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Corteo – Cirque Du Soleil—Sony Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 28, 2008
Video: 2.5/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek, a Syrian man, and Zainab, his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
American Gangster—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 28, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
Armed with ruthless, street-wise tactics and a strict sense of honor, crime boss Frank Lucas rules Harlem's chaotic drug underworld. When outcast cop Richie Roberts sets out to bring down Lucas's multi-million dollar empire, it plunges both men into a legendary confrontation.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The 40-Year-Old Virgin—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 28, 2008
Video: 2/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Andy Stitzer has gone 40 years without "doing it." Now his pals are making it their mission to help him score... fast! Can he survive their hilariously bad advice? Will he land in the arms of the way-too-experienced or the way-too-drunk? Or can he find true love where he least expects - from a gorgeous grandmother?
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Run Fatboy Run—New Line (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 28, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 2.75/5
An overweight man leaves his fiance on their wedding day, only to realize years later that she's the one and only woman of his dreams. It's not easy to win back a woman after leaving her at the altar, but when an out-of-shape man finally realizes just what a mistake he's made, he vows to run a high-profile marathon in order to convince his ex-fiance that the rich and handsome man she's about to marry isn't the guy for her.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Iron Man
David Vaughn  |  Sep 26, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/ironman.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) is a self-absorbed engineering genius who runs Stark Enterprises, a technology company that specializes in military hardware. Surviving an unexpected attack while in Afghanistan demonstrating his latest missile system, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape and vows to protect the people his company has put in harm's way with the weapons it has developed.

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Audio Video News
Two New Concepts To Replace Earbuds
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2008
No one can deny that earbuds are everywhere. You can't see a walker or kid on the train without the ubiquitous white cords going up to their ears. Ever try to pass a jogger, announcing your presence behind them, only to realize they have no clue...
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Audio Video News
Hulu-esque Music Video Site for Universal Music
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2008
Who hasn't spent hours on YouTube checking out the latest videos? Were any of them music videos? Universal Music Group is hoping to take away a bit of that market stranglehold, and perhaps, actually make a profit while they're at it. UMG is...
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Audio Video News
Sony Firmware Upgrade for Blu-ray BDP-S350
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2008
They promised, and now they've delivered. Sony has just released the firmware update for their BDP-S350 Blu-ray Disc Player to add BD-Live functionality, improved BD-Java compatibility, and better remote control sensitivity for  when the...
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Audio Video News
Hollywood Wants ISPs To be Copyright Police
SV Staff  |  Sep 26, 2008
Jeez. There's so much going on in Washington these days. Elections, bailouts, natural disasters. Let's add Copyright Police to the list. A new lobbying group, called Arts + Labs, just descended on DC. Their mission, on the surface, appears to be...
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Audio Video News
Pioneer Goes LCD
Mark Fleischmann  |  Sep 26, 2008
Pioneer, best known as a maker of plasma TVs, is also planting a foot in the LCD camp. The company already sells 32- and 37-inch LCD sets in Europe. Soon it will launch them in North America and Japan, according to JCN Network, a Japanese business news outfit.
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