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: Sin City 2, 22 Jump Street

Posted 11 years ago

This week: We drag our sorry ass back to Sin City, order up more Jump Street, and reluctantly head Into the Storm. ► After a certain amount of time, some sequels fall into ‘why bother?’ Had SIN CITY: A DAME...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Batman, How to Train Your Dragon 2

Posted 11 years ago

This week: You’re not dreaming…the Batman TV show finally comes to Blu-ray. Plus: Tammy, How to Train Your Dragon 2, and one last season of suck for True Blood. ► The bonanza of boxed sets we thought we’d never see...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Maleficent, Hercules, A Most Wanted Man

Posted 11 years ago

This week: A wickedly good Angelina Jolie in ‘Maleficent,’ The Rock hulks out for ‘Hercules,’ and big boxed sets for Kubrick and Doctor Who. ► Currently the fifth biggest movie of 2014, and Angelina Jolie’s biggest hit ever, MALEFICENT had...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: WKRP in Cincinnati, Begin Again

Posted 11 years ago

This week: You will believe turkeys can fly! 'WKRP in Cincinnati' comes to DVD, Criterion revisits 'The Vanishing,' and Eric Bana tells demons to begone in 'Deliver Us From Evil.' ► This is the month of boxed sets we thought...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Mad Men, Sex Tape, The Purge: Anarchy

Posted 11 years ago

This week: The final days of Don Draper…Part 1. Also, Sex Tape could use more lube, the summer's hidden gem in Snowpiercer, and get used to a Purge every year. ► Oh AMC, be better than this. Rather than wait...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Fargo

Posted 11 years ago

This week: The best, biggest, X-Menniest X-Men movie yet. Plus – Cable TV kicks from Fargo and Penny Dreadful; and the blu-ray debut of four Spielberg flicks. ► How big was the challenge in front of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Edge of Tomorrow, The Wonder Years

Posted 11 years ago

This week: Edge of Tomorrow gets another day; more sharks in tornados; and – holy hell, it's about time! – The Wonder Years. ► Really, the premise of the outstanding ‘Live, Die, Repeat’…er, EDGE OF TOMORROW is pretty much every...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Transformers 4, Chef, 24,

Posted 12 years ago

This week: Transformers and 24 return, Jon Favreau whips up a winner with Chef, and the new Leprechaun ain't so charming. ► Look, there’s no point ragging on TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION any more. You all saw it, you don’t...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Neighbors, Halloween, The Signal

Posted 12 years ago

This week: The summer's much-needed Neighbors, sci-fi mind games with The Signal, and three separate horror franchises all release complete sets. ► What makes NEIGHBORS this year’s best comedy? Seth Rogan’s on his game, certainly. Zac Efron basically saves his...

This Week in Blu-ray / DVD Releases: Godzilla, The Fault in Our Stars, Arrow

Posted 12 years ago

This week: Godzilla roars back, Leatherface revs up for his 40th, and fighting itchy eyes with The Fault in Our Stars. ► GODZILLA really was the summer’s misfit blockbuster, refusing to go the ‘Transformers’ route and puke out two hours...

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