Mad City Gets Warner Archive Blu-ray

Mad City is an unlikely candidate to get a Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray given that it was a box office disaster but here we are. The film, which just marked its 26th anniversary, was released on Blu-ray in late October. Unfortunately, there’s not much here to offer as far as bonus content is concerned. The only extra on the disc is the original theatrical trailer. It’s a missed opportunity to feature audio commentary from either…

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Love, Lights, Hanukkah: A Shanda For Hallmark

Love, Lights, Hanukkah is another failure of the Hallmark Channel’s trying efforts to incorporate Chanukah into its Xmas movies. The gist of the film is that a restaurant owner, Christina (Mia Kirshner), takes a DNA test and learns she’s 50% Jewish.  If the filmmakers knew anything about such tests, they would know that the proper phrasing would likely be Ashkenazi or Sephardic.  Instead, they just go with Jewish because let’s face it–Hallmark doesn’t know what…

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