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Blu-ray Review: What Happens In Vegas [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 99 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio Romantic comedies seem to be quick moneymakers for Hollywood studios, because they are fairly cheap to make and as long as you pair up the right cute couple, someone will pay […]

Blu-ray Review: Dude, Where’s My Car? [2001]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 83 minutes – 2001 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio This could be a topic of debate, but the ‘stoner movie’ genre began with the Cheech and Chong films, and has since evolved into later comedies such as the Bill and […]

Blu-ray Review: Forgetting Sarah Marshall [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 118 mins – 2008 – Rated R and Unrated – 1080p widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio The success of films, The 40 Year Old Virgin, Knocked Up and SuperBad, have made Judd Apatow and everyone in his entourage, the ‘go-to’ guys when it […]

Blu-ray Review: Eastern Promises [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 101 mins – 2007 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master Audio 5.1 Director David Cronenberg has tackled various subjects in his body of work, but Eastern Promises is unique, because though many may lump it into the mob movie genre, […]

Blu-ray Review: Daredevil [2003]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment– 124 minutes – 2003 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio There are good comic book based movies, (Spiderman, Iron Man, The Dark Knight); there are bad ones (The Punisher, Superman Returns, Batman & Robin), and then there are those that are not […]

Blu-ray Review: Halloween [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Weinstein Company – 121 minutes – 2007 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio The original 1978 Halloween has become the ultimate trick or treat flick mainly because if its title, and it was one of the first films to define the slasher genre. There have been […]

Blu-ray Review: The Happening [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Fox Home Entertainment – 90 minutes – 2008 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio  Director M. Night Shyamalan was on top of the world when he did The Sixth Sense back in 1999, but almost a decade later he has had his hits, such […]

Blu-ray Review: Carrie [1976]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair MGM Home Entertainment – 98 minutes – 1976 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Someone once said, “Carrie had a better time at her prom than I did.” Well if you call having pig blood poured all over you and killing the entire […]

Blu-ray Review: The Amityville Horror [1979]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair MGM Home Entertainment – 119 minutes – 1979 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Movies centering on haunted houses have been around since the silent era, because being afraid in your own home is everyone’s worst fear. What makes the 1979 film The […]

Blu-ray Review: The Incredible Hulk [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 113 mins – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   The first Hulk movie directed by Ang Lee in 2003 was not the powerhouse box office film that is was predicted to be. While other Marvel heroes […]