Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
The poor picture quality isn’t the only thing freighting on Freeway Killer, a film about serial killer William Bodin, which is short on details making it feel like yet another exploitation of serial killers’ mystique and their victims.
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Posted February 15th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Criterion scores again with a reference quality release of this powerful film by director Steve McQueen about the death by hunger strike in 1981 of IRA leader Bobby Sands.
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Posted February 10th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Amelia turns the life of the adventurous aviatrix into a sappy Hollywood soap opera, but at least the reference quality Blu-ray release arrives just in time for the Valentine’s Day holiday.
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Posted February 5th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Forest Whitaker’s riveting performance is main draw in this fictionalized account of Ugandan dictator Idi Amin’s reign of terror and we like the strong transfer to Blu-ray even if the production makes it less than great hi-def material.
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Posted February 4th, 2010 by Brandon DuHamel
Reese Witherspoon and Joaquin Phoenix give strong performances in this film on the early tumultuous career of “The Man in Black” and his courtship of June Carter rendered in a reference-quality release from Fox.
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Posted November 5th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
Director David Lynch’s visually mesmerizing film about this historical Victorian figure arrives on Blu-ray in an equally stunning 1080p transfer from Optimum Releasing.
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Posted July 26th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
Robert Downey, Jr. and Jamie Foxx put in fine performances in this disappointing drama based on a true story.
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Posted July 13th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
Impossibly over-dramatic and oversimplified in its look at wartime connections, The Edge of Love fails to capture the essence of Dylan Thomas or his love interests in any compelling way.
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Posted June 12th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
The Greatest Game Ever Played might appeal to golf enthusiasts, but it is far from the greatest sports movie ever made.
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Posted May 19th, 2009 by Brandon DuHamel
The tragic life and death of the internationally famous French singer Edith Piaf is brought to the screen in an emotionally gripping interpretation that arrives in high definition with this Blu-ray release from Icon Home Entertainment.
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