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[Blu-Review] Hot Tub Time Machine

Four guys embark on a wild weekend. Shenanigans and hi-jinks ensue. It’s rude, it’s crude, it’s funny and it’s NOT The Hangover. Instead I’m talking about Hot Tub Time Machine. Yes, its absurd as the title sounds. Does Hot Tub Time Machine sink in it’s own ridiculousness or does it float to the top of its genre?...
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[DVD Picks of the Week] June 29th

Take your shirt off and jump in my hot tub because we need to go back in time to see what DVDs are worth watching this week: (more…)...
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[Blu-Review] Don McKay

Don McKay, the noir thriller from first time director Jake Goldberger, has hit Blu Ray and DVD. The film never got a wide release in theaters and many people were left wondering just what this Thomas Haden Church driven vehicle was all about. It offered an intriguing premise, some well known actors and the film spiked curiosity in most people. Now that it is on DVD and Blu Ray, people will finally have the chance to see for themselves just who Don McKay is....
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[NYAFF Review] ‘Storm Warriors’

Storm Warriors can be tentatively labeled a sequel to 1998's The Storm Riders. Wind and Cloud are back with another tale that offers viewers a translucence, video gameesque plot with cardboard cutout characters that are so unerdeveloped you often forget who they are....
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Spike Lee To Direct ‘Nagasaki Deadline’

News of Spike Lee's next project comes to us today courtesy of Deadline. According to them Spike Lee is going to direct Nagasaki Deadline, a thriller, that will shoot next year. The film will be Lee's first directing effort since the disappointing Miracle At St. Anna. In this 24-esque plot, an FBI agent will be in a race against time to stop two potential terrorist attacks that will take place on US soil. ...
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[Review] Grown Ups

While watching Grown Ups, starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider and David Spade, I realized two things. First, I learned about the fallacy of composition - the theory that says just the whole will equal the sum of its parts....

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