 | A Perfect Getaway (2009)
Genre: Drama | Horror | Crime/Mystery | Thriller ~ Rating:
Blu-Ray Release:  Unknown |  29/12/2009 |  18/1/2010 |
| Reviewer:  The HD Room
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | I am not delusional that A Perfect Getaway is an excellent thriller, but its competent enough that the glaring flaws are outweighed by the engaging acting and great scenery. Plus the story has that slightly cheesy "B movie" quality that adds an inherent level of rewatchability. U... (More)
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| | Reviewer:  DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 4 March 2010 | The Universe: The Complete Season Four (Blu-Ray) puts too much emphasis on speculation and fanfare and not enough on actual learning. If you're a fan of the series, you'll know what to expect with this Blu-Ray treatment. The transfer is tight; pretty on the eyes and light on the ... (More)
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 | Alice (2009)
Genre: Sci-Fi/Fantasy ~ Rating:
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | 2/3/2010 | 2/3/2010 |
| Reviewer:  DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 6 March 2010 | Alice alternates between a really creative reimagining of some classic source material and some ridiculously bloated and padded filler. There are moments here that are great and those with an affinity for Carroll's source material will enjoy some of the more obscure references - ... (More)
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| | Reviewer:  Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 6 March 2010 | You have to hand it to Simon Cowell for so perfectly taking the Andrea Bocelli rage and upping the ante fourfold. Just as surprisingly, Il Divo manages to actually deliver musically, though my hunch is operatic purists will be rolling their eyes at the pop sensibilties on display... (More)
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| Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | I remain unimpressed by Warner's Double Feature releases. The concept is sound -- two flicks for the price of one -- but the execution is lacking. Analyze This and Analyze That haven't been given the ground-up overhaul they deserve, and it shows. Their video transfers are hobbled... (More)
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| | Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | Within its brooding excitement, bold but streamline visual construction, and fixating trajectory across the Royal Opera House's stage that mixes static and brashly flailing motions to equal measure, Birtwistle's The Minotaur is a transfixing take of mythology that's astounding to... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Duffy and company are guilty of treading water in this sequel, but that's enough to make a decent film in this genre, so the court will have to let them go. (More)
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| | Reviewer:  DoBlu.com
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Date Reviewed: 10 March 2010 | If you hated the first installment of a movie, hated to the point where you would rather forget you ever saw it, can a sequel with expanded character development pull you around? Maybe a 10-year break between the original and the sequel would give some time for all involved to sp... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Dark, unpredictable, and downright combustible, Breaking Bad is one of the most exciting and challenging shows on television today, joining its AMC brother Mad Men in expanding the boundaries of what television can do in today's timid network climate. Its intense subject matter a... (More)
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| | Reviewer:  Big Picture Big Sound
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | Given the subject matter, a dying man trying to get ahead by means he might have otherwise never considered, and today's economic climate, Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season offers a different kind of entertainment escapism. It isn't always a pretty place, but it looks good ... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | This isn't sock-folding television. It's a show that demands your full time and attention; a bleak and bitterly funny journey into darkness that boasts some of the most nuanced and fully-realized performances to be found on the small screen in recent years. For all of its dark dr... (More)
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| | Reviewer:  High-Def Digest
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | 'Broken Embraces' is a really, really great little movie. Part film noir, part anthology film, part Douglas Sirk-like melodrama; it's Pedro Almodóvar and his muse Penélope Cruz firing on all cylinders. While I'm not sure it rests in the top percentile of his work, it's a daring, ... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Though some have criticized it for being Almodóvar at his most routine, I found myself enthralled with Broken Embraces just the same. It's a film with its share of flaws, to be sure, but I was fascinated watching the puzzle before me gradually take shape, and what a terrifically ... (More)
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| | Reviewer: High-Def Digest
