Category: Blu-ray / DVD Film Review
Based on the cult 1986-1992 series Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling (GLOW), in which actresses, stuntwomen, models, and the curious created outrageous ring personas and engaged in choreographed matches tied to fictional backstories…
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As recounted in a lengthy essay by Ted Okuda, the 3D project was put into action and in an area safely away from active combat, filming took place with the uncredited soldiers playing themselves, and supposedly real artillery was used in the sniper, tank, and air squadron attacks – inarguably the film’s most thrilling and propulsive components…
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Ray Harryhausen’s fantasy epic adventure is surprisingly low on stop-motion creatures, but his brilliance with trick photography made him the perfect hands-on producer for this fanciful, exciting version of Jonathan Swift’s classic tale that’s apparently remained in print since its inaugural (and initially sanitized) publication in 1725…
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With a third documentary on the famous Hollywood icon now in release, the question is What new information could there be, since Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004) and Hedy Lamarr: Secrets of a Hollywood Star (2006) both presented a wealth of information using very different approaches…
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According to Bill Nye, when the young engineer met astrophysicist Carl Sagan in 1987, he got the bug for science, and within a few years became Bill Nye, the Science Guy, the titular hero / educator of the popular PBS show that ran from 1993-1998…
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