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  1. Ken_McAlinden

    RIP Ron Hutchinson (Vitaphone Project)

    :( A Chemical Engineer by training, he pivoted from his hobby of collecting 78 RPM records into becoming a restorer and advocate for the preservation of early sound films. http://leonardmaltin.com/farewell-to-vitaphone-champion-ron-hutchinson-one-of-the-good-guys/...
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    Blu-ray Review Father Figures Blu-ray Review

    Ken_McAlinden Father Figures Blu-ray Review Father Figures is the directorial debut of Lawrence Sher, who was the cinematographer on several modern comedies including all three of the Hangover films. The bawdy approach to the "Who's your daddy" premise is certainly in that vein. Owen...
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    Blu-ray Review Central Intelligence Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden Central Intelligence Blu-ray Review Central Intelligence teams massive action star Dwayne Johnson with compact comedy star Kevin Hart in an action comedy blending spy movie and high school reunion movie tropes. As one might guess from Director Rawson Marshall Thurber's prior...
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    Blu-ray Review It Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden It Blu-ray Review The 1990 miniseries of Stephen King's It took on the daunting task of adapting the massive (>1100 pages in my paperback edition) and massively popular (14 weeks at the top of The New York Times Best Sellers list in 1986 and 1987) novel into a two episode...
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    Blu-ray Review Salem's Lot Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden Salem's Lot Blu-ray Review The 1979 television miniseries Salem's Lot was only the second filmed adaptation of a Stephen King novel (following Brian De Palma's film of Carrie from 1976). While its made for TV budget imposed certain limitations on the production, Producer...
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    Blu-ray Review The Conjuring 2 Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden The Conjuring 2 Blu-ray Review [LEFT]Director James Wan's The Conjuring 2 reunites Patrick Wilson, Vera Farmiga and the key creative talent behind the 2013 hit horror film The Conjuring for another cinematic dramatization from the files of demonologists and psychic...
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    Blu-ray Review The Nice Guys Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden The Nice Guys Blu-ray Review The Nice Guys features Russell Crowe and Ryan Gosling as an enforcer for hire and a private detective who cross paths when a client of the enforcer who is also the subject of an investigation by the detective goes missing. Fans of Director Shane...
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    3D Blu-ray Review Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Ultimate Edition 3D Blu-ray Review

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    Blu-ray Review Black Mass Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden has published a new article. Black Mass Blu-ray Review Black Mass dramatizes the "stranger than fiction" circumstances under which South Boston Winter Hill Mob Boss James "Whitey" Bulger operated his... Continue reading the original article.
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    3D Blu-ray Review Pan 3D Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden has published a new article. Pan 3D Blu-ray Review J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan has inspired many adaptations and derivative works in the more than 100 years since the character’s debut. In addition... Continue reading the original article.
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    Blu-ray Review The Intern Blu-ray Review

    ken_mcalinden has published a new article. The Intern Blu-ray Review Director Nancy Meyers has had great success with films depicting mature relationships such as Something's Gotta Give and [I]It's Complicated,... Continue reading the original article.
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    Blu-ray Review The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Blu-ray Review

    <b>The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>While no one may have been clamoring for a cinematic remake of the popular 1960s spy show, I became interested in seeing it when I heard that Director Guy Ritchie was attached. His cinematic style often feels like a modern take on 60s cool, and...
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    3D Blu-ray Review San Andreas 3D Blu-ray Review

    <b>San Andreas 3D Blu-ray Review</b><p><p><em class='bbc'>San Andreas</em> blends 20th century disaster movie tropes with state of the art 21st century special effects technology. Director Brad Peyton upped the ante for his spectacular set-pieces by casting everyone's favorite action hero...
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    Blu-ray Review Entourage: The Movie Blu-ray Review

    <b>Entourage: The Movie Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>Four years after the eighth and final season of the HBO series, the cast and key creative crew of the series reunited for this theatrical feature continuation of the series. Producers were no doubt hoping to repeat the success of the <em...
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    3D Blu-ray Review Mad Max: Fury Road 3D Blu-ray Review

    <b>Mad Max: Fury Road 3D Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>In <em class='bbc'>Mad Max: Fury Road</em>, George Miller returns to his most famous franchise and character for the first time in 30 years and for the first time without Mel Gibson in the title role of post-apocalyptic "road warrior" Max...
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    Blu-ray Review The Water Diviner Blu-ray Review

    <b>The Water Diviner Blu-ray Review</b><p><p><em class='bbc'>The Water Diviner, </em>Russell Crowe's feature film directorial debut, focuses on the aftermath of The Battle of Gallipoli, a pivotal campaign from early in World War I in which the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)...
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    Blu-ray Review Vanilla Sky Blu-ray Review

