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Blu-ray Review – Moonlight (2016)

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Moonlight, 2016. Written and Directed by Barry Jenkins Starring Trevante Rhodes, Andre Holland, Janelle Monae, Ashton Sanders, Jharrel Jerome, Naomie Harris, and Mahershala Ali. SYNOPSIS: Moonlight, fresh off its “Wait, what just happened?” Best Picture win at the Oscars, arrives on Blu-ray. The disc has a commentary track by director Barry Jenkins that’s worth a […]

Blu-ray Review – Hacksaw Ridge (2016)

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Hacksaw Ridge, 2016. Directed by Mel Gibson. Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Luke Bracey, Teresa Palmer, Hugo Weaving, Rachel Griffiths,  and Vince Vaughn. SYNOPSIS: The World War II movie Hacksaw Ridge, which tells the story of a conscientious objector, Desmond Doss, who achieved heroic feats on the battlefield as a medic despite not carrying a […]

Blu-ray Review – Arrival (2016)

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Arrival, 2016. Directed by Denis Villeneuve Starring Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner, Forest Whitaker, Michael Stuhlbarg, and Tzi Ma. SYNOPSIS: When twelve mysterious spacecraft appear around the world, linguistics professor Louise Banks is tasked with interpreting the language of the apparent alien visitors. In an era full of crash-bang-gee-whiz science-fiction films, a movie like Arrival is […]

Blu-ray Review – Long Way North (2017)

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Long Way North, 2017. Directed by Rémi Chayé Featuring the voice talents of Christa Theret, Féodor Atkine, Antony Hickling, Audrey Sablé, Thomas Sagols, and Chloe Dunn. SYNOPSIS: Long Way North is a nice little animated film that demonstrates how hand-drawn animation is still viable in this CGI-filled movie world. It’s a story that stars a young […]

DVD Review – Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVII

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Brad Cook reviews Mystery Science Theater 3000: Volume XXXVII… When I reviewed MST3K Volume XXXV, I noted that you could divide Shout! Factory’s releases of the TV series episodes into the “good” and “great” categories. Volume XXXV fell in the former category, as does the latest one, Volume XXXVII (I skipped Volume XXXVI). It’s certainly […]

Blu-ray Review – Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)

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Kubo and the Two Strings, 2016. Directed by Travis Knight Featuring the voice talents of Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, George Takei, Brenda Vaccaro, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Ralph Fiennes and Rooney Mara. SYNOPSIS: Kubo and the Two Strings arrives in a Blu-ray + DVD + Digital HD set that features the movie in high-def and standard-def, […]

Blu-ray Review – Citizen Kane: 75th Anniversary Edition

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Citizen Kane, 1941. Directed by Orson Welles. Starring Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore, Ray Collins, George Coulouris and Agnes Moorehead. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros. is celebrating Citizen Kane‘s 75th anniversary with a Blu-ray that’s the same one included in the previous 70th anniversary set. However, the DVDs with the Battle Over Citizen Kane and RKO […]

Blu-ray Review – Finding Dory (2016)

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Finding Dory, 2016. Directed by Andrew Stanton and Angus MacLane. Featuring the voice talents of Ellen DeGeneres, Albert Brooks, Ed O’Neill, Kaitlin Olsen, Ty Burrell, Hayden Rolence, Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba, Dominic West, Bob Peterson, Kate McKinnon, Sloane Murray, Bill Hader, Sigourney Weaver, Brad Garrett, Allison Janney, Vicki Lewis, Austin Pendleton, Stephen Root, and […]

Blu-ray Review – Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens 3D Collector’s Edition Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Gwendoline Christie, and Lupita Nyong’o SYNOPSIS: The cast from the original Star Wars trilogy meets a new generation of heroes […]