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Anaconda (Blu-Ray Review)

Anaconda (Blu-Ray Review)

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Question: Is this one of the worst films ever made?
Answer: Quite possibly. Then again, this is possibly also one of the worst films featuring a giant snake.
I am truly amazed at this film. I am very rarely left open-jawed and at a loss for words, but this is one of those [...]

In Cold Blood (Blu-Ray Review)

In Cold Blood (Blu-Ray Review)

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This film is based on the Truman Capote novel of the same name. I have not read that novel so for any of you out there who may have read the novel but have yet to see this film, I am unable to provide a comparison. I also believe that the [...]

Roxanne (Blu-Ray Review)

Roxanne (Blu-Ray Review)

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This is one of those films from my childhood which I have fond memories of. I must have watched Roxanne a dozen times as a kid and loved it because of all of the slapstick comedy. I don’t think I’ll ever tire of seeing an idiot get hit in the face [...]

The Quick and the Dead (Blu-Ray Review)

The Quick and the Dead (Blu-Ray Review)

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Since the first time I first saw this film I have felt that it’s under-rated, not to mention misunderstood. The Quick and the Dead is directed by none other than Sam Raimi, famous for his wonderful gore-filled yet tongue-in-cheek Evil Dead trilogy, so it should come as no surprise that this, [...]

Starman (Blu-Ray Review)

Starman (Blu-Ray Review)

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I am a huge fan of John Carpenter and Jeff Bridges and while I was pretty sure I had seen this movie many years ago I was also confident I had forgotten almost everything about it. Carpenter fails to hit the highs he achieved with other films; the same can be [...]

Rachel Getting Married (Blu-Ray Review)

Rachel Getting Married (Blu-Ray Review)

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Screenwriter Jenny Lumet does a good job in getting down to basics and providing a believable tale of the classic middle-American dysfunctional family. Natural dialogue is much rarer than it should be and that aspect of this script impressed me far more than the story itself in which nothing much actually [...]

Ghostbusters (Blu-Ray Review)

Ghostbusters (Blu-Ray Review)

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Twenty five years ago Director Ivan Reitman, with help from writers Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis, created one of my childhood favourites, Ghostbusters. I have rarely seen a comedy in which the actors fire off hilarious line after another. The comic timing of Murray, Aykroyd, Ramis, and Moranis in particular is [...]

The Silence of the Lambs (Blu-ray Review)

The Silence of the Lambs (Blu-ray Review)

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I have seen this film quite a few times and each time I am left with a different overall opinion. I am always left feeling impressed with Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter but that I prefer the more openly psychotic portrayal from Brian Cox in Manhunter. Jodie Foster, fresh from her [...]

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Blu-ray Review)

Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (Blu-ray Review)

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Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines had the unenviable task of following two of the most successful and critically acclaimed Sci-Fi films of all time. Regardless of what this had to offer it was on to a beating from the point of its conception. This is a special effects playground and [...]

Australia (Bluray Review)

Australia (Bluray Review)

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I really wasn’t sure how I’d feel about this film. On one hand I’m a fan of Baz Luhrmann’s previous work especially Strictly Ballroom which I found so refreshing all those years ago and still do. On the other hand I’m not a fan of Nicole Kidman’s acting and from early interviews I couldn’t [...]

There’s Something About Mary (Bluray Review)

There’s Something About Mary (Bluray Review)

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I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve watched There’s Something About Mary since its cinematic release back in 1998. This was the third directorial success in a row for the Farrelly brothers after Dumb & Dumber and Kingpin and it helped cement the reputation they have today.
Matt Dillon’s stand out performance as [...]

Seven Pounds (Bluray Review)

Seven Pounds (Bluray Review)

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There was a time when Will Smith struck me as little more than a black Keanu Reeves. If you look at their careers side by side there are certainly strong similarities. It could be argued that Will Smith’s comedic Fresh Prince character is a more evolved version of Keanu’s Ted Logan. Both actors had [...]

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