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | 'Capitalism: A Love Story' may be Michael Moore's most important documentary yet because it is also his most timely, abstract, and immediate film thus far. Although some of his shenanigans tend to intrude on what truly matters, the film's examination of our current economic downt... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | Of Moore's feature documentaries so far Capitalism: A Love Story falls somewhere in the middle, working best when it focuses on the personal impact its abstract subject matter has had on ordinary Americans, and less well when Moore falls back on overly material done better before... (More)
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| | Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Capitalism: A Love Story speaks to Moore's inexhaustible talent for airing righteous anger at just the right cultural moments. His resounding condemnation of Wall Street and corporate greed offers, at least, some cathartic venting for an American public that can feel powerless in... (More)
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| Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | We reviewers tend to be an awfully jaded lot at times. But every so often a wonderful little surprise comes down the pike to reawaken our love and enthusiasm. Ercole Amante is a near perfect soufflé, wonderfully melding Cavalli's gorgeous music with an outlandishly expressive phy... (More)
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| | Reviewer:  DVD Town
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | I didn´t particularly enjoy "The Vampire Assistant" and from first hearing its title to completing this review, I cannot help but wonder what the intention for this film was. Its PG-13 rating kept it from appealing to tween girls, but the story was too silly to be enjoyed by anyb... (More)
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 | Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Family | Romance ~ Rating: PG
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | 2/3/2010 | 15/3/2010 |
| Reviewer:  High Def Disc News
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Date Reviewed: 6 March 2010 | Llooking back on “Clash of the Titans” some 29 years later it is still a great film based on Greek Mythology and it has the cool Ray Harryhausen special effects which are just so unique and always a treat to see. The acting from (a young) Harry Hamlin is really good as well as th... (More)
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| | Clash of the Titans (1981)
Genre: Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi/Fantasy | Family | Romance ~ Rating: PG
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | 2/3/2010 | 15/3/2010 |
| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Despite all the bellyaching, Warner's Blu-ray of Clash of the Titans is a big improvement over the 2002 DVD edition, though its high-def image does have the effect of enhancing its visual flaws. Still, as a Ray Harryhausen fan myself, I wouldn't miss this for the world, even thou... (More)
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| Reviewer: High Def Disc News
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Date Reviewed: 6 March 2010 | I only wish that the film was more enjoyable, but then again, because it’s a true story, and the film itself is very well crafted, I don’t know if it’s fair to expect more from the film. In other words, I don’t think there is much, if any room for improvement here. I sincerely ho... (More)
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| | Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 7 March 2010 | Terrence Malick's Days of Heaven is a film about feelings and emotions that cannot be described with simple words. It is also a visual spectacle, one that many, this reviewer included, believe ranks amongst the very best ever made. Criterion's treatment of the film is simply supe... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | For the climax, "Morgans" maneuvers Paul and Meryl into a flimsy bull costume (Paul's the ass, of course) to elude certain doom, making this excruciating feature film possibly the worst "Laverne and Shirley" episode of all time. I'm not sure what entertainment itch "Did You Hear ... (More)
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|  | Dumbo (1941)
Genre: Animated | Family | Music ~ Rating: G
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | 8/2/2011 | Unknown |
| Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 6 March 2010 | A U.S. release date for Dumbo has yet to be announced, so more impatient stateside Disney fans may want to shell out the extra few bucks for the instant gratification of having this classic before everyone else. If you don't mind having the Spanish language packaging, it's not a ... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Talk
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Date Reviewed: 4 March 2010 | The Blu-ray release of Evangelion 1.11: You are (Not) Alone is freaking awesome! Okay, so the bonus material is a bit lackluster, but the picture and sound quality is outstanding and the film itself is exceptionally entertaining. Whether you were a fan of the original Evangelion ... (More)
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|  | Extract (2009)
