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Blu-ray Review: The Goonies (25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition)
The Goonies: 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) Goonies never say die…but they do, apparently, yell “reissue” every once in awhile, and this Blu-ray package is the beautifully packaged proof. This box is
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Back to the Future — 25th Anniversary Trilogy
Back to the Future: 25th Anniversary Trilogy (Universal, 2010) Great Scott! I don’t know where the time went, but Back to the Future turns 25 this week, and to celebrate, Universal is issuing a
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Rolling Stones, “Ladies & Gentlemen the Rolling Stones”
Following this year's reissue of Exile On Main Street, and the Stones In Exile documentary, the Stones have crowned a great year with an Exile-era concert film
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Psycho (50th Anniversary Edition)
Psycho (Universal, 1960) The legend at the bottom of the cover says it all: “An Alfred Hitchcock Masterpiece.” Boasting one of the most legendary scenes ever filmed and decades of the kind of cineastic
Read More »Blu-ray Review: A Nightmare on Elm Street
A Nightmare on Elm Street (Warner Bros., 2010) A Nightmare on Elm Street is one of the most enduring (and profitable, natch) horror franchises in history — and Michael Bay’s Platinum Dunes production company
Read More »Blu-ray Review: Splice
Splice (Warner Bros., 2010) Remember that old Chiffon margarine ad campaign about what happens when you try to fool Mother Nature? It gets a creepy, CGI-enhanced spin in this thriller about a pair of
Read More »Blu-ray Review: The Hangover, Extreme Edition
The Hangover: Extreme Edition (Warner Bros., 2010) No, you didn’t fall asleep for ten years — Warner Bros. really is double-dipping with The Hangover, a movie that only came out a year ago, and
Read More »Blu-ray Reviews: “King Kong” and “Iron Man 2″
It seems awfully quaint today, but it really wasn’t that long ago that King Kong was close to the pinnacle of gee-whiz special effects entertainment. I was born in the mid ’70s, and my
Read More »Blu-ray Reviews: “American Beauty,” “Seven,” “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” and “Anchorman”
The Blu-ray market was made for reissues, but not all reissues are created equal. With that in mind, here are four recent Blu-ray sets that bring some hit films of the past into the
Read More »Blu-ray Review: “Cop Out”
Kevin Smith is a writer first, director second. Even his most passionate fan would have a hard time arguing the merits of Smith’s directing technique, which mostly consists of filming everything so it looks
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