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The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD/Blu-ray Cover Art and Specs

The Walking Dead Season 1 DVD/Blu-ray Cover Art and Specs

Nix December 11, 2010

Well, I guess you can’t really blame them for going with this iconic image of Rick Grimes on horseback riding into the city of Atlanta, unaware that a teeming mass of zombies awaited him,...

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New on Blu-ray: Rush Hour (1998)

New on Blu-ray: Rush Hour (1998)

Nix December 6, 2010

Billed as “the fastest hands in the East meets the biggest mouth in the West”, I don’t think anyone expected Brett Ratner’s 1998 action comedy “Rush Hour” to do as well as it did...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Inception (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Inception (2010)

Nix December 4, 2010

How do you top a film like “The Dark Knight”, which made an obscene amount of money and was both a critical and commercial juggernaut? If you’re Christopher Nolan, you write and direct a...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Going the Distance (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Going the Distance (2010)

Nix December 3, 2010

Real-life couple Drew Barrymore and Justin Long (they’re still together, right? someone call TMZ to verify and don’t get back to me) stars in a romantic comedy about two people trying to keep their...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Flipped (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Flipped (2010)

Nix December 3, 2010

Oh, true love. Ain’t it grand? It’s apparently even sweeter when you’re a kid of the ’60s and grew up during the Summer of Love and all that other hippie stuff. That brings us...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Lottery Ticket (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Lottery Ticket (2010)

Dedpool November 30, 2010

Kevin Carson (Bow Wow) has just won $370 million in the Mondo Millions Lottery. But the Lottery Claim Office is closed for a long holiday weekend, so before he can collect, Kevin must figure...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (2010)

Nix November 18, 2010

Uber producer Jerry Bruckheimer does entertaining, big spectacle films, and his “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice” certainly falls easily into that category. Add in Nicolas Cage as a wizard in hobo clothes, Jay Baruchel as a...

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The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (2009) Movie Review

The Disappearance Of Alice Creed (2009) Movie Review

Brent McKnight November 17, 2010

The plot of “The Disappearance of Alice Creed” is simple. Two ex-cons, Vic (Eddie Marsan) and Danny (Martin Compston), kidnap a young woman named Alice Creed (Gemma Arterton), the estranged daughter of a wealthy...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Sherlock Season One

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Sherlock Season One

Nix November 14, 2010

Everyone knows Hollywood is obsessed with youth, what with all the constant rebooting and remaking and re-imagining of old characters, but apparently the BBC is trying to catch up. After striking gold with modern...

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New on Blu-ray: Scooby-Doo 1 & 2 Collection Double Feature

New on Blu-ray: Scooby-Doo 1 & 2 Collection Double Feature

Nix November 14, 2010

Ah, Scooby-Doo. Why, back in my day, he was just a cartoon in a silly show about kids solving silly mysteries involving fake monsters. Oh, the good old days. Nowadays, Scooby-Doo is a CG...

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New on Blu-ray: Peanuts Holiday Collection

New on Blu-ray: Peanuts Holiday Collection

Nix November 14, 2010

Good grief, who doesn’t like Charlie Brown during the Holidays? Someone who hates America, that’s who. You don’t hate America, do you? Charlie Brown and the Holidays go together like snow and Christmas. It’s...

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New on Blu-ray: Ocean’s 11 (1960)

New on Blu-ray: Ocean’s 11 (1960)

Nix November 12, 2010

The boys are back in town. The original boys, that is. We’re talking Sinatra, Martin, and Davis (ably backed by Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop), and of course, Angie Dickinson bringing the va-va-voom as...

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New on Blu-ray: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

New on Blu-ray: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Nix November 12, 2010

It won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1935, and garnered Best Actor nominations for its three male leads, including the dashing and heroic Clark Gable and Charles Laughton as the fantastically evil...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Doctor Who The Complete Fifth Series

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Doctor Who The Complete Fifth Series

Nix November 10, 2010

The Doctor is back! As, er, Matt Smith. Yup, there’s a new Doctor in town, and he’s played by Matt Smith, who steps into the Time Lord’s shoes for adventure, snappy comebacks, and all...

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Elf: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review

Elf: The Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray Review

Nix November 10, 2010

Just in time for Christmas — er, Thanksgiving (close enough, right?), comes the “Elf” Ultimate Collector’s Edition, which is currently available in DVD and Blu-ray package from Warner Home Video. If you’re looking for...

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Hunt To Kill (2010) Movie Review

Hunt To Kill (2010) Movie Review

Brent McKnight November 5, 2010

Director Keoni Waxman has carved out quite a niche for himself in the direct-to-video action movie market, working with such genre luminaries as Steven Seagal and Dolph Lundgren. He’s not trying to make great...

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New on Blu-ray: The Alien Anthology

New on Blu-ray: The Alien Anthology

Nix October 30, 2010

Acid-spewing aliens have never looked more gorgeous than they do on Blu-ray. From 20th Century Fox comes the “Alien Anthology”, a gorgeous set that comes packaged inside a hardcover “book” case, and features all...

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New on DVD: Nip/Tuck – The Complete Series Box Set

New on DVD: Nip/Tuck – The Complete Series Box Set

Nix October 30, 2010

Before he made drama geeks popular with Fox’s “Glee”, Ryan Murphy was turning viewers on (and for some, off) with the delightfully nasty (and obsessively watchable) “Nip/Tuck” on the FX Channel. Pretty boy surgeons...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

New on DVD/Blu-ray: Goonies 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition

Nix October 28, 2010

Hey you guys! The Goonies are back! Just in time for the launch of their 25th Anniversary Collector’s Edition DVD set, too. The set will be available in Standard DVD and Blu-ray November 2,...

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New on DVD/Blu-ray: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

New on DVD/Blu-ray: A Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)

Nix October 28, 2010

Like nightmares? Like guys with sharp knives stalking you in your nightmares? Okay, that’s probably not that great of a proposition for most people, but for those that answered Yes (you sick bastards), Jackie...

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