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- First reviewOctober 5, 2017
- Last reviewMarch 27, 2018
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![Wind River [Blu-ray] [2017]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6128/6128213_sa.jpg)
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5
Atmospheric thriller that is for discerning viewer
on March 27, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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Taylor Sheridan's winner of Best Director at Cannes is a slowly-paced but mesmerizing thriller with amazing atmosphere and great acting. For the right viewer, this will be a wonderful film.
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![The Killing of a Sacred Deer [Blu-ray] [2017]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/6170/6170838_sa.jpg)
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5
Lanthimos gives us a thriller you won't forget
on March 27, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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Iconoclastic Greek filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos has followed up last year’s dark comic gem, “The Lobster”, with another audacious film that bears his twisted mark on every frame: “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”, its title drawn from a line in the Greek play, Iphigenia at Aulis by Euripides.
Its story begins rather conventionally before veering off into the bizarre: A skilled cardiac surgeon seemingly befriends a strange teenage boy and introduces him to his family. The boy named Martin seems to have some form of a neurological disorder, and gradually we discover his connection to the surgeon and the threat he brings to the entire family. Colin Farrell plays the surgeon, Nicole Kidman his wife, but it is Barry Keoghan who takes center stage to the drama, playing the intruding boy with a perceptible mental unbalance that grows more sinister as the film goes on.
Relying more on the tenants of psychological horror than the societal satire and the Kafkaesque fable of “The Lobster”, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer” is a masterpiece of the absurd, its every frame showing the influence of Stanley Kubrick at his most pristine with its pure cold visuals and precise razor-sharp cutting. It won best screenplay at Cannes, but it is Lanthimos’ perfect compositions and subdued anger that reaches out of the screen and shakes the viewers’ sensibilities that defines it. Disturbing on different levels and perhaps inevitably unpleasant to some, it is a film that will rivet you to your seat until its provocative conclusion, one that could have you thinking about it for days after.
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![Moana [Includes Digital Copy] [3D] [Blu-ray/DVD] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D/DVD] [2016]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5669/5669104_sa.jpg)
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5
Wonderful Disney computer animated film
on March 27, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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"Moana" is Disney’s 56th animated feature, and it tells the story of a strong-willed daughter of a Polynesian tribal chief named Moana who sets sail across the Pacific in search of the legendary demigod Maui to save her people. Moana is perfectly voiced by 14-year-old Hawaiian high school freshman Auli'i Cravalho with Dwayne Johnson surprisingly cast as the voice of the god Maui. Based on Polynesian mythology stories, this is an amazing movie with wonderful songs and astonishing visuals that help to make it an extremely moving film experience for adults as well as children. (One strange footnote: in some European countries, the title and protagonist were renamed 'Vaiana' due to a copyright problem over a cosmetic company that owns the use of the name 'Moana'.)
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![The X-Files: The Event Series [Blu-ray] [2 Discs]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5242/5242400_sa.jpg)
Nearly 14 years after the original series ended, David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson return as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully for a six-episode run of the hit sci-fi series. The duo is back investigating strange cases such as UFO sightings, alien abductions and all things paranormal. Mulder, of course, is still a strong believer in the paranormal world, while Scully, a medical doctor, is a natural skeptic who provides a counterbalance to her partner's faithful approach. This multi-disc set includes episode commentaries, a behind-the-scenes look at The Event Series, a gag reel, and a compilation of the most memorable Monster of the Week moments.
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4
The short 10th Season of the "X-Files" delivers!
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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Those lovers of the classic show "The X-Files" will love this return after the many years that have passed since the main run of the show. Mulder and Scully have aged, but the show is still frightening, humorous and lots of fun!
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5
Maybe the best Hannibal Lechtor film!
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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An early Michael Mann masterpiece that didn't get the critical attention or the awards that "Silence of the Lamb" got, but it's much more subtle and even more disturbing as it emphasizes the degeneration of the emotional state of the FBI agent (wonderfully played by William Petersen) that's trying to solve the "Tooth Fairy" murders.
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![10 Cloverfield Lane [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray/DVD] [2016]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5086/5086536_sa.jpg)
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5
Great thriller mated with sci-fi
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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Marvelous sequel to Matt Reeves' original, and much better. Beautifully directed by Dan Trachtenberg at times reaching near-Hitchcock status in suspense, with great performances, especially from Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Don't miss this!
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![The Pacific [6 Discs] [Blu-ray] [2010]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/prescaled/500/500/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/f58349a6-78e4-4280-8edb-b64c2027a125.jpg)
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5
Maybe even better than "Band of Brothers"!
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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A marvelous mini-series around the Pacific Theater of World War II. One of the finest series ever done for television, and a must for all WW II aficionados.
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![Hell or High Water [Blu-ray/DVD] [Includes Digital Copy] [2 Discs] [2016]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5624/5624459_sa.jpg)
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4
A A wonderful modern day western crime film
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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What makes this present-day western crime thriller work so well is not from it employing any artificially intense dramatics or hyped-up action, but from the ordinariness of the characters and events.
Taking place in New Mexico and West Texas, its sense of time and place is so well-defined it's hard to believe its director, David Mackenzie was born in Scotland. And here he managedsto nail a certain piece of Western Americana while telling a tale that follows two brothers (played to perfection by Chris Pine and Ben Foster) who pull a series of bank robberies against branches of the Texas Midlands Bank in order to save their family ranch that is being foreclosed on by the same bank. The crusty, persistent Texas Ranger trying to nab them is Jeff Bridges, an actor who, over 45 years ago, had ironically starred in "The Last Picture Show" which took place in the same town in which one of the robberies does: Archer City, Texas. This is a special character-driven, authentic modern-day western of subtlety and atmosphere, and a film that is as true to human behavior as any in recent years.
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![Kong: Skull Island [Blu-ray] [2017]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5782/5782301_sa.jpg)
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5
Best Kong film since the 1933 original
on March 21, 2018
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from Daytona Beach, FL
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“Kong: Skull Island” has been generally ignored as a serious film which is a shame as it is an unexpected revelation in every aspect of filmmaking. Skillfully directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts, it is by far the best Kong variant since the 1933 original, far superior to the Peter Jackson remake of 2005, with an ingenious script that creatively mates “Apocalypse Now” with the Kong original. It also boasts top-notch cinematography, beautifully shot on location in Vietnam. Even its music score is one of the best of the year. I guess merely the idea and title of the film cried out for being condemned by critics before they even saw it. It's great!
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![Spider-Man: Homecoming [3D] [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray] [Blu-ray/Blu-ray 3D] [2017]](https://pisces.bbystatic.com/image2/BestBuy_US/images/products/5916/5916904_sa.jpg)
Customer Rating
4
Tom Holland taking on the Spider-Man role
on March 21, 2018
Posted by: RobertB
from Daytona Beach, FL
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A very good Spider-Man film directed by Jon Watts that will please most of the fans, particularly due to its sense of humor. It isn't first-rate but entertaining and well made.
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