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: Fury, The Judge, Downton Abbey

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Brad Pitt gives tanks, two Roberts overrule The Judge, and your annual Downton Abbey marathon is here. ► The chaotic, claustrophobic FURY pieces together bits of battle lore for the tense tale of a five-man tank crew led...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Lucy, Annabelle, The Boxtrolls

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Girls night out with Lucy and Annabelle; Oscar-nominated The Boxtrolls; and for his last movie, James Gandolfini goes back to the mob in The Drop. ► Before she gets into her Black Widow tights again, Scarlett Johansson plays...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Gone Girl, Wetlands, Boardwalk Empire

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Reunited with Gone Girl, the icky charm of Wetlands, and saying goodbye to Boardwalk Empire. ► No movie is a sure thing, but pairing David Fincher with GONE GIRL was pretty close to a lock. Everything about Gillian...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Boyhood, No Good Deed, Get On Up

Posted 11 years ago

This week: The remarkable Boyhood, the ridiculous No Good Deed, and a third round of Girls. ► The word ‘epic’ gets thrown around a lot for movies which don’t deserve it, but Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD truly earned the title last...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: The Equalizer, Tusk, Banshee

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Denzel Washington goes back to busting chops in The Equalizer, Kevin Smith gets long in the tooth with Tusk, and everyone dies harder in Banshee's crazy second season. ► Denzel Washington reunites with his ‘Training Day’ director Antoine...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: The Trip to Italy, Continuum

Posted 11 years ago

This week: It’s the night before…the night before Christmas, and the blu-ray/DVD pickings are slim. But some stocking stuffers off the beaten path include a mouth-watering Trip to Italy, SyFy’s time-tripping Continuum, and the flick that introduced Charlton Heston. ►...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Mutant Ninja Turtles, Maze Runner…

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Michael Bay does Turtles, Woody Allen's misguided Moonlight, and a sensational second season of The Americans. â–º Existing purely for nostalgia, the new TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is exactly what you think a Michael Bay-produced TMNT movie would...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Guardians of the Galaxy, Frank

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Go all the way with 'Guardians' again, Michael Fassbender goes under the mask in 'Frank,' everyone else is still 'Under the Dome.' ► Oh those long ago days of July, when people were actually wondering if GUARDIANS OF...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Strain

Posted 11 years ago

This week: The Apes rise again, The Strain spreads some vampire cooties, and the end is near for Justified. ► The top-to-bottom fantastic DAWN OF THE PLANET OF THE APES is the new high-water mark for the entire franchise –...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: The Expendables 3, The November Man

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Third time’s no charm for The Expendables, Brosnan goes back to Bond (sorta) with The November Man, and can you handle five and a half hours of Nymphomaniac? ► Not sure a movie that made over $200 million...

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