My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Blu-ray Review

• Director ‏ : ‎ Nia Vardalos
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Nia Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Lainie Kazan, Andrea Martin
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
• Producers ‏ : ‎ Rita Wilson, Tom Hanks, Gary Goetzman
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1), Spanish (DTS 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
• Writers ‏ : ‎ Nia Vardalos
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Digital_copy
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 32 minutes
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Release date ‏ : ‎ October 31, 2023

         When My Big Fat Greek Wedding was released in 2002, it was a surprise hit with both audiences and critics, even earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. It was followed up with the first sequel in 2016, which was such a disappointing decline in quality that it is surprising the franchise continued beyond that. My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 feels like a cash-grab, made possible because most of the cast doesn’t have much else going for them. The results reek of desperation while none of the cleverness or creativity found in the original remains.

 

Warhorse One Blu-ray Review

 

• Director ‏ : ‎ Johnny Strong, William Kaufman
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Johnny Strong, Athena Durner, Raj Kala, James Sherrill, Siya Rostami
• Language ‏ : ‎ English (DTS 5.1)
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Well Go Usa
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.73 x 5.39 x 0.55 inches; 3 Ounces
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 6 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ November 7, 2023

         Though the specifics may vary some, survival narratives with tough men of violence protecting innocent children have become increasingly common in films from multiple countries and existing within several genres. Even the recently released science fiction film 65 follows this formula. Warhorse One doesn’t have a genre revision of the formula and is just a straightforward survival film set within recent history, but that doesn’t make the film any more believable than a sci-fi film with dinosaurs. Unfortunately, despite some decent efforts at staging the film’s violence, the narrative always feels contrived and attempts emotional manipulation with the youngest cast member.

 

3 Days in Malay Blu-ray Review

 

• Director ‏ : ‎ Louis Mandylor
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Louis Mandylor, Donald 'Cowboy' Cerrone, Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Well Go Usa
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Widescreen
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 39 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ October 17, 2023

         Basing a war film on actual events is hardly a new idea, though the budgetary restraints and artistic shortcomings of 3 Days in Malay make it stand out in the worst ways. Directed by minor character actor Louis Mandylor, who also gives himself a leading role, this World War II film has the best of intentions and the worst of execution. It is one thing to laugh at the unintentional hilarity of bad filmmaking when the story is inconsequential fiction, but 3 Days in Malay is weighed down by melodrama in a painful attempt to be respectful of the historical events.