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Alita: Battle Angel Review – Not As Crappy As the Trailer Makes It Look

Deirdre Crimmins — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:00:44 +0000

James Cameron is known for creating vast alien worlds and situating fun popcorn movies within them. While Robert Rodriguez directed Cameron’s script for Alita: Battle Angel, which itself is an adaptation of the manga series Gunnm, there’s no mistaking Cameron’s touch on this attempted blockbuster. Taking place on Earth, Alita is set in year 2563,...

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SteelBook Alert: A Long Bad Night with Eva Green Is Probably Still a Pretty Good Night

Josh Zyber — Tue, 14 Oct 2014 16:00:10 +0000

Robert Rodriguez’s long-awaited sequel to his cult hit ‘Sin City’ was expected to be a big blockbuster this summer. Unfortunately, the movie wound up fizzling at the box office. Hoping that fanboy audiences will feel compelled to buy it on Blu-ray anyway, the film’s distributors have prepared several collectible SteelBook options. USA Available at: Best...

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‘Sin City: A Dame to Kill For’ Review: Boobs, Booze and Blood… in 3D

Philip Brown — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 13:00:05 +0000

Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller might have taken almost ten years to mount their sequel to ‘Sin City’, but within seconds it feels like they never left. This isn’t so much a sequel as it is a second issue. It’s more of the same, which is either good or bad depending on your point of...

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Now Playing: ‘Machete’ Slays Me

Bryan Kluger — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 13:00:49 +0000

“Machete don’t tweet” is just one of the hilarious lines uttered by Danny Trejo’s iconic character, Machete Cortez, in this new fun-as-hell sequel from Robert Rodriguez. If you pay attention, you might notice that Rodriguez has actually made a ‘Star Wars’ film with Machete in it this time around, complete with machete lightsabers, versions of...

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The Trailer Park: Insidious Machete Prisoners

M. Enois Duarte — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 19:00:37 +0000

The next Machete adventure packs more over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek action and a larger cast, but the sequel to the surprising ‘Insidious’ looks largely like a repeat of the first. Meanwhile, French Canadian filmmaker Denis Villeneuve returns with another emotionally gut-wrenching film that’s sure to attract a great deal of praise and attention. ‘Machete Kills’ The tagline...

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Unboxed: Japanese ‘Grindhouse’ DVDs

Josh Zyber — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:00:52 +0000

In this new installment from the “Unboxed” series, I’ll pull another of my import DVD box sets off the shelf to take a look at the contents. After all, what’s the point of having these things if I don’t at least look at them every once in a while? Today’s subject is the six-disc ‘Grindhouse’...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 4/17/12 – This Message Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Josh Zyber — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 13:00:00 +0000

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to buy one of the best action movies of 2011 on Blu-ray. Some other stuff might be worth looking at as well. The following new discs hit the market today: ‘7 Below‘ (Arc) ‘¡Alambrista!‘ (Criterion) ‘The Asphyx‘ (Kino) ‘Baseball’s Greatest Games: 2011 World Series Game 6‘...

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Stupid Is As the National Film Registry Does

Josh Zyber — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:00:36 +0000

Each year, the Library of Congress adds exactly 25 movies to the National Film Registry. Thousands of potential films from the entire history of cinema are evaluated for this honor. Those limited few that get chosen are determined to be “culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” works that are “selected because of their enduring significance to...

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New to VUDU: Week of November 20th, 2011

Josh Zyber — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 19:00:11 +0000

VUDU had a slow start to November. The streaming service didn’t add too many notable titles during the first two weeks of the month. Fortunately, things pick up a bit this week, which sees several interesting new additions. The following titles enter the VUDU stream this week: ‘Amigo’ (11/22) ‘Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted...

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Weekend Movies: Two Cult Remakes, a Kids’ Sequel and a Quiet Romantic Drama

Luke Hickman — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 16:00:44 +0000

I don’t know how much longer major film studios will be pushing prequels, sequels and remakes, but the return to original creativity can’t come quickly enough for me. I’m not saying that every prequel, sequel or remake is a bad idea, but our oversaturated market is in dire need of a change. Thank heavens for...

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Weekend Roundtable: Favorite Audio Commentaries

Josh Zyber — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:00:06 +0000

Ah, the audio commentary… So often a chief selling point on DVD and Blu-ray packaging, but does anyone actually listen to these things? Well, we do, and in this week’s Roundtable, we’ll tell you some of our favorites. Did you realize that the audio commentary was first pioneered by the Criterion Collection all the way...

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Blu-ray Highlights for 1/4/11: What Are You Buying?

Josh Zyber — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:00:10 +0000

The holidays are over and it’s a brand new year. The 2011 Blu-ray release schedule begins today with a whole lot of new discs filling retailer shelves. Is there anything worth buying? Welllll…. Here’s the weekly list: ‘8213: Gacy House‘ (Echo Bridge) ‘After Dark Horrorfest Blu-ray Double Feature: Volume 1‘ (Lionsgate) ‘After Dark Horrorfest Blu-ray...

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