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Monster (Blu-Ray) Review
My early life was spent growing up in Charlotte, North Carolina. Even though that childhood did have its own challenges, there were very few episodes of the bullying kind when it came to school. Those thirteen years were composed of silly antics and even sillier scuffles. Unfortunately, when it came to high school, my dad decided to move to Texas in search of a future. Later, as I lay down in the dirt with repeated violent kicks to my stomach and face with threats of gun violence if I tried to get up, I often wondered what kind of future my dad was actually trying to find. Today’s movie is Monster, a Japanese movie about bullying at a local school, but the true story lies in unraveling multiple viewpoints. Let’s take a look.
Shakira – Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran CD Review
Rating – 3 3/4 stars out of 5
I always want to stretch my limits when I am reviewing. I want to put myself in the chair so to speak and listen, watch or play all sorts of different pieces of media. Heck, if I thought I could appropriately write a vacuum cleaner review, I probably would (If I say it sucked, does that mean it’s a positive review?). Point is that nothing is off the table even if it is in a different language. I review foreign films all the time, I will be reviewing Monster, a Japanese movie in the near future. But what if I was to say that one of my favorite musical artists is the amazing Shakira? Well, I’m probably like a lot of red blooded guys then, but in this case I am doubling down on the situation and reviewing her latest album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran which is entirely in Spanish. No subs, no filters, just my ears and my half Mexican wife staring at me wide-eyed in the car. It’s a good time, let’s go.
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Polar Rescue (Blu-Ray) Review
We are all unfortunately mortal, despite most of us wishing to be otherwise. This is extremely true when it comes to action stars. While we might enjoy them performing death defying stunts, drag-out fights, and hair raising escapes, eventually time catches up with those performances. The great action stars have to develop, expand their craft and find a way to continue to produce entertaining films without alienating their original fan base. One such person who has been able to do this is Donnie Yen. Donnie is well known for his Ip Man films, and he was wonderful in John Wick 4 as well as other high intensity films. However, as of late, he’s dived into some comedy as well as some thrillers. By thrillers, I am referring to films where Donnie is not performing high flying martial arts, but rather ones where he is acting more as “the common man”. Today’s film is Polar Rescue (also known as Come Back Home) where he plays a dad trying to find his lost son in the frozen wilderness. Let’s see how it turns out.
Kurt Russell Review Page and Future Reviews
A quick one here. I have added a Kurt Russell (my favorite actor) review page which contains copies of every single one I’ve written whether it was here or on Upcomingdiscs.com. Obviously, a lot of these are old reviews and thoughts about his movies which probably need to be updated. Especially the part where there are two reviews for Escape from LA, one for the 4K and one for the blu-ray. In reality, I should only keep the one for the blu-ray because the 4k one only contains pieces of my previous review mixed in with comments that I didn’t write. However, I wanted to go ahead and just export it all, make a page and then clean it up a little later. There are gaps here I would certainly like to address and I want to add to this obviously over time. What I don’t want to do though is watch a bunch of Kurt Russell movies in a row and then don’t touch anything for a couple of years. That’s not really conducive. Any ideas, feel free to leave comments on this post. Enjoy.
3/6 Edit – After cleaning it up and playing with it, I think I have it like I want. I don’t like the thumbnails as small as they are but then I have to consider mobile. Of course, keep in mind there are two ways to access Kurt Russell reviews, one by the side bar on the right (that will give you the page format) and then the table format is the menu on top. Table format is sortable by title, film score and publish date (default). Any ideas to improve are most welcome.
Unlawful Entry (Blu-Ray) Review
Most of you that have read my reviews know that Kurt Russell is my favorite actor. However, I would like to think that most people when speaking about their favorite movie with Kurt Russell would probably say Escape from New York or The Thing. Maybe Tombstone or more recent films like The Hateful Eight. There is probably even that one person that absolutely loves Kurt Russell as Santa Claus or Coach Herb Books from Miracle. While my favorite film with Kurt Russell probably does bounce from Escape from New York to Breakdown to Big Trouble in Little China to The Thing again, I cannot deny that one of my favorite guilty pleasures is in the form of Unlawful Entry, a 1992 thriller with Ray Liotta and Madeleine Stowe that explores the themes of home invasion and misplaced trust. I sat down with my wife recently to take a look at the new Shout blu-ray release (my 4th or 5th time with the film, my wife’s first) and see how it fared.
