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Paddington 2

Paddington 2 Blu-ray review

June 4, 2018
Mathew Plale

PADDINGTON 2 picks up soon after the first, when the Peruvian bear thwarted taxidermist Millicent Clyde (Nicole Kidman in the first PADDINGTON) with a marmalade sandwich....

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Future World

Future World Blu-ray Review

August 15, 2018
Mathew Plale

Opening voiceover sets the scene, explaining how technological innovations and breakthroughs in science brought about artificial intelligence and, it seems inevitably, wa...

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Mouchette Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review

February 25, 2021
Mathew Plale

The mother stands alone, pondering only to herself what will become of her children once she is gone. She is dying and confined primarily to her bed. Caring for her is he...

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Pawn Blu-ray Review

April 25, 2013
Mathew Plale

As long as there are thieves, they’ll need somewhere to steal from. That location in PAWN is a local diner, where the group’s leader, Derrick (Michael Chiklis, Emmy a...

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On the Road Blu-ray Review

August 18, 2013
Mathew Plale

As long as ON THE ROAD has been a novel, it’s been desired to be captured on celluloid. Early on, Jack Kerouac petitioned Marlon Brando for the role of Dean Moriarty (K...

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Pawn Shop Chronicles Blu-ray Review

September 10, 2013
Mathew Plale

What do an Elvis impersonator, white-supremacist dope dealers and homemade torture devices have in common? The answer is a Deep South pawnshop somewhere in a backwoods to...

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The Message Blu-ray Review

November 28, 2013
Mathew Plale

THE MESSAGE opens in Mecca in 610 A.D. and concludes with the prophet Mohammed returning to the holy city. In between, there is his exodus, the 624 Battle of Badr, the 62...

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One Direction: This is Us Blu-ray Review

December 25, 2013
Mathew Plale

There they are. There’s Harry and Niall and Zayn and Liam and Louis. To date, they’ve sold 12 million albums, won four MTV Music Awards and caused countless teenage m...

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Big Ass Spider! Blu-ray Review

January 19, 2014
Mathew Plale

People are running for their lives, vehicles are ablaze, rubble is covering the streets, helicopters are circling, and a SWAT team is firing bullets into the sky. And the...

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Free Birds Blu-ray Review

February 23, 2014
Mathew Plale

Reggie loves the holidays: Christmas, Easter, you name it…well, except for Thanksgiving. Being a turkey, he hates Thanksgiving (much in the same way a talking can of cr...

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