    <b>Vanilla Sky Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>Hot on the heals of his critically lauded <em class='bbc'>Almost Famous</em>, writer/director Caneron Crowe assembled a lot of the same crew to film an English language adaptation of Alejandro Amenábar's <em class='bbc'>Abre Los Ojos</em>. While Hollywood...
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    Blu-ray Review The Golden Year: 5 Classic Films from 1939 Blu-ray Review

    <b>The Golden Year: 5 Classic Films from 1939 Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>1939 is often cited as the pinnacle of the Hollywood studio era due to the large number of enduring classic films released over the course of that single year. While one could argue that other years have had as many great...
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    3D Blu-ray Review Jupiter Ascending 3D Blu-ray Review

    <b>Jupiter Ascending 3D Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>If ever a genre seemed tailor made for Andy and Lana Wachowski's trademark blend of big action and big ideas, it is space opera. <em class='bbc'>Jupiter Ascending</em> presents their spin on the genre made recently resurgent by the phenomenal...
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    Blu-ray Review Frank Sinatra 5-Film Collection Blu-ray Review

    <b>Frank Sinatra 5-Film Collection Blu-ray Review</b><p><p><em class='bbc'>The Frank Sinatra Collection</em> pulls together two films from the 1940s, one from the 1950s, and two from the 1960s into a career-spanning if somewhat random-seeming five disc box set. The big budget Samuel Goldwyn...
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    Blu-ray Review Gravity Diamond Luxe Edition Blu-ray Review

    <b>Gravity Diamond Luxe Edition Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>While previous entries in the Warner Bros. “Diamond Luxe” Blu-ray series were released to coincide with milestone anniversaries of catalog titles, this Deluxe Edition of <em class='bbc'>Gravity</em> comes only two years after the film's...
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    3D Blu-ray Review Kiss Me Kate 3D Blu-ray Review

    <b>Kiss Me Kate 3D Blu-ray Review</b><p>By the time major studios and the larger independents were able to get their first big budget “prestige productions” using the 3D process into theaters, the 1950s 3D craze was nearly over. As a result some of the most enduring vintage 3D films of the era...
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    Amazon UK BOGO Disney Sale

    Amazon UK is running a buy one get one free Disney promotion from March 2, 2015 through April 12,2015. It is split into three separate "DVD", "Blu-ray", and "Blu-ray 3D" categories. Promo page accessible here...
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    Blu-ray Review The Good Lie Blu-ray Review

    <b>The Good Lie Blu-ray Review</b><p><em class='bbc'>The Good Lie</em> dramatizes the experiences of a group of child refugees orphaned and driven from their homes in South Sudan by the civil war in 1983. While the movie's promotional material prominently features actress Reese Witherspoon (who...
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    Blu-ray Review Dolphin Tale 2 Blu-ray Review

    <strong class='bbc'>Dolphin Tale 2 Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Dolphin Tale 2</em> reassembles all of the major cast as well as the director of the inspirational 2011 tale of Winter, a rescued Dolphin fitted with a prosthetic tail who became an inspiration to humans with...
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    Blu-ray Review Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray Review

    <strong class='bbc'>Stanley Kubrick: The Masterpiece Collection Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The latest Warner Bros. re-packaging of the films of Stanley Kubrick brings together the most recent Blu-ray presentations of all eight of the director's films since 1962's <em class='bbc'>Lolita</em>. The...
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    Blu-ray Review Into the Storm Blu-ray Review

    <strong class='bbc'>Into the Storm Blu-ray Review</strong><p><em class='bbc'>Into the Storm</em> is a tornado disaster action and effects spectacle refreshingly devoid of sharks. Director Steven Quale cut his teeth shooting second unit for James Cameron, so he definitely knows his way around a...
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    Blu-ray Review Tammy (Extended Cut) Blu-ray Review

    <b>Tammy (Extended Cut) Blu-ray Review</b><p>Melissa McCarthy's skyrocketing popularity thanks to standout performances in box office hits <em class='bbc'>Bridesmaids</em>, <em class='bbc'>The Heat,</em> and <em class='bbc'>Identity Thief</em> landed her enough clout in 2014 that she could...
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    Blu-ray Review Batman: The Complete Television Series Blu-ray Review

    <strong class='bbc'>Batman: The Complete Television Series Blu-ray Review</strong><p>The 1966-1968 <em class='bbc'>Batman</em> Television Series makes its long awaited debut on home video with a deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray box set (also available on SD DVD). Bat fans have been bat-clamoring...
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    Blu-ray Review Jersey Boys Blu-ray Review

    <strong class='bbc'>Jersey Boys Blu-ray Review</strong><p>Director Clint Eastwood's<em class='bbc'> Jersey Boys</em> adapts the hit stage play chronicling the career of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons from their rough and tumble New Jersey roots through a remarkable series of hits in the...
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