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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Atomic Blonde” (2017)

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“Atomic Blonde” (2017) Action Running Time: 115 minutes Written by: Kurt Johnstad Directed by: David Leitch Featuring: Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman, Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella and Toby Jones Gray: “Lorraine Broughton, an expert in escape and evasion. Proficient in intelligence collection and hand to hand combat. That’s an impressive set of skills.” Lorraine Broughton: “Talents can be overrated.” Reducing this weeks …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “The Circle” (2017)

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“The Circle” (2017) Drama/Thriller Running Time: 141 minutes Written by:  Dave Eggers and James Ponsoldt Directed by: James Ponsoldt Featuring: Emma Watson, Tom Hanks, John Boyega, Karen Gillan, Ellar Coltrane, Patton Oswalt, Glenne Headly, and Bill Paxton Eamon Bailey: “Knowing is good, but knowing everything is better.” This should have been an excellent movie, it had so much going for it, a very …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Annabelle: Creation” (2017)

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“Annabelle: Creation” (2017) Horror Running Time: 109 minutes Written by: Gary Dauberman Directed by: David F. Sandberg Featuring:  Stephanie Sigman, Talitha Bateman, Anthony LaPaglia, and Miranda Otto Linda: “Janice says she’s seen your daughter.” Samuel Mullins: “My daughter has been dead for a long time.” I have gone on record to say that 2017 has been a very good year …

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DVD review: “A Monster Calls” (2017)

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“A Monster Calls" (2017) Drama/Fantasy Running Time: 108 minutes Directed by: J. A. Bayona Featuring: Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, and Liam Neeson The Monster: “I know everything about you, Connor O’Malley. The truth you dream, the truth that you hide.” A Monster Calls is a 2016 dark fantasy drama film directed …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “War for the Planet of the Apes” (2017)

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“War for the Planet of the Apes” (2017) Sci-Fi/Action/Drama Running Time: 142 minutes Written by: Matt Reeves and Mark Bomback Directed by: Matt Reeves Featuring: Andy Serkis, Woody Harrelson, Steve Zahn, Amiah Miller, Karin Konoval, Judy Greer and Terry Notary Colonel: “All of human history has lead to this moment. The irony is we created you. And nature has been punishing us …

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DVD review: “Decline and Fall” (2017)

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“Decline and Fall” (2017) TV Series/Comedy Episodes: Three Created by: James Wood Featuring: Matthew Beard, Stephen Graham, Douglas Hodge, Jack Whitehall, Eva Longoria Jack Whitehall has come a long way since his British sitcom origins, he has worked to become a regular celebrity on English television, so it is not without any surprise that he may want …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “The Big Sick” (2017)

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“The Big Sick” (2017) Comedy Running Time: 124 minutes Written:  Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon Directed by: Michael Showalter Featuring: Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan, Holly Hunter, Ray Romano, Adeel Akhtar and Anupam Kher Terry: “Let me give you some advice, Kumail. Love isn’t easy. That’s why they call it love.” Kumail: “I don’t really get that.” Terry: “I know. I thought I could just …

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DVD review: “Guerrilla” (2017)

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“Guerrilla” (2017) TV Series/Drama Episodes: Six Created by: John Ridley Featuring:  Idris Elba, Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay It was always going to be difficult to follow up an Oscar winning screenplay, particularly for a film like “12 Years a Slave” (2013), but John Ridley had his work cut out for him with this story of politics and …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Baby Driver” (2017)

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“Baby Driver” (2017) Action Running Time: 113 minutes Written & Directed by: Edgar Wright Featuring:  Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Lily James, Eiza González, Jon Hamm, Jamie Foxx, and Jon Bernthal Doc: “So here’s the thing, I’m looking at some of the country’s finest thugs and of course young Mozart in a go-cart over there. People love great bank robbery stories, so let’s …

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DVD review: “Land of Mine” (2016)

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“Land of Mine” (2016) Drama Running Time: 90 minutes Written & Directed by: Martin Zandvliet Featuring: Roland Møller, Mikkel Følsgaard Sgt. Carl Rasmussen: “Those of you who count the mines, make sure my card is updated. This task is as important as defusing mines.” After the recent German elections where for in everything but name, …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017)

