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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: 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: Rocky: The Undisputed Collection [1976 - 2006]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
 
Fox Home Entertainment – 634 minutes – 1976 - 2006 - Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1- LCPM 5.1 Audio Mix
 

 
When the original Rocky film was released over 30 years ago, who would have thought that anyone would still talking about it today, or that it would […]

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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: X-MEN TRILOGY [2000/2003/2006]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment – 342 minutes – 2000/2003/2006 - Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy

The X-Men have a legion of fans that read the comic book religiously, and being that Hollywood is always looking for a way to cash in on anything that’s […]

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Blu-ray review: The Rocker [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment – 102 minutes - Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy
 
Comedies about Rock and Roll have been around ever since someone coined the phrase. It’s an easy genre because everyone loves Rock and Roll, right? This is what the film The […]

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Blu-ray review: Vanishing Point [1971]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment – 99 minutes US/106 minutes UK – 1971 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix

 
Because of the changing times, most of the films of the late 60’s and early 70’s focused on rebellion of the system. On the streets people were marching and […]

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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 Japanese term for a masterless […]

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Blu-ray review: Mirrors [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair
Fox Home Entertainment– 111 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy

 
Hollywood tosses out plenty of horror-thrillers every year, some good and plenty of them bad. In the case of the movie Mirrors, here’s a one that should be placed in the […]

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