Physical Media: 4K UHD, Blu-ray, DVD Reviews

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The Ultimate Life

Chris Rebholz | Jan 02, 2014

To give you the reader a decent explanation of the film The Ultimate Life I would need to start by giving you a review of the first film The Ultimate Gift, but I haven't so this revi...

Full Review | Grade: C

Futurama: Volume 8

Chris Rebholz | Dec 20, 2013

Futurama: Volume 8 seems to wrap up some pressing plot elements while leaving the door rather widely open for any future reboot. Even if this series has "only" nine lives, it probably hasn't used up more than four or five.

Full Review | Grade: B

The Lone Ranger

John Delia | Dec 19, 2013

Lone Ranger Is A very good action driven film for most everyone.

Full Review | Grade: B

Prisoners

Chris Rebholz | Dec 17, 2013

Prisoners is a more eclectic, divisive film than I was anticipating.

Full Review | Grade: B

The Simpsons Physical Media: Blu-ray Review

Simpsons: Season 16

Chris Rebholz | Dec 16, 2013

The Simpsons: The Sixteenth Season may in fact be "more of the same", but in this case, that's decidedly good news.

Full Review | Grade: B

The Wolverine

Chris Rebholz | Dec 10, 2013

Say goodbye to the cigar chomping, quipster Wolverine in The Wolverine. This is a much more tamped down enterprise, for better or worse.

Full Review | Grade: B

Getaway

Chris Rebholz | Dec 06, 2013

Getaway is a film fueled entirely on stupidity.

Full Review | Grade: D

Despicable Me 2

Chris Rebholz | Dec 03, 2013

It’s not much of an improvement, but “Despicable Me 2” capably delivers the goods with minimal strain.

Full Review | Grade: B

Paranoia

Chris Rebholz | Dec 02, 2013

This movie about evil, evil smartphones is just plain dumb. A game cast and some good location work can't save this train wreck.

Full Review | Grade: D

The World's End

Chris Rebholz | Nov 26, 2013

Is there a genre Edgar Wright and cohorts in crime Simon Pegg and Nick Frost haven't tackled? Victorian period romance, I suppose. Otherwise, it's all fair game for the Cornetto Trilogy boys....

Full Review | Grade: B