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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Seven Pounds—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Mar 22, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Will Smith stars as Ben Thomas, a man at a crossroads searching for a way to redeem his heavy conscience. He discovers he has the power to change the circumstances of seven strangers who deserve a second chance. But when one of them captures his heart, he must decide if he should reveal his secret - even if it means giving up on his plan.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Quantum of Solace—MGM (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Mar 22, 2009
Video: 4.75/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 3/5
Betrayed by Vesper, the woman he loved, 007 fights the urge to make his latest mission personal. Pursuing his determination to uncover the truth, Bond and M interrogate Mr. White who reveals the organization which blackmailed Vesper is far more complex and dangerous than anyone had imagined. Forensic intelligence links a Mi6 traitor to a bank account in Haiti where a case of mistaken identity introduces Bond to the beautiful but feisty Camille, a woman who has her own vendetta. Camille leads Bond straight to Dominic Greene, a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious organization.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Tale of Despereaux—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Mar 22, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 4/5
Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.
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Fred Manteghian Blog
A Totally Blacked Out NCC-1701 ?
Fred Manteghian  |  Mar 22, 2009

If you look real close, you can see Capt. James T. Kirk sitting in his command chair. The <a href="http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2131034" target="new">Radio Shack Indoor VHF/UHF/HDTV Antenna with RF Remote Control</a> may not be able to pick up intergalactic transmissions, but it does a decent, if somewhat mixed job, with HDTV signals. In one case, it reached out over twenty miles to pull in a full-time digital <a href="http://www.stationindex.com/tv/callsign/WSAH" Target="new">"multi-cultural shopping"</a> station (so now you can not only buy things you don't need, you can buy them in languages you don't understand). But what wasn't so impressive was its inability to pull in the closest tower, a mere 8 miles away, in anything but analog (and miserable looking analog at that!).

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Audio Video News
SXSW 2009, Day 4: plum panels, Perfect Pants
SV Staff  |  Mar 22, 2009
It's Saturday, the last day of SXSW. And for me, it begins with three tech-oriented panels and ends with one more musical blast. (Shown above: Perfect Pants.)Panel No. 1: "The Archival Restoration Preservation Society." From that...
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Audio Video News
Neil Young Archives on Blu-ray: June 2
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2009
BREAKING NEWS: At a SXSW panel on the Neil Young Archives, manager Elliot Roberts announced that the first volume of the long, long-awaited project will indeed appear on June 2. Of course, previously announced release dates have come and gone —...
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
A Mighty Heart (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Mar 21, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/mighty.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Based on Marianne Pearl's account of the life and death of her journalist husband, Daniel Pearl (Dan Futterman), <i>A Mighty Heart</i> provides an inside view of the chaotic weeks following Daniel's kidnapping and Marianne's search to find the truth. Marianne (Angelina Jolie) becomes intimately involved in the investigation, and her resiliency is put to the test during this trying time.

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Audio Video News
SXSW 2009, Day 3: Disaster, but Zimbabwe rules!
SV Staff  |  Mar 21, 2009
Say what? Well, here's what I'm saying: My third night of music at SXSW was a reminder that, when things go wrong, they can go really wrong. Until they're saved by — but I'm getting ahead of myself. (Shown above: Chiwoniso.)Ken...
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Audio Video News
Natasha Richardson: A Class Act
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2009
By now, you’ve heard about the sudden death of actress Natasha Richardson. I wrote about her and husband Liam Neeson’s home theater for the January ’09 issue (“A Class Act”; see story), and I wanted to share a few thoughts about her: The...
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Audio Video News
iTunes Store offering HD movies for purchase
SV Staff  |  Mar 20, 2009
Starting today, iTunes users can buy HD movies straight from the iTunes Store. HD movies have been available to rent over iTunes for some time, but this is the first instance of users able to buy them. Instead of $4 for a rental or $15 for an SD...
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