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Showing posts with label dvd. Show all posts
August 30, 2015

Life in the Clone Club: ORPHAN BLACK SEASON THREE

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing screener DVDs for review. Mild spoilers follow) My experience of watching Orphan...
March 23, 2015

THE ARMSTRONG LIE and Noble Cause Corruption

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Sometimes, we willingly engage in a "big lie": we see a situation for what it is, and are unwilling - or unable - to accept so...
November 16, 2014

Welcome to the 2014 Cheapskate Film Festival!

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Awhile ago, I held the Cheapskate Film Festival on the blog - a week of DVD reviews based on movies which I had purchased from a discoun...
April 22, 2014

DVD Review: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN

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We've all had that feeling of loving some piece of art - some creative expression that speaks to us and us alone, that moves us in an...
March 30, 2014

Requiem for a Fallen Actor: THE MASTER

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When Phillip Seymour Hoffman passed away earlier this year, I was a bit surprised. Not only was he "too young" (as if there...
March 3, 2014

Review: NOW YOU SEE ME

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I'm a sucker for a good heist/caper movie - I love films that break down an illegal act into its component parts, make sure that ther...
February 23, 2014

Love is the Drug: BURTON & TAYLOR

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary DVD for review) They were one of the most dysfunctional couples ...
February 11, 2014

Building the Base Under Siege: DOCTOR WHO - THE MOONBASE

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary copy for review. My opinions are my own). Thankfully, many of my...
December 10, 2013

5 Things Learned Revisiting DAY OF THE DOCTOR With Mom (SPOILERS)

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Thanks to BBC Home Entertainment, I was fortunate enough to receive a review copy of Doctor Who: The Day of the Doctor on DVD and Blu-Ray...
November 12, 2013

Regeneration & Rebirth: DOCTOR WHO - THE TENTH PLANET

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(NOTE: Thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary DVD for review. My opinions are my own) Historically, the Doctor W...
November 5, 2013

Fighting the Good Fight: ROCKY BALBOA

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"...it's not how hard you can hit; it's how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward..." Yesterday was not a g...
November 3, 2013

Review: I AM BRUCE LEE

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Most documentaries about individuals work towards a more linear proposal - person is born, grows up, becomes famous, trouble ensues, etc....
October 8, 2013

The Last Great UNIT Story - DOCTOR WHO: TERROR OF THE ZYGONS

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary DVD for review) Admittedly, my love of 1970s Who is probably bo...
September 1, 2013

DESPERATE ACTS OF MAGIC: A Review

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( Note: Special thanks to Gold Cap Films for providing a complimentary screener DVD for review) Back in the early days of the blog, I re...
August 19, 2013

An Overabundance of Smug: CATFISH

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One of the advantages of our media-saturated culture is that one year's "can't-miss-masterpiece" is this year's ...
August 7, 2013

Building a Better Bond: SKYFALL

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Whether watching the movies on Sunday nights as a child or reading the original Ian Fleming novels as a teenager, it's hard for me not...
July 30, 2013

Who By Numbers - THE VISITATION SPECIAL EDITION

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Courtesy BBC Home Entertainment (Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary DVD set for review) Watching 1...
July 19, 2013

Regaining My Blogging Mojo

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Admittedly, for a good chunk of April and May, this blog was relatively inactive: I can - and will - blame writer's block. That, and...
July 15, 2013

Alternative History: Looking at BBC Home Video's THE WILD WEST

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing a complimentary DVD for review. My opinions are my own) (Courtesy BBC Home Enter...
June 12, 2013

Hard Boiled Time Lord: DOCTOR WHO - MIND OF EVIL & INFERNO: SPECIAL EDITION

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(Special thanks to BBC Home Entertainment for providing complimentary DVDs for review) There's nothing quite like early 1970's D...