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There have been many Jane Austen cinematic adaptations over the years, many were successful in terms of their faithfulness to the source material. The new to Blu-Ray, DVD, and digital download Emma. is right up there with the best of the best. Anya Taylor-Joy is the titular character and there […]

Emma. Blu-Ray Review: A Terrific & Triumphant Jane Austen Adaptation

May 22, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Emma by joeldamos

One of the more surprising slices of cinematic excellence from Steven Spielberg has arrived on 4K Blu-Ray and it is nothing short of a visual and sonic boom. Tom Cruise (his third 4K this week, joining Days of Thunder and Top Gun) stars in War of the Worlds as a […]

War of the Worlds 4K Review: Steven Spielberg & Tom ...

May 20, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Steven Spielberg / Tom Cruise / War of the Worlds by joeldamos

The trailer for the Tom Hanks true story Greyhound is a thrill-a-minute. I couldn’t wait to see the film on the big screen this summer, yet fate had other plans. With the Coronavirus still rearing its head, and the opening of movie theaters still very much in question, the producers […]

Tom Hanks’ Greyhound Won’t Land in Theaters, Look for it ...

May 20, 2020 in Movie News tagged Greyhound / Movie News / Tom Hanks by joeldamos

It took merely four years for Top Gun titanic tandem of Tom Cruise and Tony Scott to reunite for Days of Thunder. That flick has gotten a 4K HDR upgrade for its 30th birthday, and it is worth every cent on a multitude of levels. Cruise and Scott made a […]

Days of Thunder 4K Blu-Ray Review: Faster, Stronger, Brighter

May 18, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged Days of Thunder / DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Tom Cruise by joeldamos

Top Gun is getting the royal treatment. And by royal, we mean it’s gotten an upgrade to a stellar, enigmatic 4K Blu-Ray that will literally just fly off the screen with sights and sounds that rival living next to a Navy airfield. For those who have been living in a […]

Top Gun Gets the 4K Blu-Ray Treatment: As Sharp as ...

May 18, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Tom Cruise / Top Gun by joeldamos

Last we saw Scooby-Doo and his gang of teenaged mystery solvers. It was a 2000 live-action effort that starred Matthew Lillard and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Warner Bros. smartly decided to reboot the characters that were born in the minds of animation geniuses Hanna Barbera. Their Saturday morning cartoon entertained millions […]

Scoob! Review: Zoinks! Some Fine Family Fun

May 16, 2020 in Movie Reviews tagged Amanda Seyfried / Movie Reviews / Scoob! Zac Efron by joeldamos

One of the first books I truly remember reading on my own was Jack London’s seminal classic, The Call of the Wild. It tattooed my soul with its sweeping epic feel and simultaneous intimate tale of our species’ best friend. Buck, the main character, had a journey worthy of the […]

The Call of the Wild Blu-Ray Review: Harrison Ford & ...

May 15, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / Harrison Ford / The Call of the Wild by joeldamos

Love stories are a rare breed of late in Hollywood. It used to be a prolific milieu and sadly, they just don’t make them as they used to—not to sound like an old hawk. But it’s true. That’s why it’s like a breath of fresh air that The Photograph finds […]

The Photograph Blu-Ray Review: Worth 10,000 Words

May 15, 2020 in DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray tagged DVD Reviews / DVD/Blu-Ray / The Photograph by joeldamos

There is no one quite like the Walt Disney Animation folks to hit you firmly in the feels when you least expect it and most need it. That is exactly what happened today as Josh Gad channeled his Frozen alter ego Olaf and sang the new Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert […]

Olaf Sings a New Song to Unite Us All: I ...

May 14, 2020 in Movie Clips tagged Frozen / Frozen 2 / Josh Gad / Movie Clips / Walt Disney / Walt Disney Animation by joeldamos