Recommended Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. The TV Series Coming off its sixth year on the Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, Robot Chicken arrives on Blu Ray with its herky-jerky satirical mojo basically intact.
Rent It THE FILM: The United States government has nearly eliminated crime and unemployment by implementing an annual 12-hour “purge,” during which time all crime is legal. This is a ridiculous yet intriguing premise for a film, and it begs a number of questions about human nature and social interaction.
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Some of today’s biggest red carpet trotters got their starts in B-grade horror flicks. Here are some of the best in their gory origin stories.
Rent It The Movie: Danish thriller A Hijacking arrives on Blu Ray closely aligned with the theatrical release of Tom Hanks’ docudrama Captain Phillips . Coincidence? Perhaps Magnolia was hoping to capitalize on some of the hype from the Hanks film, but this one presents a darker, less dynamic take on the rash of ocean hijackings off the coast of Somalia soaking up the headlines in recent years …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Elijah Wood is not Joe Spinell. Nobody, except Joe Spinell, is Joe Spinell
Rent It The front cover’s tagline is “He’s feeling renewed.” Actually, “Anger Management” already had a deal from the get-go to have about 100 episodes produced, so that feeling isn’t such a big deal. Anyways, Charlie Sheen’s sitcom has had its second season released on Blu-Ray. A brief note at the end of each episode states that it is based on the movie of the same name, but does not show any …
Pilots in giant battle armor fighting giant monsters? From Guillermo del Toro, the director of “Pan’s Labyrinth”? Yes please.
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