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Blu-ray Review: “Thelma & Louise” at 20
Bob Cashill goes on the road again with Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis as they hit Blu-ray
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Woody Allen’s “Tall Dark Stranger”
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger--but should you invite him into your home theater? Bob Cashill advises
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “The American”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Inception”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “The Town”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Cyrus”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Flipped”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Going the Distance”
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Mutiny on the Bounty
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
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Ocean’s 11 (50th Anniversary Edition)
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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