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Blu-ray review: The Hurt Locker [2008]

 Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Summit Entertainment – 131 mins – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.78:1 – Dolby Digital DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio
 
 

There have been a good number of films about the war in Iraq, but none of them have stuck to audiences or received high praise from critics. After many attempts one movie […]

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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: 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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Blu-ray review: The Negotiator [1998]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Warner Home Entertainment – 139 mins  – 1998 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.39: 1 – Dolby TrueHD Audio 5.1
 

 
Watching The Negotiator is sort of like finding a needle in a haystack, because on average ten out of ten Hollywood action thrillers are either lame or just downright suck; but this […]

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Blu-ray review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment – 107 minutes – 2009 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix
 
The three X-Men movies have made a bundle of loot worldwide, so obviously a studio like Fox is not going to let that cash cow just retire in the pastures. Instead of […]

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Blu-ray review: Blue Thunder [1983]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 109 mins – 1983 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – TrueHD 5.1 audio
 
Obviously during the summer of 1983 there was only one film dominating the box office, and that was Return of the Jedi. But there was another film that rode the wave, and […]

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