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Tag Archive for 'Susan Sarandon'

‘Robot & Frank’: A Buddy Movie For The Near Future

Sometimes it all just boils down to something as simple as a man and his robot.  Robot & Frank is a very low key story that takes a simple sci-fi premise and manages to pull off something pretty affecting.  It features a wonderful lead performance from Frank Langella, who is tasked with playing an elderly […]

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Jeff, Who Lives At Home (Blu-ray Review)

I just realized it that it may be pseudo-comedy week here on Why So Blu – we’ve been dropping them like they were hot all week long and we’re not done yet. Up next we’ve got The Duplass Bros. sleeper comedy Jeff, Who Lives At Home starring the cry-baby from Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Jason Segel […]

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Dead Man Walking (Blu-ray Review)

The hits just keep on hitting here at Why So Blu.  Up next is a tale of crime, redemption, and punishment in Tim Robbin’s Dead Man Walking. Another popular film from the mid 90’s starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.  Dead Man Walking makes its debut on Blu-ray in the states and this is our […]

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Who Do You Think You Are? Season One (DVD Review)

Have you ever wondered where your family came from?  Or whether or not there were any scoundrels or perhaps royalty in your bloodline?  I know I have and that’s why I wanted to review this. The shows format is simple: get some famous people and have some genealogists help them track down their historical relatives. […]

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Thelma & Louise 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Thelma and Louise celebrates its 20th Anniversary with this release and it still resonates with a lot of people to this day. The movie became something of an anthem for female empowerment and triggered many discussions and disagreements once released. The concept of two women becoming fugitives due to poor judgement and circumstances was radical at […]

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James Finds His Giant Peach on Disney Blu-ray

I’m not sure how this Tim Burton film ever slipped by me in the past.  Now that I caught up with his latest work, Alice in Wonderland, it’s time I tackle James and the Giant Peach on Blu-ray this August.  Disney releases the classic on Blu-ray August 3rd.  The movie is voiced by an all-star […]

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Peter Jackson is in Fine Form with “The Lovely Bones”

Commercials for The Lovely Bones are promoting the movie as a supernatural murder-mystery where a teenage girl who is killed helps her father solve the crime from the after life.  It’s understandable why Paramount and DreamWorks SKG decided to market the movie, based on the 2002 novel of the same name by Alice Sebold, this […]

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