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Blu ray film reviews – Jurassic Park. Scientists use the latest development in DNA technology to clone dinosaurs for a spectacular new theme park, but owner, John Hammond, needs Dr Alant Grant, Dr Ellie Sattler and Dr Ian Malcolm to sign off on the idea or his insurers will shut the park down, unbeknown to Hammond, one of his employees, seeking finanical gain from a rival company which wants to set up its own park, has tampered with the park’s security system and the dinosaurs escape forcing the visitors to fight for their very existence, will anyone escape Jurassic Park alive!

Blu ray film reviews – Anastasia. When the shadow of revolution falls across Russia, the royal family’s youngest daughter barely escapes with her life. Years later, Anastasia and a band of heroic companions must battle the evil Rasputin, his sidekick Bartok the bat and a host of ghostly minions in a headlong race to reach Paris and reclaim her rightful destiny……and solve one of the greatest mysteries of the twentieth century!

Blu ray film reviews – The Lion King. Scar seeks to dethrone Mufasa and kill Simba, the heir to the throne, using a pack of hyenas he plots and deceives until tragedy occurs and young Simba is tricked into thinking he killed his father, fleeing for his life, Simba is exiled, years later he encounters his one true love, Nala, they head back home to confront Scar and fight to end his reign as the lion king.

Blu ray film reviews – Vera Cruz.. Two daredevil mercenaries, Benjamin Trane and Joe Erin, travel to Mexico in search of adventure – and cold hard cash – during the 1866 revolution. They get more than they bargained for when the wealthy and beautiful Countess Duvarre hires them to escort her (and a fortune in gold!) to Emperor Maximilians fighting forces in Vera Cruz. The trail is fraught with danger, betrayal and murder.

Return Of The Jedi was a popular film in 1983

Over the years many have come to view the movie as the weak link in the original Star Wars trilogy.

Mr Lucas was trying to sell as many toys as he possibly could and it does not have the same tone or atmosphere as The Empire Strikes Back.

You can read a blu ray film review by clicking the link above and there are also blu ray screencaps from the film available to view at this site.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back. The Rebel Alliance Death Star victory has been short lived and they find themselves hiding out on the ice planet of Hoth while the Empire sends probe droids to the far flung reaches of the galaxy in their quest to find the rebels and finish them off once and for all. So begins an epic journey and guided by the spirit of Obi-Wan, Luke Skywalker is taught the ways of the force by Jedi Master Yoda, and the Millenium Falcon is hunted half way across the galaxy by Darth Vader as he seeks to lure young Skywalker to the dark side.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. The Jedi Knights have all been eliminated and the Empire now rules the galaxy, a small group of resistance fighters known as the rebel alliance have stolen secret plans to the ultimate weapon. the Death Star, a battle station that can destroy whole planets, in attempting to escape with the plans, Princess Leia is captured by Sith Lord, Darth Vader, she sends a distress signal via droid R2-D2 who along with C-3PO is sold to the farm which young Luke Skywalker calls home, upon finding the hidden message for help, Luke seeks out Ben “Obi-Wan” Kenobi.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge Of The Sith. A massive space battle takes place over the skies of Coruscant as the war between the Republic and Separatists continues, Jedi Knight Anakin Skywalker, and Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi, lead a rescue mission to free Chancellor Palpatine who has been kidnapped by the cyborg, General Grievous, and is now held prisoner on his command vessel. The clone wars are nearly at an end and soon a new galactic empire will be formed and order 66 will be invoked, the Jedi will fight for their existence and the Sith shall have their revenge.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Star Wars: Episode II – Attack Of The Clones. An assassination attempt on Senator Padmé Amidala’s life leads to Jedi Knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi, investigating and discovering the creation of a clone army and a bounty hunter called Jango Fett, elsewhere his apprentice young Anakin Skywalker is protecting Padmé but he is troubled by his forbidden love for her and visions of his dying mother. On Coruscant the senate debates wider powers for Chancellor Palpatine and the Jedi council led by Yoda fear the Sith have returned and that the dark side is clouding their powers of vision.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. In a galaxy far far away, Jedi Knights Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi discover a plot by the trade federation to invade the peaceful world of Naboo, they rescue Princess Amidala and after escape are forced to land on Tatooine where they find a young boy called Anakin Skywalker, the force is unusually strong in Skywalker, on departing Tatooine they cross paths with a dark Jedi, a sith, barely escaping, they head to Coruscant where Yoda and the Jedi council sit and the Republic debate what course of action to take against the trade federation.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Rio Bravo. A powerful rancher’s brother thinks he can kill a man and get away with it but he reckoned wrong, Sheriff John T. Chance arrests him and vows to hold him until the Marshal arrives but its going to be a long wait and the rancher’s hired guns are only too willing to shoot a man in the back for a gold coin. The Sheriff must hold his prisoner and all he has for help are a crippled old man, a drunk and a young gunfighter, he also has more than just a little interest coming his way from a woman called Feathers. Can Chance hold out or will he die trying.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Charade. There is wonderful use of lighting in this film, you can see an example in the image to the right, the director of photography was Charles Lang, he had worked with Audrey Hepburn before on the film Sabrina and would work with her again on Paris When It Sizzles, How To Steal A Million and Wait Until Dark, Lang had been in the industry many years and was an experienced DP, his work on Charade is not his best but it is very good.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – Face/Off. If this film was made by any other director it would probably not have been as effective, John Woo brings his unique style to Face/Off, this involves some truly amazing action set pieces which were filmed without the aid of CGI and are all the better for it, just some good old fashioned stuntwork and this keeps you hooked and has you enthralled in the onscreen mayhem that unfolds before your very eyes.

Blu Ray Film Reviews – The Evil Dead. The Evil Dead was one of the first films to be labelled a “video nasty” in the United Kingdom, the term video nasty came about because of heavy handed sensationalist newspaper reporting at the time and this in turn led to mass hysteria on the part of some politicians. Filmed in a real abandoned cabin in the woods, the film was shot in Tennessee after unsuccessful attempts to find a cabin in Michigan, the cabin used had to undergo extensive work as it was in poor condition.

Blu Ray Film Review of The Silence Of The Lambs – A serial killer known as Buffalo Bill is abducting young women and skinning their bodies, the FBI’s hunt to catch the killer has reached a dead end and the only hope lies in the mind of the brilliant but psychotic Dr Hannibal Lecter. Jodie Foster was aided in her research for the role by FBI agent Mary Ann Krause, Krause told Foster that sometimes the work is so overbearing that a good cry can help with the stress the job brings. They show this in one scene where Starling cries while standing by her car.