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Will Smith is one of the biggest entertainers on the planet. It is that sort of weight that only helps to bloat blockbuster films further than is comfortable. Wild Wild West is an overhaul of the original TV series of the same name and is about as bloated as they blockbusters come. Michael Bay, eat your heart out. Continue Reading

Delivering a worthy portrayal as Charles Chaplin seems like an insurmountable task, but Robert Downey Jr. proved to be adroit and became the most talked about thing in Richard Attenborough’s film. Despite some critisisms that it skims over important parts of his life while focusing too long on others, this might be one of the best Hollywood Bio pics yet made. Continue Reading

Bad Boys is one of the early Sean Penn films that may be a bit off your radar, it wasn’t a high profile film at the time and it seems to just have gotten plopped onto Blu-ray and released with little to no effort. Is this film a hidden gem or simply just another catalog release?

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Here is a barebones release for that is destined to become a safe bet, bargain-bin-buy (perhaps I should create a “Triple B” moniker for such titles?) for 80s nostalgia fans. A film running on a reliable teen comedy formula, with an amusing supernatural twist. Plus Michael J. Fox is charming…how can we lose?

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It is amazing how the passage of time makes what once seemed scandalous seem rather mundane. I can recall how they had to show Elvis from the waist on the Ed Sullivan Show in the 1950′s, how his shaking and gyrating while performing was seen as dangerous for America’s youth. Rock N’ Roll after all was the devil’s music. This came to mind while I was thinking out the subject of this review, Last Tango in Paris. I was in high school, when this film debuted in 1972 and I can recall how it caused quite a stir, with what was for the time, shocking sexuality in a mainstream film. Due to my age, I did not see the film during its initial run and have never seen it before its arrival on Blu-ray. Would its sexuality seem as mundane now as Elvis’ performances on Ed Sullivan now seem in retrospect? In a word, yes. Continue Reading

When I first picked up Cronos I was immediately attracted to the interesting cover art done by Mike Mignola who created the comic character Hellboy, which Guillermo has adapted into two films (also with Ron Perlman) so it’s no surprise that he was involved in this… Cronos is Del Toro’s debut feature film and it’s always great to see where filmmakers start out… How does his early work stack up against his later work?

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With a recent remake or sequel depending on how you look at it, it’s interesting to go back and watch the original Bad Lieutenant. The movie came out at one of Keitel’s high points and is one of his most infamous roles. Will this catalogue release be an essential for the fans?

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