February/27/10 09:24 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Historical
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
Amelia,
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, puts actress
Hillary Swank into the role of the aviatrix Amelia
Earhart and the Oscar winner ably manages to bring
the woman we know through Movietone and press reels
to life. Read
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January/26/10 06:14 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Action
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
With
Whip It (Be Your Own Hero,) nascent director Drew
Barrymore asks the question “What would happen if
we followed our passions, instead of our
obligations.”
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January/26/10 01:02 AM Filed in:
DVD
| Television
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
The Touched By An Angel Inspiration
Collection by Paramount Home Video; $14.99 each)
brings sixteen of the shows episodes on four discs.
For nine seasons fans of the drama series Touched
by an Angel found messages of faith, love and
belief in oneself and those around them.
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December/26/09 01:38 AM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Comedy
| Cornelius
Crimple reviews
Recent
Kennedy Center honoree and one of the premiere
comedic minds of the twentieth century, the Mel
Brooks, gets a high definition tribute to his
career in this nine disk, Blu-ray gift set.
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December/15/09 11:27 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray, Action, Lisa Ruth Reviews
Tarantino’s
redo of the 1978’s Italian film “Quel Maledetto
Rreno Blindato” (Enzo G. Castellari), is a WWII
revisionist tale in which individuals take actions
that under other circumstances would have been
unthinkable. Read
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December/03/09 06:15 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Comedy
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
For
those who have not been able to visit our
National Mall
and
tour the Smithsonian Institute’s
museums
and galleries,
Night at the Museum: Battle of the
Smithsonian provides
a gleeful romp through a few of the more popular
buildings that are our nation’s “attic.”
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November/19/09 12:59 AM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Action
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
Fight
Club is like a big building on fire. You don’t want
to watch the carnage, but it is oddly serene in its
destructive power. Its just one of those movies
that lives within you. Read
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November/10/09 07:50 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Animation
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
With a ten-year-old child in the house, my
Disney immersion has been thorough. And
predictable. Until
Up (Disney Pixar; Blu
Ray 4 Disc Combo Pack $19.99). I will
admit that I did not expect the beautifully crafted
love story that I thoroughly enjoyed.
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Out of all the films I most looked forward to
enjoying in high definition... well, “Monsters
Inc." (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment,
Rated G, $39.99) was always near the top of the
list. The movie, originally released in 2001 not
only helped cement Pixar Animation Studios as the
leader of digital cartoons in the 21 century and
beyond but it had multiple levels of humor to
appeal to viewers of all ages.
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For
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure the feisty fairy
first seen in Peter Pan in 1953, has a new look and
mission. No longer the silent girl pining for her
‘fella, this Tinker Fairy has come into her own in
this learn-your-lesson driven story.
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October/13/09 12:03 AM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Romance
| Comedy
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
The
Proposal is not quite up there with Bo Goldman’s
1992 screenplay based on the novel by Giovanni
Arpino, it does show that if we don’t like an
unlikeable lead character the movie dies before the
popcorn is gone. Read
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September/24/09 11:45 PM Filed in:
Blu-ray
| Action
| Jacquie
Kubin reviews
X-Men
Origins: Wolverine is a 107 minute romp that is
breathtakingly fun. But then I am an X-Men fan. The
first X-Men comic I purchased was Number 1, signed
by that Marvel of comic creations Stan Lee.
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