Upcoming Review for March 2024 and Explanation of Absence
Hi folks, I’m sure some of you wondered if the site had died or perhaps something happened to me. I am glad to say that neither of those things happened. Well, I say that with baited breath since the month of February and up until today I pretty much was going through some major depression issues that led to some tough times. Tough times where I did not care one way or another what happened to me and distanced myself from my family that I such deeply love. As you can see, I did not write for a solid month, nothing about movies, nothing about music, nothing about my celebration of both Miley Cyrus and Kylie Minogue winning Grammys. Was that freaking great or what? I called the Miley Cyrus one, you can go back and look if you don’t believe me.
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Mille Milliards de Dollars (Blu-Ray) Review
While times may have changed a bit, many countries especially in the 1970’s up until the turn of the century looked down in disgust at those from the United States. From the way they looked to way they acted right down to the language they spoke. However, one of the things they most feared was that the US was going to take over their companies and do things the “American” way. Today, we take a look at a film called Mille Milliards de Dollars. In this film, we are introduced to the GTI, the Garson Texas International company who are secretly taking over France Electronics, one of the biggest companies in Paris. It’s quite the scandal and should be a very interesting film. Let’s take a look.
The original version of this review can be found at:
https://upcomingdiscs.com/2024/01/31/mille-milliards-de-dollars-blu-ray/
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I…For Icarus (Blu-Ray) Review
On November 22nd, 1963; President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Tx at approximately 12:30pm. Quite possibly everything else about the event can be disputed in such a manner and I won’t even attempt to confirm one theory or disapprove another. We have had movie after movie about this assassination taking it in about every angle imaginable. Those movies are not regulated to the United States either as other countries have also dabbled in the storytelling of this infamous event. Many times these foreign productions treat it as a fictionalized event set in their own country but the similarities are often so obvious that it cannot be disputed. Today’s film is I…For Icarus, a French film that explores the controversy behind the assassination of President Marc Jarry who was killed by Karl Eric Daslow. Attorney General Henri Volney disputes the lone gunman theory and this is the story of that investigation. That sounds awfully familiar, let’s take a look.
The original version of this review can be found at:
Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia (Blu-Ray) Review
Sequels are a funny thing. Most of the time in modern Hollywood, they come within a breath of the first film usually after a large box office in order to capitalize on its earnings. Sometimes, they can take years, even decades to make. Blade Runner: 2049 came out in 2017, thirty five years after the original film. In addition, many times when a sequel takes so long to materialize, the intended audience has flown the coup and it has dismal results. See Basic Instinct 2 or The Two Jakes. Other times, it inspires new waves of fans to flock to the theaters such as Tron: Legacy or The Incredibles 2. Today, we are taking a look at Ernest & Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia, a sequel to the original Ernest & Celestine movie which was nominated for an Academy Award and took home many other film awards. It’s been a decade since the original film, can the sequel keep the spirit of the original and produce a quality film? I’m happy to say, yes it certainly did. Let’s take a look.
The original version of this review can be found at:
https://upcomingdiscs.com/2024/01/18/ernest-celestine-a-trip-to-gibberitia-blu-ray/
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The Wailing 4k and The Man From Nowhere 4k Dolby ATMOS Update
Hopefully, most of you have read my reviews on the The Wailing 4k as well as The Man From Nowhere 4k. If not, I’ll wait. Read it? Okay, good. Now, in both of these reviews there was one thing that was critically missing. The Dolby ATMOS track despite being advertised on both of the cases was very much missing from the new track. Instead, what we received was the original 5.1 track from the respective blu-rays. Much to my surprise, Well Go is sending out replacement discs. I filled out my online form recently, was asked for a proof of purchase and a mailing address which I naturally provided.
What I didn’t expect was later that day, I received a notice from USPS Informed Delivery saying that the shipping label from Plano, Tx (where Well Go calls its home) was already produced. If this holds true, I could be seeing the new discs in a week or two, maybe sooner. Very excellent news, and of course I would take the time to update everyone on how they sound. Hopefully, it’s not replacing the 5.1 track and rather sitting alongside it. But the news had me excited and I thought I would share it with you.
By the way, if you have your own discs of these two movies in 4k and want to replace your own copies, just go over to https://wellgousa.com/contact-us. Fill out the form, and then they should send you an email within a few hours where you can attach your proof of purchase along with a mailing address. Anyway, that’s it, I wanted to share that tidbit of wonderful news. Enjoy.
