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Blu-ray Review: Signs [2002]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment – 106 minutes – 2002 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – Uncompressed 5.1 PCM audio mix  M. Night Shyamalan’s 2002 film, Signs, is one of those movies that when it works, it’s got some great moments, but then there are scenes that you have […]

Blu-ray Review: In The Line of Fire [1993]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 128 min – 1993 – Rated R – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40: 1 – TrueHD 5.1 Surround Sound It’s hard to make a thriller that works, because sometimes so many plotlines are running together that it all becomes one confusing mess in the end. Not so […]

Blu-ray Review: There Will Be Blood [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Paramount Home Entertainment – 158 minutes – 2007 – Rated R – 1080p -Widescreen 2.35:1 – Dolby TruHD 5.1 audio mix Daniel Day-Lewis will go down in the history books as one of the greatest actors of all time, and anyone who has seen There Will Be Blood can in no […]

Blu-ray Review: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets [2007]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment – 125 minutes – 2007 – Rated PG – 1080p Widescreen 2.40:1 – Dolby TrueHD audio mix The first National Treasure was a big hit, and one of the main reasons for its success is that it filled the need for audiences who were raving over […]

Blu-ray Review: Meet The Spartans [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Twentieth Century Fox – 87 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 1.85:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio Have you ever seen a film so bad that you immediately had to watch another movie just to get the bad taste of it out of your memory? Well, Meet The […]

Blu-ray Review: Jumper [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Fox Home Entertainment – 88 minutes – 2008 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 5.1 Lossless Audio – Digital Copy Let’s just get right to the point and say that Jumper could have been a very cool film, but instead turns out to be a cinematic mess that […]

Blu-ray Review: Semi-Pro [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  New Line Home Entertainment – 100 minutes – 2008 – R-Rated & Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – DTS HD 7.1 Lossless Audio   Ok, Will Ferrell needs to tell his agent to stop pushing him to do sports comedies, because what worked in Talladega Nights and Blades of Glory falls face […]

Blu-ray Review: Cloverfield [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Paramount Home Entertainment – 84 minutes – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p -Widescreen 1.85:1 – Dolby TruHD 5.1 audio mix NOTE: Portions of this review come from the DVD version of Cloverfield, with updates in the video and audio sections.    J.J. Abrams, the man behind TV’s Lost, Alias and […]

Blu-ray Review: Unbreakable [2000]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair  Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment – 102 minutes – 2000 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35:1 – Uncompressed 5.1 PCM audio mix When Director M. Night Shyamalan’s The Sixth Sense was released in 1999 it was a monster hit that literally came out of nowhere, taking in $670 million dollars […]

Blu-ray Review: The 6th Day [2002]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Sony Pictures Home Entertainment – 123 mins – 2002 – Rated R – 1080p Anamorphic Widescreen 2.40: 1 – Dolby TrueHD 5.1 By the time The 6th Day was released in theaters in 2000, the one-man-army macho muscleman films that Schwarzenegger and Stallone made their paychecks from in the 80’s and 90’s […]