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24: Season 1
Mike Mettler  |  Jun 09, 2008
20th Century Fox
Movie ••••½Picture ••••½Sound ••••½Extras ••••

With Season 7

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Enchanted
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 09, 2008
Disney Blu-ray Disc
Movie ••••½Picture •••• Sound •••• Extras ••••½

In this inspired homage

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I Am Legend and I, Robot
Josef Krebs  |  Jun 09, 2008
Warner Blu-ray Disc
Movie ••• Picture •••• Sound ••••½Extras •••

If he isn't fighting hordes of hu

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S&V: I Love You, Scarlet
Rob Sabin  |  Jun 09, 2008
The Short Form
$2,600 ($3,199 list) / LGUSA.COM / 800-243-0000
Snapshot
A very good picture and sexy styling add up to a solid recommendation for LG's new LCD
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Step Into Liquid—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Step into Liquid is one of those films that can just blow you away with the things that people can do. To me surfing is one of those sports that is full of breathtaking beauty and awe. The film is basically a documentary on what surfing is and the way it is done by those around the world. You see big wave surfing (and I mean BIG waves), pipeline surfing and creative surfing (take the Great Lakes for example). But the underlying theme is that the experience is really the same no matter where you're from or how you do it.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Recruit—Touchstone Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.75/5
Farrell plays a M.I.T. graduate who is recruited by the CIA to become one of their spies. Pacino is brilliant as the recruiter as well as the school's lead instructor. This is the first film that the CIA has actually consulted on with regards to their training program and according to their liaison it's pretty accurate. Farrell's character shows promise throughout the entire school but also finds himself emotionally involved with one of the students. This becomes his Achilles heel and eventual undoing. Or so he thinks. After being kicked out of the school he finds that his dismissal was a front to place him as a deep undercover operative. But the target ends up being the same girl he was falling for in school who is actually a mole that the CIA is onto.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Men In Black—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
I can't count how many times Men In Black was released on DVD in one form or the other, but based on this presentation we shouldn't see it released on Blu-ray again. Sony has brought their popular sci-fi catalog favorite to the new format but surprisingly they didn't opt for the sequel as well. I'm not going to get into a big descriptor of the plot since I don't think there are many out there that have missed this one but I will say this film is just as much fun now as it was when it was first released.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
There Will Be Blood—Paramount (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
There were quite a few films last year that really resonated with me and by year's end it was a tough call on which was my favorite. P.T. Anderson's newest film was one of them and probably his strongest offering to date (and that's saying something). There Will Be Blood is a haunting look at the early oil industry and namely one oil prospector who is at odds with society around him. Daniel Day Lewis delivers one of the best acting performances of recent memory and continues to solidify his reputation as one of the best in the business. His work here is truly haunting and never lets up throughout the film, despite its long run time. While this film didn't win Best Picture last year it had to have been one of the toughest years for the Academy voters considering the strength of the titles.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
P.S. I Love You—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
There has been a dearth of romance or "chic flicks" on Blu-ray. I know that new formats usually cater to big special effects and loud soundtracks but I also think film lovers like breadth of catalog and this is a genre with some solid offerings. P.S. I Love You is definitely not a classic for this genre but I enjoyed it more than I thought I would. I am not a fan of Hilary Swank and she doesn't win me over at all in this performance but the story and the supporting cast make up for it. Instead of your typical love story here you follow a woman on her journey of recovering from the loss of a loved one. Her deceased husband has decided to send her random notes after his death to try and bring her back into the world and get on with her life.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Jumper—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 09, 2008
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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