John Law

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Favorite Movies: The Godfather, Citizen Kane, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Goodfellas, The read more Empire Strikes Back, All About Eve, Blue Velvet, Jaws, Annie Hall, Alien, Aliens, Seven, L.A. Confidential, The Exorcist, Superman, Raging Bull, Back to the Future, Casablanca, Glengarry Glen Ross

Likes: Kilkenny and a good ball game; all things Detroit; waiting for read more the boxed set; The Hold Steady; Arcade Fire; Springsteen; a decent comic store; Halloween; Toronto with money to spend; The Beatles; Rolling Stone magazine; Niagara Falls; not shitting myself in a movie theatre

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Snowden, The Dressmaker, Versailles

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Oliver Stone goes old school with Snowden, the epic debauchery of Versailles, and Kate Winslet isn't to be messed with in The Dressmaker. (On a side note, after seven-and-a-half years, this is my final Blu-ray/DVD Release column for...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Sully, Magnificent Seven, Storks

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Hanks brings the brilliance again in Sully, sibling rivalry with Oasis: Supersonic, and the Magnificent Seven ride again. ► Clint Eastwood’s absolutely riveting SULLY took some shots for how it depicted the National Transportation Safety Board, and its...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Suicide Squad, Miss Peregrine, Ben-Hur

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: A super-sized Suicide Squad, Miss Peregrine gets the Tim Burton treatment, and the biblical bomb Ben-Hur. ► SUICIDE SQUAD was called many things this year, but ‘polarizing’ seems most apt. Full of great moments. Full of ‘WTF?’ moments....

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Jason Bourne, Secret Life of Pets

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Has anyone used the 'Bourne Again' pun for Matt Damon yet? I'm the first? That, plus a freaky huge movie about pets, the return of The Tall Man, and 30 wacky years with a serial killer named Henry....

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Don’t Breathe, Pete’s Dragon, The BFG

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: One of the year's great thrillers in Don't Breathe, Spielberg misses big with The BFG, and the Fab 2 return in Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie ► It’s not often one of the year’s best horror movies is also...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Hell or High Water, War Dogs

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: The new cops and robbers classic Hell or High Water, up in arms with War Dogs, and Kevin Smith goes weird again with Yoga Hosers. ► Here’s hoping there’s some Oscar accolades for HELL OR HIGH WATER, the...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Finding Dory, Game of Thrones

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Pixar reels in a big one with Finding Dory, Game of Thrones sets up its end game, and on the road again with The Beatles. ► Last year, Pixar had its first real flop with ‘The Good Dinosaur.’...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Sausage Party, Daredevil, Billions

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Groceries gettin’ it on in Sausage Party, Daredevil done right, and 40 years of Travis Bickle. ► Lest any unsuspecting parents wrap SAUSAGE PARTY up and put it under the Christmas tree for Junior, Sony has slapped a...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Star Trek Beyond, Bad Moms, Outlander

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Boldly going to bat for Star Trek Beyond, a good time with Bad Moms, and Round 2 of the addictive Outlander. ► After an awful first trailer and the anemic reaction to the last movie, I can’t remember...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Lights Out, Nerve, Exorcist III

Posted 9 years ago

This Week: Halloween goodies include Lights Out and the director's cut of Exorcist III, a bloody fine boxed set for Herschell Gordon Lewis, and Emma Roberts takes the dare in Nerve. ► You may not care for LIGHTS OUT, but...

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