Mare of Easttown Blu-ray Review

Mare of Easttown arrives on Blu-ray and DVD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. The mystery-suspense-drama stars Kate Winslet (who also executive produced), Julianne Nicholason, Jean Smart, Guy Pearce and Evan Peters.

 

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X-Men: Dark Phoenix 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray Review

X-Men: Dark Phoenix is by no means terrible but it certainly is a weak ending to a franchise and the main issue with this movie is lacked any real emotion, even though the technical aspects weren’t bad.

 

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American Horror Story: Roanoke BD + Screen Caps

Although I didn’t really care for the format of this season on American Horror Story, or the style of the final few episodes, there is some tense atmosphere and the performances at least weren’t bad, with Sarah Paulson being the highlight.

 

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Kick-Ass 4K + BD Screen Caps

Kick-Ass is a fun, hard-knuckled comic book movie that came many years before Deadpool became a hit it did. The highlights, beyond the R-rating language and violence, are the performances from a very young Chloe Grace Moretz, Nicolas Cage and Aaron Johnson.

 

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Review: X-Men: Apocalypse UHD/BD + Screen Caps

X-Men: Apocalypse was a pretty big disappointment for me following Days of Future Past and while some of the technical parts were well done, the rest had a very stale vibe with similar story elements rehashed from the first X-Men movie way back in 2000.

 

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Review: The Lazarus Effect BD + Screen Caps

The Lazarus Effect had some potential between a respectable cast who did a good job with what they were given and some nice production values, but the script came across as half assed and delved into horror clichés we’ve seen too many times before and done far better.

 

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Review: Adult World DVD

Adult World isn’t perfect with a clumsy story but the performances by Emma Roberts and John Cusack are both quite good and the film itself is at least watchable though has a limited replay value. The DVD doesn’t have much with minimal features and so-so video/audio transfers.

 

 

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American Horror Story: Asylum Blu-ray Review

“American Horror Story: Asylum”: The Complete Second Season is another triumph for FX and although on the whole I liked the first season better, this one has a lot to offer including some excellent performances headlined by Zachary Quinto and Jessica Lange amongst others.

 

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