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New on Blu-ray: Spawn (1997)
Getting killed sucks, but try getting killed then re-spawned (get it?) as a demonic force with superpowers. Hey, not such a bad deal, right? Superpowers, man! But wait, there’s a catch! It’s been years...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: Bullhead (2011)
Michael R. Roskam’s Oscar-nominated crime film “Bullhead” begins with a voice over prologue. This one line sums things up: “One thing is for sure, you’re always fucked.” With that single statement the mood is...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Wrath of the Titans (2012)
Sam Worthington returns to save the day in “Wrath of the Titans”, the follow-up to 2010′s hit “Clash of the Titans”. This time around, ol Sam has to deal with more than one giant...
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New on Blu-ray Book: Deliverance (1972)
You hear that squealing? That’s the sound of director John Boorman’s backwoods survival classic “Deliverance” arriving on Blu-ray Book for the very first time on June 26, 2012 courtesy of Warner Home Video. Just...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Project X (2012)
To the break of dawn, yo! Ah, a teenager’s fantasies. Date the hottest girl in school, get crowned Prom King, quarterback the school to a State Championship, and of course, throw the craziest, wildest...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (2011)
If $500-plus million at the worldwide box office is any indication, Sherlock Holmes is alive and well and more popular than ever in 2012. Of course, it could also have something to do with...
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New on Blu-ray: Blood Work (2002), U.S. Marshals (1998), A Perfect World (1993)
For the first time on Blu-ray and just in time for Father’s Day (or, well, close enough), Warner Home Video is re-releasing “U.S. Marshal”, “Blood Work”, and “A Perfect World” on Blu-ray for the...
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New on Blu-ray: Lethal Weapon (Collection)
Hard to believe, but it’s been 25 years since a too-old-for-this-shit Murtaugh tried to survive his first day with Riggs, his suicidal new partner who wants to go out with a bang and doesn’t...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: John Carter (2012)
Here’s a secret: Andrew Stanton’s “John Carter” is not nearly as bad as people would like you to think. In fact, it’s a very entertaining movie, with great special effects and a grand sense...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Journey 2 – The Mysterious Island (2012)
“Journey 2: The Mysterious Island”, the sequel to 2008′s “Journey to the Center of the Earth”, is all about spectacle, and cramming in as many set pieces as you can into one movie. Josh...
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New on Blu-ray: Gremlins (1984) / Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990)
“Gremlins” The rules are simple: don’t get him wet, don’t feed him after midnight, and whatever you do, keep him away from direct sunlight! Of course, Billy Peltzer (Zach Galligan) wouldn’t be an All-American...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Underworld – Awakening (2012)
Kate Beckinsale is back and she’s backier than ever in “Underworld: Awakening”, the fourth entry in the horror/action franchise, but only the third one with Beckinsale in the lead. As you’ll recall, the lovely...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Joyful Noise (2012)
A movie with choir singing, Dolly Parton, and Queen Latifah? How exactly did Todd Graff’s “Joyful Noise” go unnoticed by us for much of its existence? Oh, right, it has choir singing and features...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: New Year’s Eve (2011)
Garry Marshall’s “New Year’s Eve” is the type of film that appeals to people who buy celebrity magazines they spot on racks while waiting to cash out at a grocery store. It’s packed to...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: The Wicker Tree (2010)
In 1973 Robin Hardy made a little film called “The Wicker Man”, which became a bonafied piece cult horror. A few years ago “The Wicker Man” was remade (remember Nicolas Cage yelling about “The...
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New on DVD/Bluray: Contraband (2012)
Mark Wahlberg and tough guy roles go together like something that really goes together well. Or, more appropriately, like Kate Beckinsale and skin-tight movie pleather. Of course, Wahlberg’s “Contraband” co-star Kate Beckinsale doesn’t slip...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Casablanca 70th Anniversary Edition
Play it again, Sam. And again, and again, and again. (Yes, I know this is a misquote from the movie, but it just sounds so much better than, “Play it once, Sam, for old...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: IMAX Born to be Wild (2011)
If you needed a voiceover narrator to nail it into your head that you’re watching a every important documentary here, it’s Morgan Freeman or bust. That’s a given, right? The Oscar-winning actor returns in...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011)
Although Tom Hanks and Sandra Bullock’s life-affirming 9/11 drama “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close” came and went mostly unnoticed at the box office, the film did surprisingly well with critics, getting a lot of...
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New on Blu-ray: The Bodyguard (1992)
He may not look like much, but that’s what makes it such a great disguise. He’s Frank Farmer, the unassuming looking, but highly capable bodyguard of director Mick Jackson’s 1992 movie “The Bodyguard”, the...
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