Mark Buckingham

RoboCop (2014) Blu-ray Review: Let’s Hope They Don’t Remake RoboCop 2

Doesn’t live up to the original, barely can stand on its own.

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13 Sins Blu-ray Review: Borrowing from the Best

What would you do be willing to do for six million dollars?

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3 Days to Kill (2014) Blu-ray Review: Not As Advertised

It’s an okay flick as long as you know what you’re getting.

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An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story DVD Review: Justice Prevails

A powerful story of determination and redemption, and how sometimes bad things happen to good people.

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Knights of Badassdom Blu-ray Review: Verily Indeed

It’s a fun horror comedy shout-out to nerds, with a modicum of cheesy moments.

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Monsters: The Complete Series DVD Review: Another Great Horror Anthology

A time warp back to the late ’80s for a cheesy horror romp with the stars of yesteryear.

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After the Dark Movie Review: This is What “Trying Too Hard” Looks Like

A good idea spoiled with pretentiousness.

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Book Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon

Doesn’t take many risks or push the boundaries of established canon, but for franchise fans, it’s still worth picking up.

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy Blu-ray Review: A Must-Own for Any Nightmare Fan

The definitive behind-the-scenes for the Nightmare franchise gets the HD treatment.

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Runner Runner Blu-ray Review: I Fold

The smart bet is not to watch.

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La Notte Criterion Collection DVD Review: They Don’t Make ‘Em Like This Anymore

A slow-burn Italian relationship drama that leaves you hanging.

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Murder University DVD Review: Cyanide Capsule Sold Separately, Unfortunately

I sat through this whole ungodly atrocity so you don’t have to.

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The Fly (1958) Blu-ray Review: A Classic Reborn in HD

A truly classic Vincent Price creature feature.

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ThanksKilling 3 DVD Review: What the Hell Did I Just Watch?

It’s like a cross between Team America: World Police and Legend or The Neverending Story.

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Hatchet III Blu-ray Review: The Proper End to a Trilogy

A buckets-of-blood throwback to classic horror.

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From the Head Movie Review: What Happens in the Bathroom, Stays in the Bathroom

Spend a little while with the unusual yet familiar psyches of strip club patrons and the man who gives them soap.

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Hitchcock (2012) Blu-ray Review: A Legend Plays a Legend

Hopkins shines as the master of suspense.

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Tai Chi Hero Movie Review: A Worthy Successor

A solid kung fu coming-of-age flick.

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Great Barrier Reef Blu-ray Review: Keeping the Streak Alive

BBC Earth’s tradition of excellence continues with this closer look at one of the world’s greatest natural marvels.

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Broken City DHD Review: Taut Noir Thriller Debuts in a New Format

This unlikely character-driven noir flick delivers a solid cast and production, and in an all new format.

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Woochi: The Demon Slayer Blu-ray Review: Rebranding Gone Awry

Nice whimsical fantasy that trips on its shoelaces a bit trying to figure out what it wants to be.

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Stitches Blu-ray Review: An Irish Horror Spoof That Needs Some Polish

A valiant effort at a tricky sub-genre, but doesn’t quite hit all the right notes.

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This Is 40 Blu-ray Review: An Endearing Look at Middle Age

Apatow continues the Knocked Up saga with a funny and touching look at life at the end of your 30s.

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Spiders (2013) DVD Review: It’s Only Bad If You Watch It

It could have at least been funny. Instead it just ended up being bad.

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Africa (2012) Blu-ray Review: Remarkable, Vast, Deadly Wilderness, Now in High Definition

One of the most untamed parts of the world, revealed in all its fury and tenderness.

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Deadfall (2012) Blu-ray Review: Nothing New Here, and Not Especially Well Recycled

Despite a strong cast, the intertwining stories are thin and uninteresting.

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Cinema Sentries

Sushi Girl Blu-ray Review: Reservoir Dogs’ and The Usual Suspects’ Slightly Underdeveloped Lovechild

Great ensemble cast — if only they had a little more of a story to tell.

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Compliance DVD Review: It’d Be Awful If It Weren’t True

This prank call goes horribly wrong.

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End of Watch Blu-ray Review: Or, Training Day 2

Gritty and tense, it does almost everything I want a cop drama to do.

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House at the End of the Street Blu-ray Review: Not Befitting of the Talent It Attracted

If I wanted pointless twists, I’d have eaten a plate of rotini pasta.

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War of the Dead Blu-ray Review: It Forgot to Make Me Care

Follows the formulas and cliches of action and horror, but never gives any reason to stick with it.

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Osombie DVD Review: Good Dumb Fun

It’s an amusing, offensive, complete waste of time with a ridiculous premise — everything that cheesy action/zombie movies are supposed to be.

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The Good Doctor Blu-ray Review: I Cannot Understate How Unexciting This Is

The story doesn’t warrant the cast it garnered.

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The Night of the Devils (1972) Blu-ray Review: Still Good, 40 Years Later

Serves as an example of what a horror movie can be if you replace gore and fancy effects with tension and storytelling.

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The Adventures of Mark Twain (1985) Collector’s Edition DVD Review: Still Good for Fans; An Intro to Twain for Newbies

A person who won’t watch this movie has no advantage over one who can’t watch it.

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Rudyard Kipling’s Mark of the Beast (2012) DVD Review: It’ll Make a Nice Coaster

I’m pretty sure nobody involved with this project knew what they were doing.

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The Ice House (1997) DVD Review: A Twisty Mystery Sporting a Young James Bond

What’s that, guv’nah? A good British mystery movie? I say!

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G.I. JOE: Renegades: The Complete First Season Blu-ray Review: It Seems You Can, In Fact, Go Home Again 

This take on the franchise atones for the sins of the live-action movie, takes a nomadic approach to character introduction, and tells a much-needed mature and interesting story along the way.

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Tight DVD Review: Can Porn Stars Become Rock Stars?

Just as shallow as porn, but with far fewer sexy bits.

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The Babymakers Blu-ray Review: Finally, A Lifetime Movie Made for Men

Broken Lizard antics mixed with what would otherwise be another typical chick flick? I’m in.

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Surviving Progress DVD Review: How to Temper a Double-Edged Sword

Human progress has given us some fantastic tools and technology, but that same development threatens our continued existence on this planet.

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Snow White and the Huntsman Blu-ray Review: A Visual Spectacle, But Not Quite a Classic Reborn

Convincing effects can’t cover up a thin story with some judicious liberties taken, but it’s still a fun ride.

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