [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Starz/Anchor Bay – 640 mins – 2010 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.78: 1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio – 4 Discs The name Spartacus for most of us instantly relates to the 1960 Stanley Kubrick classic with Kirk Douglass in the leading role. There have been films such as Gladiator [...]

Blu-ray Review: The Exorcist [1973]

  Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Bros. – 122 mins/132 mins – 1973 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.78: 1 – Dolby Digital DTS-HD 5.1 Audio – Digibook The Exorcist is the best horror/supernatural-thriller motion picture ever made, and to this day is still be copied with films like The Last Exorcism, which doesn’t [...]

Blu-ray Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Disney – 116 mins – 2010 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – DTS-HD 5.1 Audio – DVD copy – Digital Copy Hollywood is still struggling to successfully adapt a videogame into a big screen movie that will be won over by both audiences and critics alike. There have [...]

Blu-ray Review: Iron Man 2 [2010]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Paramount – 124 mins  – 2010 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – Dolby Digital DTS-HD 5.1 Audio – DVD/Digital Copy combo   The first Iron Man movie was definitely one of the better comic book-to-big screen adaptations that has come out in the last decade. The best thing about [...]