Category: Blu-ray & DVD Collection
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Movie Review: ‘The Fugitive’ (1993)
Revisiting The Fugitive (1993): A Chase Worth Remembering Andrew Davis’ The Fugitive remains one of the standout thrillers of the 1990s, a film that took the bones of Roy Huggins’ classic 1960s television series and reshaped them into a brisk, cinematic spectacle. Released in 1993, it quickly became a box office hit, propelled by the…
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Movie Review: ‘Evita’ (1996)
Evita (1996): Style, Spectacle, and the Woman Behind the Myth Alan Parker’s Evita is a film that dazzles with spectacle but struggles to reveal the heart of its heroine. Starring Madonna as Eva Duarte de Perón, Antonio Banderas as Che, and Jonathan Pryce as Juan Perón, the movie adapts Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s…
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Movie Review: ‘Minority Report’ (2002)
Minority Report Written by: Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, based on a Philip K. Dick story Directed by: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tom Cruise, Max von Sydow, Lois Smith, Kathryn Morris, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton Steven Spielberg’s Minority Report (2002) is a gripping fusion of science fiction, mystery, and action, set in a future that feels…
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Movie Review: ‘Not Another Teen Movie’ (2001)
Not Another Teen Movie (2001) Written by: Mike Bender, Adam Jay Epstein, Andrew Jacobson, Phil Beauman, and Buddy Johnson Directed by: Joel Gallen Starring: Chyler Leigh, Chris Evans, Jaime Pressly, Eric Christian Olsen, Eric Jungmann, Mia Kirshner, Deon Richmond, Cody McMains, Sam Huntington, Samm Levine, Cerina Vincent, Ron Lester, Randy Quaid, Lacey Chabert, Riley Smith…
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Movie Review: ‘The Battle of Britain’ (1969)
The Battle of Britain Written by: James Kennaway and Wilfred Greatorex Directed by: Guy Hamilton Starring: Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Edward Fox, Curt Jurgens, Ralph Richardson, Ian McShane, Trevor Howard, Harry Andrews, Patrick Wymark, Michael Redgrave, Christopher Plummer, Susannah York, and Robert Shaw The Battle of Britain (1969): A War Epic That Soars, Stalls, and…
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Movie Review: ‘The Princess Bride’
The Princess Bride (1987) Written by: William Goldman, based on his eponymous novel Directed by: Rob Reiner Starring: Robin Wright, Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, André the Giant, Wallace Shawn, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Cook For millions of television viewers who came of age during the original run of All in…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, June 9, 2024, or: Weekend Update, Part the First (Dull Saturday, Wet Sunday Edition)
On a cold and damp Sunday in Madison, New Hampshire, the temperature is 58°F with 99% humidity and light rain. The forecast calls for scattered showers, leaving the writer with indoor options like watching a movie or playing a computer game. The author looks forward to better weather tomorrow and is less upbeat due to…
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Musings & Thoughts for Sunday, March 31, 2024: Weekend Update, Part the First – a ‘Force-Full’ Saturday
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in 4K UHD Blu-rays, Alex Diaz-Granados, Amazon, Blu-ray & DVD Collection, Blu-ray Box Sets, Blu-ray Collection, Books, Creative Writing, Kindle, Kindle Create (Publishing App), Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP), Life in New Hampshire (December 2023 and Onward), Movies, Reunion Duology, Reunion: A Story, Reunion: Coda, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars, Star Wars films, Star Wars Radio Dramas, The Complete Star Wars Trilogy; The Original Radio Dramas (Collector’s Limited Edition)Late Morning, Sunday, March 31, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, all – and Happy Easter to all of you who celebrate the holiday. It is a gorgeous early spring day here in my corner of northern New England. Currently, the temperature is 44°F (7°C) under partly sunny conditions. With humidity at 37% and the wind…
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Musings & Thoughts for Thursday, February 8, 2024, or: A Quick Life Update, and a Not-So-Quick SITREP on ‘The Novel-in-Progress’
Late Morning, Thursday, February 8, 2024, Madison, New Hampshire Hi, all! It’s a nice, sunny New Hampshire morning on this fourth day of the workweek. Currently, we’re in a warming trend; the temperature in Madison is 39°F (4°C) under mostly sunny conditions. With the wind blowing – barely – at 1 MPH (1 Km/H) and…
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Movie Review: ‘Die Hard’ (1988)
This review was originally written for the now-defunct hyper-localized entertainment website Examiner in March 2015. At the time, I was the Miami Examiner for Blu-ray & DVD. Since Examiner was shut down in 2016 by its parent company and the article is no longer visible there, I am re-publishing it here, with only a few…
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