Batman (1989) was a transformative superhero movie taking a character that largely was known as a light-hearted joke and turning him into the rightfully brooding and Dark Knight.
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13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi 4K Ultra HD Review
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi is an even-keeled telling of the events of that night with minimal political undertones sticking with the actual attacks. The performances are all well done highlighted by James Badge Dale and John Krasinski.
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The Trial of Ratko Mladic DVD Review
The Trial of Ratko Mladic is haunting documentary of a monster I suspect not many people know about.
NOVA: Rise of the Rockets DVD Review
NOVA: Rise of the Rockets is an informative episode of the series providing a glimpse at the future of both exploration as well as the corporate-backing.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Review
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World is a well done conclusion to the nearly decade-long franchise featuring a well told, if not basic, story to go along with some beautiful animation and nice voice work by the ensemble cast.
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Crank 4K Ultra HD Review
Crank is a fun and rather entertaining flick even with the frenetic (though I know it’s in keeping with the adrenaline theme) direction, though works mostly for Jason Statham who does well even with some limited character development.
Greta Blu-ray Review
Greta was actually a disappointing movie. What could’ve been a fun little B-flick instead had a half-baked script and some rather forgettable performances from both Huppert and Moretz, the former never quite disturbing or menacing.
Happy Death Day 2U Blu-ray Review
Happy Death Day 2U doesn’t make a whole lot of sense though in fairness, they set aside any of the science for the horror and comedy elements where the film does succeed quite well, this also makes for a solid double-header with the first film.
Cold Pursuit 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray Review
Cold Pursuit is kind of standard action-thriller fair for Liam Neeson and while the script and supporting characters aren’t the strongest, it is an enjoyable enough film.
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Level 16 Blu-ray Review
Level 16 doesn’t feel like the most original sci-fi(ish) thriller but I did like some of the atmosphere writer-director Danishka Esterhazy brought to the table and the performances from Katie Douglas and Celina Martin were both impressive.
Earthquake: Collector’s Edition (Shout Select) Blu-ray Review
Earthquake is certainly one of the lesser of the disaster film of the 1970s and certainly the story and characters, despite a respectable cast, was the weaker point but I was at least impressed with some of the miniature and special effects work.
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The Big Clock Blu-ray Review
The Big Clock is a fun 1940s film noir-esque thriller that actually would probably play well today as it did then. The acting is fairly good, Ray Milland especially, and features a compelling and suspense-filled story.
The Mighty McGurk DVD Review
The Mighty McGurk is a well acted adventure-drama featuring two wonderous performances from Wallace Beery and Dean Stockwell when he was a child actor.
The Seduction Blu-ray Review
The Seduction is an okay erotic thriller however not terribly memorable despite this being Morgan Fairchild’s feature film debut but kind of expected more of a cheese-fest.
Becoming Evil: Serial Killers DVD Review
Becoming Evil: Serial Killers isn’t all that well put together documentary series, in fact comes across as a bit cheap, but with the explosion of true crime that has elevated Investigative Discovery, A&E and Lifetime.