Fans of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy know you never buy the films upon initial DVD or Blu-ray release because there will be an extended edition that follows. The extended edition of The Hobbit checks in at a mere 182 minutes, 13 minutes longer than the theatrical cuts while the LOTR’s extended cuts were 30 – 45 minutes longer in length…
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In a world of on-demand video and movies shrunken to the size of smartphone screens, home-entertainment releases need something special to stand out.
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The holiday shopping season already kicked off on Friday (or Thanksgiving afternoon), so now is as good a time as any to look at 10 key Blu-ray releases of 2013.
Grade • C+ Video • Hugh Jackman sharpens up his metal claws again for this second solo outing as Marvel’s comic book hero, “Wolverine.†The hairy mutant travels to Japan where he is promised a cure to his curse of immortality but instead is thrust into a war between henchman and mobsters.
Grade • C DVD • You know you’ve set yourself up for failure — as “The Smurfs 2†does — when your entire animated enterprise hinges on the emotional journey of a character voiced by Katy Perry. The “Roar†singer provides the vocals for Smurfette, who must discover whether she’s a true Smurf or just one of evil Gargamel’s creations when the mean old sorcerer (Hank Azaria) holds her hostage and she …
Grade • D+ DVD • Mix up some “Harry Potter†spell-casting with some “Twilight†romantic complications and “Percy Jacksonâ€-level mythologizing, and you get the derivative “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones.†Adapted from the first of author Cassandra Clare’s five-book series, it follows Clary Fray (Lily Collins), who learns that she comes from a magical lineage — as she enters the realm of …