Inception Mind-Numbing, Not Mind-Blowing
I can already feel the masses getting their torches and pitchforks ready for me on this one. Is this my Avatar of 2010? What I’m getting at is last year I was the lone wolf here on Why So Blu,...
View ArticleIf You Have The “Time”: In Time (Movie Review)
So I somehow managed to double-book myself between press screenings for In Time and The Rum Diaries. Bummer! It was a hard decision to make between which one I would ultimately have to pass on. In...
View Article‘In Time’ Features No Aging Or Good Dialogue
I cannot imagine it being at all simple to develop a story set around a future society, with a specific set of rules in place. For all the fun it must be to describe the ways characters must behave...
View Article‘In Time’ Arrives on Blu-ray January 31, 2012
Let the countdown begin. Leave the existing world behind and enter into a futuristic world where the aging gene is switched off after 25 and time is money, literally, that many can’t afford in the...
View ArticleIn Time (Blu-ray Review)
Every second counts in this sexy, stylish action-thriller starring Justin Timberlake and Amanda Syfried. In a future where time is literally money and aging stops at 25, the only way to stay alive is...
View Article‘Transcendence’ Exceeds No Limits (Movie Review)
For a techno-thriller about artificial intelligence, it actually seems to make sense that Transcendence does not have a whole lot of emotion to back up its big ideas, aside from Paul Bettany’s cry...
View ArticleOwn Transcendence On Blu-ray Combo Pack July 22nd!
Here’s a movie I was really looking forward to in 2014 and then I wound up not even seeing it in theaters. I figured being something coming from a person off of the Nolan tree it had a chance. I...
View ArticleTranscendence (Blu-ray Review)
Going into 2014, Transcendence was on my “movies to check out” list. I didn’t really know all too much about it. Mainly, it was the prospect of seeing longtime Christopher Nolan collaborator Wally...
View ArticleAnthropoid: The Czech Pearl Harbor (Movie Review)
The story behind operation Anthropoid has become synonymous with the history of WWII-based Czechoslovakia to the point of having several films made about it. There is even another one on the way later...
View ArticleFree Fire (SXSW Review)
Having only seen one of director Ben Wheatley’s (Kill List) films before, I had a distinct skepticism about the idea of waiting in line for his next release, Free Fire. The premise of a gun deal gone...
View ArticleThe Darkly Comedic ‘Free Fire’ Shows You The Way Of The Gun (Movie Review)
I love seeing various action movies that show you two extremes. On the one side, you get a vintage John Woo flick like Hard Boiled, where Chow Yun-fat can equip himself with dual pistols and slide down...
View ArticleEncapsulated Movie Reviews – Four New Indie Titles
Hitting local film fests and book reviews hard (that are all on the horizon!), there was only time for four little indie flick sneak peaks this week. A sexy and sensual forbidden love story with...
View Article‘Free Fire’, The Shoot Out Spectacular, Arrives On Blu-ray This July
The bold action thriller, Free Fire, arrives on Blu-ray™ (plus Digital HD) and DVD July 18 from Lionsgate. Winner of the People’s Choice Award for MidnightMadness at the Toronto International Film...
View ArticleFree Fire (Blu-ray Review)
I love seeing various action movies that show you two extremes. On the one side, you get a vintage John Woo flick like Hard Boiled, where Chow Yun-fat can equip himself with dual pistols and slide down...
View Article‘Dunkirk’ Spirals Upwards Into An Intense And Superb Experience (Movie Review)
In the time since seeing Dunkirk, writer/director Christopher Nolan’s tense World War II survival story, I’ve thought a lot about how essential the use of structure and time was to the film. Nolan...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan’s DUNKIRK Comes To 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray On December 19th!
One of the year’s most acclaimed films, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Dunkirk,” arrives on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, DVD and Digital this December. From filmmaker Christopher Nolan (“Interstellar,” “Inception,”...
View ArticleBrandon’s Blu-ray Wishlist For 2018!
Once again, the time of year has come upon us; the end of the Blu-ray release year. I’m a little later than prior years on this and its because the announcement to release window is becoming incredible...
View ArticleDunkirk (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
Christopher Nolan stands as one of maybe our last great filmmakers that have bridged the gap of their visions to big budget mainstream productions. While he gained esteem and clout through making some...
View ArticleBatman Begins (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
Christopher Nolan released his tenth directed feature film in 2017, the escape/evacuation World War II thriller chronicling the events of Dunkirk. Being well regarded as one of the best directors of...
View ArticleThe Dark Knight (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
Christopher Nolan released his tenth directed feature film in 2017, the escape/evacuation World War II thriller chronicling the events of Dunkirk. Being well regarded as one of the best directors of...
View ArticleInception (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)
Christopher Nolan released his tenth directed feature film in 2017, the escape/evacuation World War II thriller chronicling the events of Dunkirk. Being well regarded as one of the best directors of...
View ArticleEncapsulated Movie Reviews – Seven New Indie Titles
The indie movie scene is as always loud and proud with this week’s crop of seven films hitting various genre notes for hungry cinema seekers. Sensual stories, coming of age tales, cancer comedies,...
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