127 Hours (Blu-ray)

127 Hours (Blu-ray)

March 10, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

Danny Boyle is a genius director. To follow up his 2008 hit, SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, we are transported from the slums of Mumbai, India to the canyons of Utah where Boyle br...

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Wild Target (Blu-ray)

March 9, 2011
Nathan Swank

Judging from the title and cover, WILD TARGET struck me as a lame kid’s movie.  Surprisingly this PG-13 film is actually a dark comedy using murder as its main catalys...

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Chaplin (Blu-ray)

March 6, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

With the film opening in black and white, we see Charlie (Robert Downey Jr.) as his most memorable character, The Tramp, with deliberate moves removing his hat, giant sho...

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Bambi (Blu-ray)

March 3, 2011
Nathan Swank

Sometimes a film comes along that immediately holds an impression on a young one’s life.  Not many of those films can claim to be the reason children learn about death...

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S.W.A.T.: Firefight (Blu-ray)

March 1, 2011
Nathan Swank

When a movie goes straight to video and is a sequel to another subpar film, the expectations become quite low.  As someone who thought the first S.W.A.T. was already a B...

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Faster (Blu-ray)

March 1, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

I can guarantee you this: during the first five minutes of this film you will be glued to your TV. Upon being released from a maximum security prison, a brooding convicte...

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Memento (Blu-ray)

February 26, 2011
Nathan Swank

OTNEMEM si yltnaillirb detcurtsnoc dna gnitanicsaf ni yreve tcepsa.  Translation:  MEMENTO is brilliantly constructed and fascinating in every aspect.  My words are cr...

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The Color Purple (Blu-ray)

February 16, 2011
Nathan Swank

In 1985, after such critical and blockbuster hits like JAWS, CLOSE AND COUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and E.T., director Steven Spielberg tackled a d...

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Animal Kingdom (Blu-ray)

February 16, 2011
Nathan Swank

ANIMAL KINGDOM opens with 16-year-old Josh, also known as “J” (James Frecheville), sitting on a couch watching Wheel of Fortune.  Next to him is his unconscious ...

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Takers (Blu-ray)

February 15, 2011
Rebeca Surber Swank

Oh my.  With an overload of clichés, storylines, and zero originality, TAKERS is one flashy disaster of a movie.  This flick follows two gritty cops and a bank robbing...

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