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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
No Country For Old Men—Miramax (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
When a man stumbles on a bloody crime scene, a pickup truck loaded with heroin, and two million dollars in irresistible cash, his decision to take the money sets off an unstoppable chain reaction of violence. Not even West Texas law can contain it.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Mean Girls—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady thinks she knows all about the "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time. Trying to find her place among jocks, mathletes and other subcultures, Cady crosses the meanest species of all - the Queen Bee, aka the cool and calculating Regina, leader of the school's most fashionable clique, The Plastics. When Cady falls for Regina's ex-boyfriend, though, the Queen Bee is stung - and she schemes to ruin Cady's social future. Cady's own claws soon come out as she leaps into a hilarious "Girl World" war that has the whole school running for cover.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Marley and Me—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 4/5
"Marley & Me" is a memoir of Philadelphia Inquirer columnist John Grogan's life with his yellow Labrador retriever. The heartwarming and unforgettable story of a family in the making and the wondrously neurotic dog who taught them what really matters in life.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Matrix—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 5/5
Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real. Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in the see-and-see-again cyberthriller written and directed by the Wachowski brothers.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Last Kiss—Dreamworks (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3/5
Perception: Our day-in, day-out world is real. Reality: That world is a hoax, an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us. Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in the see-and-see-again cyberthriller written and directed by the Wachowski brothers.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Hellraiser—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 05, 2009
Video: 4 /5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3.75/5
In a place between pleasure and pain, there is a sensual experience beyond limits. And in a world between paradise and purgatory, there is a horror that feeds the souls of evil. Welcome to the singular vision of Clive Barker and his landmark horror opus, "Hellraiser."
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Panasonic, Sweet Spot, Rotel
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 03, 2009
You Can't Get Better Than Perfect
A reader of your column posed the question whether he should buy a Pioneer Kuro now that they have been greatly discounted. I want the best too, but this raises another question. Do the new Panasonic G10, V10, or Z1 plasma TVs surpass the Pioneers' picture performance, and at what price? The dilemma is this—if one waits too long and the Panasonics disappoint, the Pioneers may be sold out forever.
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Audio Video News
Zeppelin sells 100,000. (This is not a '70s story.)
SV Staff  |  Apr 03, 2009
The economic climate doesn't seem to be having a deleterious effect on dirigible-inspired iPod sound systems. Bowers and Wilkins has just sold its 100,000th Zeppelin iPod system, an impressive feat for an iPod dock that's only been on sale...
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Premiere Design
What Was Old Is New Again
Scott Wilkinson  |  Apr 03, 2009

After 60 years of making some of the finest audio components available, <A href="http://www.mcintoshlabs.com">McIntosh Laboratory</A> is celebrating its quadquindecennial with the reissue of two classic models—the C22 preamp and MC75 monoblock power amp that were first introduced in the early 1960s. Both units have been updated with the latest features and manufacturing techniques and will be sold as a limited-edition "Classic System" including one C22 and two MC75s.

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Audio Video News
Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson: Superstar!
SV Staff  |  Apr 03, 2009
. . . or so you might surmise from the high-profile placements he's been getting in the press lately. As you know, we here at Sound & Vision have been longtime supporters of Steven Wilson and his modern progressive-rock band Porcupine...
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