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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: 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: Doom [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 113 mins – 2005 – Unrated – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio   Without a doubt, Doom is one of the most played games of all time, and the videogame industry owes so much to the success of it, because it […]

Blu-ray review: King Kong [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 3 hrs 20 min – 2005 – Rated PG-13 – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     The original 1993 King Kong was a masterpiece because at its time it went beyond what anyone imagined could be accomplished on film. Since […]

Blu-ray review: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 112 min – 2008 – Rated PG-13 – Widescreen 2.40: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio – Digital Copy     The first two Mummy films were fun, and filled the gap that ended with the third Indiana Jones film back in late 80’s. Though […]

Blu-ray review: Burn After Reading [2008]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair   Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 96 mins – 2008 – Rated R– 1080p Widescreen 1.85: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio     The Coen Brothers are two of the most influential filmmakers of our generation, crafting such cinema classics as Blood Simple, Miller’s Crossing, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, […]

Blu-ray Review: The Kingdom [2007]

Note: Portions of this review are from the original HD-DVD release:  http://www.fusedwire.com/index.php/2008/04/14/hd-dvd-review-the-kingdom-2007/ Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 1 hr 51 mins – 2007 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Since the current war in the Middle East began, there have been various films […]

Blu-ray Review: Jarhead [2005]

Reviewed by Johnny McNair Universal Studios Home Entertainment – 2 hrs 3 mins – 2005 – Rated R – 1080p Widescreen 2.35: 1 – DTS-HD Lossless Master 5.1 Audio Since the dawn of filmmaking, war movies have always been one of the premiere genres that Hollywood loves to make. The most obvious reason is the […]

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 […]