DVD Reviews
Interview: Beginners Director Mike Mills
by Locke Peterseim | November 30th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Interviews, MoviesIn the early 2000s, the mother of writer-director Mike Mills (Thumbsucker) passed away, and soon after her death, Mills’ 75-year-old father came out as a homosexual. A few years later, even as Mills adjusted to his father’s new lifestyle, the older man was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Mills has taken his own life experience with [...]
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DVD Review: Crazy, Stupid, Love.
by Locke Peterseim | November 29th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review: This delightful tale of sexy people (and Steve Carell) has as much to do with real-life relationships as Horrible Bosses does with workplace issues. But because its terrific actors handling the script’s increasingly unlikely events with great humor and charm, Crazy, Stupid, Love ends up one of the year’s most entertaining rom-coms (or brom-coms). The following is a reprint [...]
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DVD Review: Water for Elephants
by Erika Olson | November 29th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review of Water for Elephants: Christoph Waltz steals the show as a wicked circus ringleader who’s none too pleased about his wife’s blossoming relationship with the new veterinarian. Turns out life under the big top isn’t all fun and games. The following is a reprint of Redblog’s theatrical review of Water for Elephants, which [...]
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Locke’s Redbox Picks of the Week
by Locke Peterseim | November 28th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Weekly redbox PicksRecommended Smaller, Overlooked, or Underrated Movies in the Redbox Kiosks – A Better Life Director Chris Weitz (About a Boy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon) and writer Eric Eason combine father-son melodrama and a crime-solving mystery quest in this story of an illegal immigrant single father (Demián Bichir) struggling to make–yes–a better life for his teenage [...]
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What I Learned from the New Conan the Barbarian Movie
by Locke Peterseim | November 25th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesLast summer I posted a list of 13 things I learned about life from watching the new Conan the Barbarian. – Now that Conan the Barbarian is available on DVD and Blu-ray from Redbox, I thought it wouldn’t hurt to revisit these very important Life Lessons. – 1) Have Morgan Freeman Narrate Your Back Story Read the [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | November 23rd, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderCan you handle ELEVEN new movies? I sure hope so, because that’s how many titles arrived in Redbox kiosks this week. Here’s the down-low on all of them: Super 8 From JJ Abrams and Steven Spielberg! In the summer of 1979, a group of friends in a small Ohio town witness a catastrophic train crash [...]
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DVD Review: Super 8
by Erika Olson | November 22nd, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review of Super 8: The kids are not just all right, they’re spectacular in this J.J. Abrams-directed, Spielberg-produced coming-of-age story about a group of filmmaking friends who stumble upon something the government didn’t want anyone to see. The following is a reprint of Redblog’s theatrical review of Super 8, which is now available at [...]
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Family Movie Picks for Thanksgiving Weekend
by Erika Olson | November 21st, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, MoviesDo you have everyone from Cousin Susie to Grandpa Joe staying at your place this Thanksgiving weekend? Or are you the one traveling to a friend or relative’s home and want to help ensure that guests stay occupied so your gracious host isn’t driven insane? Well then be sure you have a few of these [...]
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What’s New at Redbox This Week?
by Erika Olson | November 17th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, Movie Lists, Movies, Redbox InsiderNine new movies and one returning favorite hit Redbox kiosks this week! Here’s the scoop on the whole lot of ‘em: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Captain Jack is back! In the fourth installment of the Pirates franchise, Sparrow reunites with a woman from his past and is not sure if it’s love… [...]
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DVD Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
by Erika Olson | November 15th, 2011 | Filed under: DVD Reviews, MoviesDVD Review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides: Though there’s not much new or surprising in the fourth Pirates film, fans of the franchise will be happy enough just to set sail once again with Captain Jack. The following is a reprint of Redblog’s theatrical review of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger [...]
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