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“Spider-Man: Homecoming” (2017) Action Running Time: 133 minutes Written by:   Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley Directed by: Jon Watts Featuring:  Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Donald Glover, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Laura Harrier, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei, and Robert Downey Jr. Peter Parker: “I'm sick of Mr. Stark treating me like a kid.” Ned Leeds: “But you are a kid.” Peter Parker: “Yeah. A kid who …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Transformers: The Last Knight” (2017)

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“Transformers: The Last Knight" (2017) Sci-Fi/Action Running Time: 149 minutes Written by: Art Marcum, Matt Holloway and Ken Nolan Directed by: Michael Bay Featuring: Mark Wahlberg, Stanley Tucci, Josh Duhamel, Anthony Hopkins and John Turturro Sir Edmund Burton: “It started as a legend, one of the greatest of all... For a thousand years, we’ve kept it …

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DVD review: “Delicious” (2017)

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“Delicious” (2017) TV Series Episodes: Four Created by: Dan Sefton Featuring: Dawn French, Emilia Fox, Iain Glen, Sheila Hancock Dawn French: “This is Cornwall – there are no secrets.” These days cooking and comedy go together so well that it’s easy to forget when shows about cooking were relegated to Saturday and Sunday afternoons with …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Shin Godzilla” (2016)

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“Shin Godzilla” (2016) Science Fiction/Horror/Action Running Time: 119 minutes Written by: Hideaki Anno Directed by: Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi Featuring: Hiroki Hasegawa, Yutaka Takenouchi, Satomi Ishihara It may defy imagination but there have been twenty-eight previous ‘Godzilla’ films, including the Hollywood versions with the release of “Shin Godzilla” (2016) (a.k.a. “Godzilla: Resurgence”) being the twenty-ninth – this …

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DVD review: “Adult Life Skills” (2016)

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"Adult Life Skills" (2016) Comedy/Drama Written & Directed by: Rachel Tunnard Featuring: Jodie Whittaker, Ozzy Myers, Brett Goldstein, Alice Lowe, Lorraine Ashbourne, Eileen Davies, Edward Hogg, Rachael Deering Brendan: “I am not Gay. Why does eberyone think I am Gay?” It’s remarkable the seeming ease that the British Film Industry is able to produce great …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Colossal” (2017)

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“Colossal” (2016) Action/Thriller/Horror/Science Fiction Running Time: 110 minutes Written and Directed by: Nacho Vigalondo Featuring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, Agam Darshi, and Tim Blake Nelson Gloria: “Keep it cool. These people are looking at us.” Oscar: “She's the monster.” Its been five years since Anne Hathaway received her Oscar for supporting actress  the for musical “Les …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Ken Burns’ The War” (2007)

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“Ken Burns’ The War” (2007) TV Series/Documentary Episodes: Seven Created by:  Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Featuring: Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks, Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale and Eli Wallach Ken Burns: “I think that the overwhelming deciding factor to create THE WAR was the knowledge that we were losing 1,000 veterans each day in the United States -- this is a loss …

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DVD & Blu-ray review: “Wonder Woman” (2017)

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“Wonder Woman” (2017) Thriller/Action Running Time: 141 minutes Written by: Allan Heinberg Directed by: Patty Jenkins, Featuring: Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen and Elena Anaya Diana Prince: “The gods made the Amazons to restore peace to the world, and it’s what I’m going to do.” Possibly one of the most anticipated super hero movies in recent history has …

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DVD review: “The Frozen Dead” (2017)

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“The Frozen Dead” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Thriller Episodes: Six Created by: Gérard Carré , Pascal Chaumeil and Caroline Van Ruymbeke Featuring: Charles Berling,  Julia Piaton,  Pascal Greggory It is fair to say that television crime dramas, in particular foreign language crime dramas are now a dime a dozen, they exist in almost every language covering a variety of normally brutal and …

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DVD review: “Personal Shopper” (2017)

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“Personal Shopper” (2016) Drama Running Time: 110 minutes Written & Directed by: Olivier Assayas Featuring: Kristen Stewart, Lars Eidinger, Sigrid Bouaziz, Anders Danielsen Lie, Ty Olwin, Hammou Graia, Nora von Waldstatten, Benjamin Biglay, Audrey Bonnet and Pascal Rambert Maureen: “My twin brother, Louis, died here. It's been 95 days. We made this oath. Whoever died first would send the …

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