I guess you can say that the third time is indeed a charm.  I've reviewed the regular DVD version of this movie, the HD-DVD version and now the Blu-ray version. I understand what people saw in the movie.  While not completely convinced that Michael Bay did it right, I have a bit more respect for Transformers. More than met the eyeSo the story goes, Sam Witwicky is a typical teenager.  He doesn't a...[Read More]

Stephen Chow has always been a filmmaker who has taken everything serious about modern Chinese aciton films and combined them with off-the-wall comedic tales.  From Shaolin Soccer to Kung fu Hustle, Chow's imagination knew no bounds.  Now Chow takes a different direction and strays slightly away from his normal group of fun-loving, action-packed films with a more mature, yet very childish, film ma...[Read More]

When I was younger, one of my favorite films was The Karate Kid. I found the hardships and triumph that ole Ralph Macchio went through inspiring and relatable. I can’t honestly say that I have seen many films since then that were similar, but that changed when I first saw the trailer for Never Back Down. While I didn’t make it to the theatres to see it, Universal was kind enough to send us the Blu...[Read More]

The Exorcism of Emily Rose is based off a true story about a young girl named Anneliese Michel and a court case revolving around the death of the girl and its cause. In 2005, the story was brought to film starring Laura Linney, Tom Wilkinson, Jennifer Carpenter III, and Campbell Scott . The stars turn in solid performances, but the mixed offering of horror and courtroom drama may not be enough to ...[Read More]

Harrison Ford stars as Jack Ryan for his second and final time, two years after he first played the truth-seeking CIA Agent in Patriot Games. In this 1994 film, Ryan is tasked with investigating the murder of one of the President’s friends after he was gunned down on a yacht. As Ryan investigates, he finds out that there is much more here than meets the eye in this political thriller penned by Tom...[Read More]

CIA Agent Jack Ryan returns in another Tom Clancy novel movie adaptation in The Hunt For Red October. Paramount is releasing four Jack Ryan films on Blu-ray this week, and we’ve been pleased to review all of them. In this, his first adventure on film, Ryan has only a brief window of time to help the Red October’s captain defect to the United States before a war breaks out between the US and the So...[Read More]

Top Gun was a film that I really enjoyed when I was a youngster. The theme music rocked, still does today if you ask me, riding motorcycles and flying fighter jets was just too cool. Fast forward a decade without having seen the movie, put it on Blu-ray, and while it doesn’t hold up to what I remember it, it’s still a fun 80s action movie that you shouldn’t be embarrassed to enjoy. Moreover, this ...[Read More]

Sean Bean is the new Malcolm McDowell of the film world.  No matter what type of part he gets, his face and demeanor will always end of up with the same conclusion… ‘bad guy’. Can you af’Ford’ to miss this Jack Ryan adventure? Jack Ryan is back!  This time, instead of helping a Russian captain of a submarine defect to the United States, he’s serving up some majo...[Read More]

I’m a fan of music, but I’ve never been the type of fan that wanted to see a band in concert or followed the band any closer than checking on the release date of their next album. Heck, I’ve only ever seen like two music videos, hah. It’s no surprise then that when I received Shine A Light in on Blu-ray, a Martin Scorsese directed documentary on The Rolling Stones, that I was in for a unique exper...[Read More]

Films based off of Tom Clancy novels are appearing in force on Blu-ray this week, with the release of Patriot Games, Clear And Present Danger, and The Sum of All Fears. Each film centers on the adventures of CIA agent Jack Ryan, who was played by Harrison Ford for the first two films, but ultimately rejected the role for the third film, The Sum of All Fears. In his place is Ben Afflick, co-starrin...[Read More]