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Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster—Well Go USA
Kris Deering  |  Apr 12, 2011  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
During the Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man protected the dignity of Chinese by his wushu (martial art). As he had beaten the Japanese army and angered them, he had to escape. After the war, his family lived in Fashan and experienced hardship. Ip moved his family to Hong Kong to start a new page in 1949. Ip Man began teaching Wing Chun in Hong Kong. A young man, Wong Leung, gathered a few of his boxing friends and asked Ip to be their master. Ip had his first group of students.
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Iron Man 2—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 06, 2010  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
In "Iron Man 2", the world is aware that billionaire inventor Tony Stark is the armored Super Hero Iron Man. Under pressure from the government, the press and the public to share his technology with the military, Tony is unwilling to divulge the secrets behind the Iron Man armor because he fears the information will slip into the wrong hands. With Pepper Potts, and James "Rhodey" Rhodes at his side, Tony forges new alliances and confronts powerful new forces.
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Iron Man—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  |  0 comments
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other.
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Jackass 3—Paramount Pictures
Kris Deering  |  Mar 17, 2011  |  0 comments
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 4/5
3 times the laughs. 3 times the action. 3 times the pain. The Jackass guys are back for their wildest round of mischief and mayhem yet! You'll laugh 'til it hurts as Knoxville goes head-to-head with an angry bull, Bam stumbles through a tunnel of high-voltage tasers, and Steve-O takes to the skies in a fully loaded porta-potty.
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Jade—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 12, 2010  |  0 comments
Movie: 1.5
Picture/Sound: 3.5/3.5
Extras: .5
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James and the Giant Peach—Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 01, 2010  |  0 comments
Movie: 3.5/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Jarhead—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 01, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 1.5/5
"Jarhead" (the self-imposed moniker of the Marines) follows Swoff from a sobering stint in boot camp to active duty, where he sports a sniper rifle through Middle East deserts that provide no cover from the heat or Iraqi soldiers. Swoff and his fellow Marines sustain themselves with sardonic humanity and wicked comedy on blazing desert fields in a country they don't understand against an enemy they can't see for a cause they don't fully grasp.
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Jarhead-HD DVD
Tom Norton  |  May 17, 2006  |  0 comments

Start with a look at Marine boot camp not much different than what we've seen in countless war movies. Move on to a boring look at bored Marines killing time in the desert in the buildup to the 1991 Gulf War. They're depicted as dumb, disorganized, rowdy, and undisciplined. The promotional copy for the movie, included in the cover art, says that the troops are "in a country they don't understand, against an enemy they can't see, for a cause they don't fully grasp. Believe me, the troops in the first Gulf War were fully briefed on the country they were going to, could usually see the enemy (his back, typically), and understood that they were fighting to free a country occupied by the forces of an expansionist dictator. That promotional copy was clearly written as a not-too-subtle analogy to the <I>current</I> Iraq war.

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Jennifer’s Body—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  |  0 comments
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4/4.5
Extras: 3.5
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Jerry Maguire—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 21, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Tom Cruise plays a sports agent who suddenly discovers his scruples and promptly loses his job. But with the help of one loyal colleague and one outrageous client, "Jerry Maguire" learns that loving well is the best revenge.
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JFK—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Oliver Stone's powerful film about the shots heard round the world and the mystery enshrouding them is one of the most provocative movies of our time. Aside from its box-office success, critical acclaim and awards, it played a major role in the national debate leading to passage of the 1992 Assassination Materials Disclosure Act.
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John Mayer: Where The Light Is—Sony Music (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 29, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 2.25/5
Where The Light Is: John Mayer Live in Los Angeles captures the multi-Grammy Award-winning, Platinum-selling singer/songwriter in the element where fans love him the most: live on stage. This special concert includes three sets: an acoustic performance, a rare set with John Mayer Trio (John Mayer, Steve Jordan and Pino Palladino), as well as a set featuring Mayer's full band. Where The Light Is includes 22 songs and features a one-of-a-kind song list made up of the three distinct performances - all recorded the night of December 8th, 2007 at the NOKIA Theatre in Los Angeles.
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Journey to the Center of the Earth—New Line (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 2.75/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3/5
No one believes that Trevor Anderson is on to something. The science professor's unconventional hypotheses have put him on the fringe of the academic community. But during an expedition in Iceland, Trevor and his teenage nephew, Sean, accompanied by their beautiful local guide, Hannah, make a breakthrough discovery that launches them on a thrilling adventure into the unknown. As their journey takes them deep beneath the Earth's surface, they travel through never-before-seen worlds that bring them face-to-face with surreal and unimaginable creatures, stretching the bounds of the visionary scientist's own imagination.
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Julie & Julia—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 01, 2009  |  0 comments
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4.25/4
Extras: 3.5
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Jumper—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 3.5/5
I had high hopes for Jumper going in. I'm a big fan of the director's past work and the premise and cast displayed in the trailers certainly got my attention. Unfortunately the end result just doesn't pay off as much as I hoped for. The main character is mainly the problem. The film centers around a young man who learns he can essentially "jump" from one place to another instantly. With this power he journeys around the world. During his journeys he robs banks by jumping into their vault undetected and jumping out with the cash. What he doesn't know is there is a war that has been going on for centuries between a religious group and these "jumpers". Sound good huh? Well the problem is they focus too much on setting up the main character and he isn't that likeable. We spend a good majority of the film getting shots of him in various places around the world but it gets a bit boring, which is not what I'm looking for from an action film. Things get better toward the end but it was hard to wash away the damage that had already been done.
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