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- By Emily Strong
I think that everyone knows that those early teen years were…confusing…to say the least. Everyone has had their own traumatizing experiences from that time (whether you choose to remember them or not). However, there is a sense of comfort knowing that we all went through it and ...
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- By Emily Strong
“Unless a man believes that there is something great for him to do, he can do nothing great.” How on earth do you make a biopic set in the mid-19th century that poses as some kind of weird Western but yet somehow manages to successfully make strong political comparisons between ...
Read more: Walker: The Criterion Collection(1987) - Blu-ray Review
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- By Emily Strong
It is not your average revenge flick. Nor is it what you would expect from director Henri Verneuil and star Jean-Paul Belmondo for what was their seventh picture together. There are no jaw-dropping stunts from the screen legend, and in fact there is hardly any exciting action in this ...
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- By Christopher Symonds
A small little underdog of a movie: it’s hard to believe but that’s exactly what Silence of the Lambs was. It was a film nobody wanted to make. Gene Hackman, who had paid for half the rights, bowed out, claiming it was too violent; Michelle Pfeiffer rejected the soon ...
Read more: Silence of the Lambs - Blu-ray Review [Limited Edition Steelbook - UK]
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- By Loron Hays
Academy Award-winning filmmaker (turned producer here) Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room) teams up with past and present members of the Eagles and produces a pretty solid documentary charting the band’s history. Since ...
Read more: The History of the Eagles: Part One and Part Two - Blu-ray Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
Rated: PG-13 for mature thematic material, disturbing violence and terror.
Runtime: 84 mins.
Director: Oxide Pang Chun & Danny Pang
Writer: Mark Wheaton (screenplay) & Todd Farmer (story)
Cast: Kristen Stewart; Dylan McDermott; Penelope Ann Miller; John Corbett ... complete cast
Tagline: There is evidence to suggest that children are highly susceptible to paranormal phenomena. They see what adults cannot. They believe what adults deny. And they are trying to warn us.
Genre: Drama/Horro/Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Where are they? What do you see?"
DVD Release Date: June 5, 2007
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving disturbing violent content and images, and some language.
Runtime: 135 mins.
Director: Peter Jackson.
Writer: Fran Walsh & Philippa Boyens
Cast: Stanley Tucci; Mark Wahlberg; Saoirse Ronan ... complete cast
Tagline: The story of a life and everything that came after...
Genre: Drama
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for pervasive strong crude and sexual content including graphic nudity, and language.
Runtime: 82 mins.
Director: Larry Charles
Writer: Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines
Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen; Pamela Anderson
Tagline: Coming November 3
Memorable Quote: "My moustache still tastes of your testes!"
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: November 3, 2006
Studio: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
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- By Loron Hays
For the past year and a half, Kino International has been steadily releasing their acquired Buster Keaton catalog on blu-ray. Each release is a bit better than the one before it; from artwork to restoration. Go West and Battling Butler, while not the absolute best that ...
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- By Christopher Symonds
Disney’s 20th animated classic has the distinction of being the last film Walt himself approved for production, and the first made after his death. It was the first Disney film of the 1970s, and some animation historians believe it marker a distinct turn in the style of ...
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for pervasive strong sadistic brutal violence, rape and torture, nudity and language.
Director: Steven R. Monroe
Writer: Stuart Morse
Cast: Sarah Butler; Chad Lindberg; Tracey Walter
Genre: Horror
Memorable Movie Quote: "Smile real pretty for the camera"
Release Date: October 8, 2010
Blu-ray Release Date: Not yet announced.
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for some disturbing images and language.
Director: Adam Green
Writer: Adam Green
Cast: Emma Bell; Shawn Ashmore; Kevin Zegers
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Memorable Movie Quote: "The sarlacc pit. From "Return of the Jedi". Uh, hello. Being slowly digested over a 1000 years - worst death ever."
Release Date: No theatrical wide release
Blu-ray Release Date: September 28, 2010.
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- By Frank Wilkins
Overtly throwback and unapologetically patriotic, Red Tails is the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a band of “colored personnel” who fought through racism in America to fly as fighter pilots over Europe for the Army Air Corps during World War II ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
First things first. If you don’t “get” exploitation filmmaking, nothing we say here is going to make you understand. Nor is it going to convince you to watch Hobo With a Shotgun, the Sundance darling from Michael Eisener now working its way...
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements, scary images, some language and suggestive humor.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Henry Selick
Writer: Henry Selick (screenplay); Neil Gaiman (book)
Cast: Dakota Fanning; Teri Hatcher; Jennifer Saunders
Tagline: Be careful what you wish for.
Genre: Animation | Family | Fantasy
Memorable Quote: "Coraline Jones always dreamed of finding a better world"
Release Date: February 6, 2009
DVD/Blu-ray Release Date: July 21, 2009
Distributor: Sony Pictures Entertainment
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Christopher Nolan
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio; Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Ellen Page
Genre: Drama | Mystery| Sci-Fi
Memorable Movie Quote: "We create the world of a dream. We bring a subject into that dream and they fill it with their secrets."
Release Date: July 16, 2010
DVD Release Date: December 7, 2010
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG-13 for some language.
Runtime: 117 mins.
Director: Gabriele Muccin
Writer: Steve Conrad
Cast: Will Smith; Jaden Smith; Thandie Newton; Brian Howe
Tagline: The Pursuit of Happyness.
