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Appleseed:Ex Machina

March 27, 2008 // 0 Comments

"Appleseed: Ex Machina" is a sequel to a previous installment from 2004 called "Appleseed", which is directed by the same Japanese director, Shinji Aramaki and adapted from an immensely popular manga series from Shirow Masamune, who [...]

I Am Legend

March 19, 2008 // 0 Comments

"I Am Legend" is a remake of the movie based on Richard Matheson's novel of the same name. Many viewers are probably familiar with its previous movie incarnation "The Omega Man" starring Charlton Heston as the last man on Earth. [...]

Beowulf: Director's Cut

March 10, 2008 // 0 Comments

All right, kids. This ain't your grandpa's "Beowulf." Most everyone is familiar with the epic, Old English poem, if for no other reason than that it was required reading in their high school English class. While the poem has become [...]

Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines

January 24, 2008 // 0 Comments

After having released the film on DVD, HD-DVD and UMD before, Warner Home Video has now also prepared a Blu-Ray version the third installment of the Terminator saga. While I was not a particular fan of that film, I decided to give it another look in high [...]

Ultimate Force

January 22, 2008 // 0 Comments

"Ultimate Force" is a an action film starring Mirko 'Cro-Cop' Filipovic, a man who got his reputation fighting for UFC. He started his kickboxing career in the nineties, when he also worked in Croatia for an anti-terrorist organization [...]

The Bourne Ultimatum

January 15, 2008 // 0 Comments

The Bourne Ultimatum is the third and possibly final chapter in the spy saga and was also, interestingly, the most financially successful of the three. No doubt strong DVD sales of the first two films pushed audience expectations and created a [...]

3:10 to Yuma

January 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

The Western is one of the few distinctly American film genres. Although it has been adopted and enhanced significantly by international filmmakers, its roots lie deeply within American history and culture, often used as allegory for American beliefs and [...]

Live Free Or Die Hard

December 18, 2007 // 0 Comments

"Live Free Die Hard", the long awaited fourth installment in the series that made Bruce Willis a household name, was directed by Len Wiseman, whose previous directing efforts include "Underworld" and the more recent "Underworld: [...]

Stardust

December 14, 2007 // 0 Comments

With so many films these days about sorcery and magical lands, it is easy for those that are not part of an established franchise (like "Harry Potter" or "The Chronicles of Narnia") to become lost in the mix. Such was the case with [...]

Full Metal Jacket: Deluxe Edition

November 29, 2007 // 0 Comments

That Stanley Kubrick was one of the most uncompromising American directors is indisputable. He was a man of unique vision who was not to be undermined by producers or actors, and he literally spent years on some of his productions meticulously fine-tuning [...]
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