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Entries for the ‘Blu-ray Reviews’ Category

Blu-ray review: RockNRolla [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 115 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p – 2.4:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy     When you watch a Guy Ritchie film, you have to know what you’re getting into, because this dude loves the dark seedy characters of the […]

Blu-ray review: Milk [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 129 mins – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   Sean Penn just won the Academy Award for best actor, and after watching his performance in Milk it’s easy to see why. The film didn’t break any […]

Blu-ray review: Role Models [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 112 mins – 2008 – Rated R/Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     Thanks to the success of such films as The Forty Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and SuperBad, the R-rated comedy has made a comeback. But just […]

Blu-ray review: Event Horizon [1997]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Paramount Home Entertainment – 95 min – 1997 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Master Audio     Ridley Scott mastered setting a horror film in space brilliantly in the 1979 movie Alien. Since then, this plot has been attempted many, many times with either […]

Blu-ray review: Ronin [1998]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair    Fox Home Entertainment – 121 minutes – 1998 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS-HD Lossless 5.1 Audio Mix     A good spy/espionage thriller is hard to come by, so for those of you who have never seen Ronin, you’re in for something worthy. Ronin is the […]

Blu-ray review: Street Fighter [1994]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 102 mins – 1994 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     Super Mario Brothers and Street Fighter were the first videogame-based movies to get the full Hollywood treatment, and it’s easy to see why they both […]

Blu-ray review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Weinstein Company – 101 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio   Kevin Smith has a built in audience, and even though it’s a small one, it’s enough to keep him in the film industry. He’s been making films for over a decade, […]

Blu-ray review: Mirrors [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 111 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy   Hollywood tosses out plenty of horror-thrillers every year, some good and plenty of them bad. In the case of the movie Mirrors, here’s a one that should be […]

Blu-ray review: Max Payne [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 103 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 and Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy   Movies based on videogames still are not on the level where they are taken seriously. Some have made a ton of money, such as […]

Blu-ray review: Pride and Glory [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 130 mins – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy   Ever since the success of Training Day, the quest to make the next big film about dirty cops has uncovered a long list of movies that […]