Memorable Quote: "I met my father for the first time when I was 28 year old. When I had children, my children were going to know who their father was."
Release Date: December 15, 2006
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG for scary sequences and images.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Robert Zemeckis
Writer: Robert Zemeckis
Cast: Jim Carrey; Sage Ryan; Colin Firth; Gary Oldman ... complete cast
Tagline: Disney's A Christmas Carol.
Genre: Animated/Comedy / Family
Memorable Quote: "I'm light as a feather! Merry as a schoolboy! "
Release Date: November 6, 2009
DVD Release Date: November 16, 2010.
Read more: Disney's A Christmas Carol - Blu-ray Movie Review
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- By Christopher Symonds
In the sea of remakes, reboots, sequels that have been lathered heavily upon us in recent years, it is hard for one to remember many that have you leaving the theatre thinking it was a worthwhile endeavour. More often than not, despite the all too repetitive spin doled ...
Read more: Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Blu-ray Movie Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for pervasive strong brutal violence and language, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime: 122 mins.
Director: Wayne Kramer
Writer: Wayne Kramer
Cast: Pal Walker, Cameron Bright; Chazz Palminteri...complete cast
Tagline: Ready. Aim. Run
Release Date: February 24, 2006
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA.
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Writer: Joseph Stefano
Cast: Anthony Perkins; Janet Leigh; Vera Miles
Genre: Classic | Horror
Memorable Movie Quote: "I think I must have one of those faces you can't help believing."
Release Date: August 10, 1960
Blu-ray Release Date: October 19, 2010.
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- By Loron Hays
Man will probably never be able to conquer and control the forces of nature. The fate of the RMS Titanic is proof enough of the high price for playing “King of the World” with nature. Tales like this are full of consequence; they are meaty with drama and diligence ...
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- By Loron Hays
Leave it to Godzilla to restore the balance as the 2014 summer box office begins to warm up and go nuclear. That’s right the King of the Monsters returns! From Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures, director Gareth Edwards (previously behind the wonderfully dazzling ...
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for strong horror violence and gore, disturbing images, and some language.
Runtime: 94 mins.
Director: Christophe Gans
Writer: Roger Avary (screenplay); Nicolas Boukhrief (story)
Cast: Radha Mitchell; Sean Bean; Laurie Holden
Tagline: Enjoy your stay.
Memorable Quote: "To find your daughter, you must face the darkness of Hell."
Genre: Horror/Sci-Fi
Opens: April 21, 2006
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- By Lloyd Bayer
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action.
Director: Mike Newell
Writer: Boaz Yakin and Doug Miro
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal; Ben Kingsley; Alfred Molina
Genre: Action | Adventure
Memorable Movie Quote: "Only the Dagger can unlock the Sands of Time. And there are those who would use this power to destroy the world.""
Release Date: May 28, 2010
DVD Release Date: Not yet announced
Read more: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Movie Review 2010
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- By Loron Hays
There’s an empty sort of spirituality that echoes throughout The Adjustment Bureau. It isn’t concrete and, as a result, it certainly isn’t all that confident in what it’s trying to say about angels and...
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- By Emilie Yount
Rated: G for general audiences
Runtime: 110 mins.
Director: Brad Bird
Writer: Brad Bird
Cast: Patton Oswalt; Ian Holm; Lou Romano; Brian Dennehy ... complete cast
Tagline: Dinner is served... Summer 2007
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Family
Memorable Quote: "I don't want to eat garbage, dad!" ... more quotes
Release Date: June 29, 2007
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG for some crude humor, suggestive content and swashbuckling action.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Chris Miller; Raman Hui
Writer: Andrew Adamson; Howard Gould
Cast: Mike Meyers; Eddie Murphy; Cameron Diaz; Antonio Banderas
Tagline: Who's ready for Thirds?
Genre: Animation / Comedy / Family
Memorable Quote: "I feel all exposed and nasty! " ... more quotes
Release Date: May 18, 2007
DVD Release Date: November 13, 2007
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- By Christopher Symonds
1984 was quite the year for movies. Goonies, Gremlins, Splash, Police Academy, The Karate Kid, Indiana Jones and Temple of Doom, Footloose, Beverly Hills Cop, and the third Star Trek all hit cinemas that year. To be a standout in that pack of then future classics is no ...
Read more: Ghostbusters / Ghostbusters 2 [Region Free] - Blu-ray Review
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- By Loron Hays
Runtime: 91 mins.
Director: Wes Craven
Writer: Wes Craven
Tagline: Hang six Summer 2007.
Genre: Animated/Comedy / Family
Memorable Movie Quote: "She is the only one who can stop it... if she fails, no one survives." ... more quotes
Release Date: November 16, 1984
Blu-ray Release Date: April 13, 2010
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Read more: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) - Blu-ray Review
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- Colorado Street Suicide Bridge
- Death of a Princess - The Story of Grace Kelly's Fatal Car Crash
- Joaquin Phoenix 911 Call - River Phoenix - Viper Room
- Screen Legend Elizabeth Taylor Dies at 79
- Suicide and the Hollywood Sign - The Girl Who Jumped from the Hollywood Sign
- The Amityville Horror House
- The Black Dahlia Murder - The Death of Elizabeth Short
- The Death of Actress Jane Russell
- The Death of Brandon Lee
- The Death of Chris Farley
- The Death of Dominique Dunne
- The Death of George Reeves - the Original Superman