Genre: Comedy ~ Rating:
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | 22/12/2009 | 22/12/2009 |
| Reviewer: DoBlu.com
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | Extract completely lacks a central story, coming off as a mish-mash of ideas. It was 10-years since Office Space when Extract landed in theaters, so maybe this film turned into everything Judge had wanted over a decade of thought. It sure feels like it. (More)
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 | Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Genre: Animated | Adventure | Comedy | Family ~ Rating: PG
Blu-Ray Release: 26/5/2010 | 23/3/2010 | 1/3/2010 |
| Reviewer:  Den Of Geek
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | The Blu-ray offers impressive clarity in both picture and sound. Every hair can be seen on the character models, which look incredibly lifelike. (More)
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| | Reviewer: High-Def Digest
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Date Reviewed: 10 March 2010 | Critics hated 'Gentlemen Broncos,' and I can see why, even if I disagree with them. The third film from Jared Hess isn't a barn burner, life changer, or anything like that, but it is subversive and odd, with moments of sheer hilarity from the amazingly flawed, eccentric character... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 10 March 2010 | Uneven like the rest of Jared Hess's body of work, but Gentlemen Broncos has a good heart and a handful of hilarious moments. (More)
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| | Reviewer: High-Def Digest
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Date Reviewed: 7 March 2010 | 'George Michael: Live in London' is an engaging and fun concert film that, while not exactly delivering reference-quality audio or video, is still well worth watching. There are a couple of nice supplements and the overall packing is fairly stellar. To quote Michael: you've got t... (More)
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| Reviewer:  Audiophile Audition
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | The orchestra (period instruments) and singing are all terrific, as are the dancers, whatever it is they are doing, which seems rather detached and abstract, part of the problem when trying to tell a rather complex story. Sound and picture are fantastic - Blu-ray at its best, and... (More)
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| | Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 4 March 2010 | If you don't already own Goodfellas on Blu-ray, this 20th Anniversary Edition is the one to go with since its packaging is more attractive than the 2007 release and it contains a high-quality documentary about the gangster genre. If you already own the 2007 Blu-ray, don't bother ... (More)
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| Reviewer: DVD Verdict
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Date Reviewed: 9 March 2010 | Hachi: A Dog's Life is entirely intended as a hanky picture. If you're in the mood for a good cry, then chances are Hachi is the picture for you. Those who are unable to look past the rather thin plot and the sometimes manipulative cinematic mechanics would do best to leave the f... (More)
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|  | Import/Export (2007)
Genre: Drama | Foreign Language ~ Rating: R 18+
Blu-Ray Release: Unknown | Unknown | 5/10/2009 |
| Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 8 March 2010 | Bold and uncompromising, Ulrich Seidl's Import Export offers a bleak and genuinely disturbing look at borderless Europe. I would also like to specifically point out that there isn't even a hint of political correctness in this film - so be prepared when you sit down to watch it. ... (More)
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| Reviewer: High-Def Digest
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Date Reviewed: 5 March 2010 | 'Crisis on Two Earths' has a fair amount going for it, but the potential is ultimately wasted. It's disappointing that this film fails to come together in the end. Those who enjoy seeing heroes and villains fighting and in cameos will be able to overlook the multiple flaws. The B... (More)
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| | Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 10 March 2010 | Soothing, relaxing and more than a bit hypnotic, Pacific Coast is one of the better Digital Environments releases, aided by a really nice music score by Raphael. And the best part is, you won't need any Dramamine to get to the ocean to enjoy it--just your local or online Blu-ray ... (More)
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 | Ninja Assassin (2009)
Genre: Action | Crime/Mystery | Drama | Thriller | Martial Arts ~ Rating: R 18+
Blu-Ray Release: 19/5/2010 | 16/3/2010 | Unknown |
| Reviewer: Blu-ray.com
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Date Reviewed: 10 March 2010 | From its rather redundant title to its fire-born action sequences, Ninja Assassin makes its blood-soaked intentions known from the outset. However, I wasn't prepared to actually sink into its story. I know I'm in the minority, but McTeigue's commanding presence behind the camera,... (More)
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