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Blu-ray Review: Point Break [1991]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Twentieth Century Fox – 122 minutes – 1991 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio   “One hundred percent pure adrenaline,” was the tagline for the 1991 action film, Point Break starring Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze. Point Break was not a box office hit when […]

Blu-ray Review: Batman: Gotham Knight [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Warner Premiere – 76 mins – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85: 1 – Dolby Digital 5.1 Audio Batman is the most popular guy on the planet at the moment, with The Dark Knight in theaters breaking every record to date; Bat-mania has taken over once again. Since […]

Blu-ray Review: The Scorpion King [2002]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 1 hr 32 mins – 2002 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Riding on the success of the The Mummy and The Mummy Returns, Universal gave the go ahead to expand on the franchise with a spin-off […]

Blu-ray Review: The Mummy Returns [2001]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 2 hrs 10 mins – 2001 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio After The Mummy racked up over $400 million worldwide at the box office in 1999, you had to know there was going to be a […]

Blu-ray Review: The Mummy [1999]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 2 hrs 5 mins – 1999 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Universal owns the rights to several classic movie monsters, so it’s always good to dust one off and revive it for a new audience, which […]

Blu-ray Review: 10,000 BC [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Warner Home Video – 109 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix – Digital Copy It’s very hard to watch the film 10,000 BC and not wonder if the filmmakers were serious or is this some sort of spoof. Roland Emmerich, the […]

Blu-ray Review: Shutter [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Twentieth Century Fox – 89 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio Have you ever received your vacation or other pictures from back from a lab and noticed an odd ghostly image in one or more shots? Well this is the whole premise […]

Blu-ray Review: Batman Begins [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Warner Home Video – 134 minutes – 2005 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 Audio Mix When Batman & Robin, starring George Clooney as the man in black and Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze hit movie screens in 1997, it destroyed the franchise. What started with […]

Blu-ray Review: Short Circuit [1986]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Image Entertainment – 99 minutes – 1986 – Unrated – 1080i Widescreen 2.40:1 – DTS HD Master 5.1 Audio  It’s hard to believe that when the movie Short Circuit was released in 1986 it was considered a technological achievement in filmmaking. With the current release of Pixar’s WALL-E (who bares a […]

Blu-ray Review: Batman: The Movie [1966]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Twentieth Century Fox – 105 minutes – 1966 – Rated PG– 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio With the new Batman film, The Dark Knight, about to hit theaters this summer; for anyone who needs their caped crusader fix before then, it is highly recommended that you pick […]