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The Uninvited—Dreamworks (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother's former caretaker. As the two sisters investigate Rachel's questionable past, they are confronted with ghostly visions, terrifying nightmares and deadly consequences.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Wrestler—Fox Searchlight (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Mickey Rourke gives the performance of a lifetime as pro wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a former superstar now paying the price for twenty years of grueling punishment in and out of the ring. But he's about to risk everything to prove he has one more match left in him: a re-staging of his famous Madison Square Garden bout against "The Ayatollah."
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Tango and Cash—Warner Bros (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: .5/5
Ray Tango and Gabe Cash are rival L.A. policemen with one thing in common: each thinks he is the best. Team them and they're like oil and water. But frame them for a crime and they're like a match and kerosene. Unjustly jailed among lowlifes they put behind bars, the two stage a prison breakout that's a breathless rush of weapons and wisecracks then roar after the shadowy crime lord who set them up. "Tango & Cash" are out to clear their names. Join them and feel the rush.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Talking Lives: Extended Cut—Warner Bros (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
For 20 years an elusive serial killer has assumed his victims’ identities. But now there's a breakthrough: Scott is assigned to the case and it's her job to know what makes a killer tick. But somehow this killer knows even more about Scott.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Sin City—Dimension (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
Welcome to "Sin City." This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark. Hard-boiled. Then there are those who call it home. Crooked cops. Sexy dames. Desperate vigilantes. Some are seeking revenge. Others lust after redemption. And then there are those hoping for a little of both. A universe of unlikely and reluctant heroes still trying to do the right thing in a city that refuses to care.
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Audio Video News
RealDVD Trial Heats Up
Mark Fleischmann  |  Apr 29, 2009
Do consumers have a right to copy DVDs? That's the central question of a lawsuit pitting the Motion Picture Association of America against RealNetworks, which introduced a DVD copying application called RealDVD last fall, only to see sales suspended a month later. The case came to trial last week in San Francisco and seems to be throwing off new controversies every day.
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Music Reviews
Allen Toussaint, from “St. James Infirmary” . . .
Brett Milano  |  Apr 28, 2009
Nonesuch
Music •••½Sound •••½
It took Elvis Costello (via the 2006 collaboration The River in Reverse) to remind the world
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
What Doesn't Kill You (Blu-ray) What Doesn't Kill You (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 28, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/whatdoesnt.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Brian (Mark Ruffalo) and Paulie (Ethan Hawke) grew up like brothers on the gritty streets of South Boston as thugs. They graduate from petty crimes to more serious offenses and eventually fall under the influence of organized-crime boss Pat Kelly (Brian Goodman), at which point their lives begin to spiral out of control.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Hotel For Dogs (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 28, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/hoteldogs.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Two orphans, Andi (Emma Roberts) and her younger brother Bruce (Jake T. Austin), find themselves in a foster home with a strict "no pets" policy, so they set out to find a home for their dog Friday. Using an abandoned hotel in their neighborhood, they soon realize it can house more than just their own dog, and they end up creating a haven for all the strays in the city.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Reader (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Apr 28, 2009

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/reader.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In 1958, Hannah (Kate Winslet) has a passionate summer affair with a young neighborhood boy named Michael (David Kross and Ralph Fiennes), but then disappears with no explanation, leaving Michael emotionally scarred. Eight years later, she resurfaces as one of the defendants in a war-crimes trial stemming from her actions during World War II. Michael realizes he has information that can set her free and must decide whether or not to save her.

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