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New on Blu-ray: The Lord of the Rings – The Motion Picture Trilogy (Extended Edition)
The word “epic” is a must when discussing anything related to Peter Jackson’s big-screen adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” saga. Everything about the endeavor screams epic — from the eight...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Sucker Punch (2011)
A few years from now, Zack Snyder’s “Sucker Punch” will be viewed as a much better film than audiences and critics gave it credit for when it opened in theaters earlier this year. Hell,...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Kill The Irishman (2011)
The Movie: “Kill the Irishman” tells the true-life story of Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson), a legendary Cleveland gangster and folk hero. In the 1970s Greene and a rag tag group of modern day Celtic...
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New On DVD/Blu-ray: 36th Precinct
Originally released in 2004, French cop drama “36th Precinct” (AKA “36″) is hitting region 1 DVD and Blu-ray courtesy of Palisades Tartan. The film starts strong out of the gate, and the first half...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Red Riding Hood (2011)
Director Catherine Hardwicke couldn’t have possibly cast any more appropriately than getting Amanda Seyfried as little red riding hood in her “re-imagining” of the famous fairytale. To be sure, getting Gary Oldman was a...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Unknown (2011)
Liam Neeson has done action roles before (“Batman Begins”, “Rob Roy”), but I think most people didn’t realize just how physical he could actually be in a movie until “Taken”, well, took the world...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Hall Pass (2011)
What’s a hall pass? It’s a week-long retreat from marriage, where you can do pretty much anything you want, including but not limited to picking up girls at bars and having your way with...
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New on Blu-ray: The Superman Motion Picture Anthology
Now this is what I call a super release! Ahem. I’m talking about “The Superman Motion Picture Anthology”, a whopping 8-disk Blu-ray set featuring over 80 hours of special features. Just to put that...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Drive Angry
He’s angry. And he’s got a car. Now it’s time to … drive angry! You can say a lot of things about director Patrick Lussier and writer Todd Farmer’s 3D mayhem extravaganza “Drive Angry”,...
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New on Blu-ray Book: Gods and Generals (2003)/Gettysburg (1993)
Set to commemorate the 150th anniversary of America’s first and only Civil War, Warner Home Video is set to re-release the Award-winning war films “Gods and Generals” and “Gettysburg” on Blu-ray Book format for...
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Elephant White (2011) Movie Review
Prachya Pinkaew is largely responsible for some of the best martial arts movies in recent memory. Films like “Ong Bak”, “Tom Yum Goong” (aka “The Protector”), and “Chocolate” are full to overflowing with flying...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: I am Number Four (2011)
“I am Number Four” is from producer Michael Bay, but there is a surprising lack of transforming robots in the movie. Which is a shame, as I think transforming robots might have been just...
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New on Blu-Ray Book: The Usual Suspects (1995)
Who is Keyser Soze? Your friends probably asked you that question while they were watching the movie because you had already seen it and refused to tell them. Pretty soon everyone in the film...
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New on Blu-Ray Book: The Terminator (1984)
Fans of James Cameron’s 1984 sci-fi masterpiece about a futuristic war between mankind and machines fought in the present day (or 1984, anyway) no doubt already has this movie in various formats released over...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Rite (2011)
How could you go wrong with Anthony Hopkins in a horror movie? Hopkins can do just about any genre he puts his mind to, but for some reason I’ve always thought that his talents...
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New On Blu-Ray/DVD: Blue Valentine (2010)
“Blue Valentine” garnered a great deal of buzz in December 2010 when it was slapped with an NC-17 rating. Eventually the Weinstein Company managed to release is with an R rating without having to...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Human Planet (2011)
Following in the footsteps of Planet Earth and Life, this epic eight-part blockbuster is a breathtaking celebration of the amazing, complex, profound and sometimes challenging relationship between humankind and nature. Humans are the most...
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New On DVD/Blu-ray: The King’s Speech (2010)
The Movie: Over the past few months I’ve said many times, in many places, that I’m sure “The King’s Speech” is a wonderfully-acted, well-crafted motion picture, but one that I have absolutely no interest...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Tangled (2010)
It’s good to be the king! And by that I mean king of family oriented entertainment. For decades the House of Mouse has been pumping out animated classics. I was lucky enough to grow...
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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010)
Nearly ten years and seven movies later, it’s the end of the road for Harry Potter, Ron, and Hermione. Well, almost. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows -Part 1″ is the first of a...
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