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Iron Man 3 Blu-ray Review

The uneven Iron Man 3 looks and sounds amazing on Blu-ray in this excellent home release. Marvel Studios is clearly in the…

Homeland: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review

The entertaining Homeland: The Complete Second Season looks and sounds amazing.  But is that enough to purchase it? As a person who’s enjoyed…

Pain & Gain Blu-ray Review

Pain and Gain arrives on Blu-ray looking and sounding buff, but its lack of supplements simply bombs out. Among the most unique films…

Once Upon A Time: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review

ABC’s Once Upon a Time looks and sounds terrific on Blu-ray, but is it worth your time? As is custom in Hollywood,…

Oblivion Blu-ray Review

Oblivion is pure Science Fiction goodness with reference-quality audio and video. In a year that seems overrun with plot twists – some…

Trance Blu-ray Review

The psychological thriller Trance proves itself a somewhat worthy affair, with stellar video and unique supplements. If you’re a regular to this site,…

Dead Man Down Blu-ray Review

Dead Man Down looks and sounds terrific, but does that mean you should buy it? Perhaps it’s the amount of films I see…

No Blu-ray Review

The foreign-language political drama No sounds good but looks mediocre at best. As a history teacher, I’ve commented to my students on many occasions…

Jack the Giant Slayer Blu-ray Review

The Medieval-era fairy tale Jack the Giant Slayer arrives on Blu-ray, but is it worth your hard-earned cash? When perusing the 2013 Summer…

Falling Skies: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review

The moderately-entertaining TNT Sci-Fi series Falling Skies looks and sounds good, and is filled with a ton of supplements. For any of you who…

The Great Escape Blu-ray Review

The solid and enjoyable The Great Escape is not quite ready for its prime-time Blu-ray release, with poor video and decent audio. I have…

Jack Reacher Blu-ray Review

Jack Reacher looks and sounds terrific in its home release. Sometimes a film can become an unfortunate victim of circumstance.  Considering the violent…

Friends: The Complete Second Season Blu-ray Review

Friends: The Complete Second Season is terrific, but the Blu-ray is not. If you’ve read our Season One review, you know just…

Friends: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review

Friends returns for individual season sale, having learned no quality-control lessons from its previous release. In the world of memorable comedic television, most people…

Panic in the Streets Blu-ray Review

Panic in the Streets offers very good audio and video in this underrated release. To study the resume of Director Elia Kazan is like…

Lincoln Blu-ray Review

The should-have-been Oscar winner Lincoln arrives onto Blu-ray with stunning picture and audio. As a middle school history teacher, I am constantly…