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Blu-ray Review: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring [2001]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Bros. – 178 mins – 2001 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.40: 1 – DTS-HD 6.1 Audio – DVD copy – Digital Copy Translating J.R.R. Tolkien’s books into big screen motion pictures could have been a disaster, such as with Frank Herbert’s Dune. But somehow the stars in the [...]

Blu-ray Review: Killers [2010]

  Reviewed by Johnny McNair Lionsgate – 101 mins – 2010 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – Dolby Digital DTS-HD 7.1 Audio Ashton Kutcher really wants to be a movie star, but his choices are so bad that he’s shooting himself in the foot. There are plenty of actors in Hollywood who [...]

Blu-ray review: Edge of Darkness [2010]

st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Warner Home Entertainment – 117 minutes – 2010 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD Master 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy     The last time we saw Mel Gibson starring in a movie was in 1992’s Signs, because he’s been focusing his talents [...]

Blu-ray review: Marked for Death [1990]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Fox Home Entertainment – 93 minutes – 1990 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix     Stallone and Schwarzenegger ruled the action hero genre in the late 80’s and early 90’s, but as they became more and more expensive to afford, Hollywood began [...]

Blu-ray review: Ninja Assassin [2009]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Warner Home Entertainment – 99 minutes – 2009 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD Master 5.1 Audio Mix     Have you ever had the experience of watching a movie and saying to yourself, “why the hell am I watching this?” Well you may ask yourself [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]