10 Essential Blu-rays of 2013
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.
November 30, 2013
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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 …
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I don’t feel like writing an essay on my favorite Thanksgiving movies (Home For The Holidays and Addams Family Values, natch) and my kids will probably be up by the time the Wednesday box office figures roll in (spoiler – Catching Fire and Frozen are doing really well). I’m instead offering this “timely” glance at, well, things to be thankful for specifically regarding the film industry at this …
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