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I seldom call a film a total waste of time, as there always seems to be something positive to find and discuss. 47 Meters Down, directed by Johannes Roberts, is a simple tale of two really innocent (or possibly just stupid) girls, on vacation in Mexico, who decide to spend time in a shark cage...

"Gimme that old razzle-dazzle..." Fans of Matthew McConaughey should be extremely pleased with his performance in Gold, as he leaves the pretty boy behind, creating a character to whom you might not wish to sit next to on a flight. He and Edgar Ramirez are prospectors that find themselves at...

Todd Erwin The Founder Blu-ray Review Michael Keaton was was largely ignored by the Academy for his role as Ray Kroc in The Founder , which was a shame, as it is probably his best performance of his career. The film is a fascinating story of how the McDonald brothers revolutionized the food...

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Matt Hough Hands of Stone Blu-ray Review In a career that spanned thirty-four years and championships in four different weight classifications, Roberto Durán holds a special place in boxing history. It's a shame that Jonathan Jakubowicz's Hands of Stone isn't better able to elaborate on the...

Fans of Sam Raimi's 35 year-old creation, which made a phenomenon of then 23 year-old Bruce Campbell, returned last year courtesy of Starz, as a ten episode, 30 minutes series. It's now entering its sophomore year with ten more, which should thrill new and old fans alike. The original film had...

"I believe in America..." Michael Moore has been the American Leni Riefenstahl since his very serious documentary, with a comedic flair, Roger & Me, about his attempt to get a sit down with the head of GM, as the area where he grew up was being decimated by the auto maker. For the past 25...

The lovely and talented New Orleans native Dana Gourrier is making her mark on Hollywood. With roles on the critically lauded first season of HBO’s True Detective, two seasons of HBO’s Togetherness, the 2013 season of American Horror Story: Coven, the recently released Jeff Nichol’s film...

Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, is a technological watershed moment in the history of cinema. Being a long time, large format weenie, I was thrilled early on when I heard the initial rumors that Panavision would be pulling the old Ultra-Panavision glass out of storage, and fitting it to...

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<p>For the record, I&#39;m neither a huge fan, nor an aficionado of ballet. &nbsp;I do, however, appreciate the artistry and the personal struggles involved in its creation.</p> <p>Starz has released an eight part limited mini-series, running 482 minutes, and I believe it may be the perfect...

<b>The Walking Dead Season 5 Limited Edition Blu-ray</b><p><p>The Limited Edition of the fifth Season of <em class='bbc'>The Walking Dead </em>is released immediately following the midseason finale of the 6th season of <em class='bbc'>The Walking Dead </em>on November 29, 2015. The Limited...

<p>Do you like pirate movies?</p> <p>Black Sails, now available on Blu-ray from Starz' second season episodes, follows the Starz regimen of high quality digital effects, that work for large screen TV.</p> <p>Economies of scale, make the majority of the effects high enough quality for even...

<p>I'm a Walking Dead fan, but not a cable fan.</p> <p>I wait until the series is offered via Blu-ray, as the quality jump is extreme.</p> <p>Viewing a sampling of Season Five via 4k, takes the series into another dimension, especially projected and with 7.1 audio.</p> <p>As far as I'm aware...

<b>Walking Dead The Complete Fifth Season Blu-ray Review</b><p><p>The Fifth Season of <em class='bbc'>The Walking Dead </em>premieres on Blu-ray to coincide with the premiere on AMC of the spinoff series <em class='bbc'>Fear The Walking Dead</em>, which will lead into the premiere of the 6th...

<p>For those who found Guess Who's Coming to Dinner a bit tame, or the social morality a bit old-fashioned, possibly Ian Kessner's Lost After Dark is more your speed.</p> <p>Shot on location in Ontario, Canada, it's a perfect '80s slasher film.</p> <p>Except that it was produced in 2014.</p>...

<b>CITIZENFOUR Blu-ray Review</b><p><p><em class='bbc'> </em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p> <em class='bbc'>CITIZENFOUR</em>, the winner of the 2014 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, is a fascinating look at the story of whistleblower (or traitor, if you prefer) Edward Snowden and...

<p>If there is a single litmus test for a true horror film, it must be the need to either squint, or place a hand in front of one's eyes at some point during the unspooling of a film.</p> <p>It Follows is such a film.</p> <p>It's literate, concise, with a small cast and decent budget, and is...

<p>Tom Shankland&#39;s The Missing -- the Starz limited series, not to be confused with any other production of the same name, is at times, a frustrating series to watch, as it jumps back and forth between years, and a continuum of relationships.</p> <p>In some ways it almost reminds me of...

I just scanned through my new Anchor Bay OSTERMAN WEEKEND Blu-Ray and I've never seen a disc so poorly assembled— the transfer is slathered with Edge Enhancement and Digital Noise Reduction (which is bad enough), but there are insane color shifts from not just shot-to-shot, but within scenes as...

<b>The Imitation Game Blu-ray Review</b><p>Although the British mathematician and cryptanalyst Alan Turing played a key role in the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II, his name was little known until the release of <em class='bbc'>The Imitation Game</em>, a riveting drama which garnered...

<b>Black Sails Season 1 Blu-ray Review</b><p>Long John Silver(Luke Arnold) in <em class='bbc'>Black Sails </em>is as distant from Robert Newton's Harrrr-ty seadog as he possibly could be in the Starz Channel's high budget prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson's novel <em class='bbc'>Treasure...

Hannah New (Eleanor Guthrie) of Black Sails spoke to the Home Theater Forum in this interview that occurred on January 7, 2015. HTF: You play Eleanor Guthrie on Black Sails. What do you like best about Eleanor? Hannah New: I think what I like best about Eleanor is her feistiness and her...

Toby Stephens spoke to the Home Theater Forum about Black Sails, James Bond, Jane Eyre, and Marvel superheroes in this interview that took place on January 7, 2015. Season 1 of Black Sails has just been released on Blu-ray and DVD, and season 2 is scheduled to premiere on January 24, 2015...

<strong class='bbc'>The Giver Blu-ray Review</strong><p>An almost two-decade passion project for actor Jeff Bridges, Phillip Noyce’s <em class='bbc'>The Giver</em> is a good but not great science fiction thriller. There’s an extremely capable cast playing out this unique dystopian fantasy, and...

<strong class='bbc'>Sin City: A Dame To Kill For 3D Blu-ray/DVD Combo Blu-ray review</strong><p>Josh Brolin replaces Clive Owen as Dwight in <em class='bbc'>Sin City: A Dame To Kill For</em>, the sequel to <em class='bbc'>Sin City</em>(2005) that has most of the original cast returning...

<strong class='bbc'>Halloween: The Complete Collection Limited Deluxe Edition Blu-ray Review</strong><p>When a movie franchise is spread across several studios, as is the case with <em class='bbc'>Halloween</em>, the likelihood of a complete boxed set of all films in the series is often next to...

<strong class='bbc'>Ghost in the Shell: 25th Anniversary Edition Blu-ray Review</strong><p>To clarify, Masamune Shirow’s <em class='bbc'>Ghost in the Shell </em>manga is celebrating the 25 years, not director Mamoru Oshii’s film adaptation, which came out in 1995. And Anchor Bay didn’t really...