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Thor: The Dark World follows up the events of both Thor and The Avengers with a story that advances the Asgardian world and its inhabitants along with several other mere mortals. I went in not expecting much, and those lowered expectations probably helped my enjoyment of it. I placed the Blu-ray in my player with…
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie-Rella is the latest DVD collection of “Mickey Mouse Clubhouse” episodes. This Disney Juniro series is not only the flagship for the channel but it serves to help keep the Disney mascot active and in the forefront of viewers minds. It’s a decent and entertaining enough show, if a bit bizarre. My…
Free Birds – yes, the animated film about Thanksgiving turkeys. It’s hard to find a way to make this holiday the center of an animated film. Free Birds gives it a good try though. Owen Wilson is Reggie, a turkey aware of the fact that that Thanksgiving means death. This ostracizes him from the…
My daughter really enjoys My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic. This is, however, not the original way the property was presented on screen. There was a movie and television series in the 80s, then a revival about 10 years ago, which is where My Little Pony Classic Movie Collection comes in. Here we get 4…
Wolverine Versus Sabretooth is one of the great rivalries in the Marvel universe and the subject of the latest Shout Factory motion comic DVD. Sure, it’s not a rivalry that matches the that of Hulk and The Thing, but it’s still one of the major ones that has ripples in the larger Marvel universe, particularly…
I don’t know how many years (decades, actually) it has been since I’ve seen A Chorus Line. I never have seen the Broadway show the film is based on, and some were upset at some of the changes made in this adaptation, and at some point I would like to see the stage show, but…
Machete Kills is a sequel to 2010’s Machete, a film directly inspired by the fake Grindhouse trailers that were presented in the Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez double feature from 2007. If you’re not familiar with Robert Rodriguez or only his Spy Kids films, then you should do a little research. If you’re familiar with…
Dead In Tombstone is a direct to video action film set in the “old west” starring Danny Trejo as the leader of a gang that is wanted dead or alive. Anthony Michael Hall is his half-brother and Mickey Rourke is Lucifer. A big score is established and the gang heads out. Unfortunately Danny Trejo’s character…
1969’s The Undeafeated opens with a shot of a Confederate flag in tatters but the Civil War is still going on. The Union (led by John Wayne) advances behind a round of cannon fire and the battle is over as quickly as it begins. This, however, is only an introduction to the setting as news…
Clark Gable stars as Jack, the main character in Call Of The Wild, a 1935 film adaptation (the first) of Jack London’s popular 1903 novel. William Wellman directed the picture, and if that name means nothing to you don’t know film history. He directed the first Academy Award winner for Best Picture as well as…