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Blu-ray Review: “Thelma & Louise” at 20

Blu-ray Review: “Thelma & Louise” at 20

Bob Cashill February 23, 2011 3

Bob Cashill goes on the road again with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as they hit Blu-ray

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Blu-ray Review: Woody Allen’s “Tall Dark Stranger”

Blu-ray Review: Woody Allen’s “Tall Dark Stranger”

Bob Cashill February 12, 2011 1

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger--but should you invite him into your home theater? Bob Cashill advises

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Blu-ray Review: “The American”

Blu-ray Review: “The American”

Jeff Giles December 29, 2010 0

The American (Focus Features, 2010) That’s a pissed-looking George Clooney with a gun on the cover, so The American must be a pulse-pounding spy thriller, right? Wrong, suckas! Director Anton Corbijn’s latest has all

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Blu-ray Review: “Inception”

Blu-ray Review: “Inception”

Jeff Giles December 27, 2010 0

Inception (Warner Bros., 2010) For all the high-tech gewgaws that help modern Hollywood filmmakers get their visions to the screen, we’re living in a depressingly undemanding time for cinema — and the summer blockbuster

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Blu-ray Review: “The Town”

Blu-ray Review: “The Town”

Jeff Giles December 27, 2010 1

The Town (Warner Bros., 2010) Less than a decade after he went from marquee idol to laughingstock, Ben Affleck regained his mojo by reinventing himself as a director with Gone Baby Gone — and

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Blu-ray Review: “Cyrus”

Blu-ray Review: “Cyrus”

Jeff Giles December 23, 2010 0

Cyrus (20th Century Fox, 2010) Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly co-starring in a film — it’s gotta be a raunchy, Apatow-style comedy, right? You’d think so, but as Cyrus makes clear, that isn’t

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Blu-ray Review: “Flipped”

Blu-ray Review: “Flipped”

Jeff Giles December 8, 2010 5

Flipped (Warner Bros., 2010) Remember the pre-North era, when Rob Reiner could do no wrong? Those days were long ago. Now, we count ourselves lucky if a Reiner movie is only a little bit

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Blu-ray Review: “Going the Distance”

Blu-ray Review: “Going the Distance”

Jeff Giles December 7, 2010 0

Going the Distance (Warner Bros., 2010) Romantic comedies are as plentiful as the rain, and no matter how many postmodern wrinkles Hollywood ever adds to the genre, it’s always gonna be the same old

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Blu-ray Review: Mutiny on the Bounty

Blu-ray Review: Mutiny on the Bounty

Jeff Giles November 17, 2010 2

Mutiny on the Bounty (Warner Bros., 1935) It made Oscar history as the first film to earn Best Actor nominations for all three of its male leads (an admittedly distinguished crew that included Clark

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Blu-ray Review: Ocean’s 11 (50th Anniversary Edition)

Blu-ray Review: Ocean’s 11 (50th Anniversary Edition)

Jeff Giles November 16, 2010 0

Ocean’s 11 (Warner Bros., 1960) They’re a pop culture institution — hell, they’re heroes to some people — but the Rat Pack really  didn’t make that many movies as a unit. Only two, to

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