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Max Payne

January 30, 2009 // 0 Comments

Based on the video game of the same name, "Max Payne" is the 2008 movie adaptation of the material, directed by John Moore who was until then better known for his hapless and insensitive remakes of classics such as "Flight of the [...]

I Am Legend: Ultimate Collector's Edition

January 27, 2009 // 0 Comments

Richard Matheson's 1954 novel "I Am Legend" has, along with its subsequent film adaptations, left a continuing influence on various sub-genres of horror and science fiction, including the vampire and zombie genres. The protagonist, Robert [...]

Traitor

January 12, 2009 // 0 Comments

The dynamics of the Middle Eastern conflict are ever-changing, as are their perception from the outside world. The bottom-line truth is the Middle East, for all of its centralized resources clout, simply wants to be left alone to tend to their own [...]

Eagle Eye: 2-Disc Special Edition

January 5, 2009 // 0 Comments

Director D.J. Caruso's last film, "Disturbia" (2007), was a suspenseful meditation on a teenage boy's connection to the outside world through technological media. He is now back with similar material, only on a more globalized scale [...]

Burn After Reading

December 18, 2008 // 0 Comments

When the Coen Brothers go to work, things always turn out as a big fat mess, something so hair-raising that all you can do in the end is shake your head and wonder how this all happened. Whether it's "Fargo," "No Country For Old [...]

The Stendhal Syndrome

December 17, 2008 // 0 Comments

Dario Argento has been one of the celebrated masters of Italian horror cinema since the 1970s, but his directorial output since the late 1980s has been largely disappointing to fans of gialli, a horror sub-genre of lurid, graphically violent murder [...]

Lucky # Slevin

November 11, 2008 // 0 Comments

I remember when I first watched "Lucky # Slevin" on DVD two years ago – can you believe it';s been that long already? – I had a blast with this movie and its finely woven plotline. With an impressive cast that consists of Ben [...]

Get Smart

November 6, 2008 // 0 Comments

When I first saw the trailers for "Get Smart" in theaters some time ago, I thought to myself, "This can't be good." The trailer however, did have some funny moments that were very Maxwell Smart-ish, somewhat tempering my [...]

Dr. No

October 20, 2008 // 0 Comments

The James Bond titles have been some of the most stellar and memorable DVD releases in the past and eagerly, of course, we were awaiting the first of the films to appear on Blu-Ray. The first of the Broccoli-produced movies, the 1962 classic "Dr. [...]

L. A. Confidential

September 30, 2008 // 0 Comments

"L. A. Confidential" was clearly one of the best films of 1997, and it garnered an impressive number of Academy Award nominations. In a hopeless face-off against the behemoth "Titanic", it even succeeded in winning two of the awards, [...]
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