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Igor—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Determined to prove he can create his own diabolical invention; a mad scientist's nice-guy assistant Igor creates a female Franken-monster. But his creation, Eva, is sweet and sings show tunes! That is, until she falls into the clutches of Dr. Schadenfreude (Eddie Izzard) and his shape-shifting girlfriend. Now it's up to Igor and his sidekicks to save Eva - and their country - from real evildoers, including sneaky Prince Malpert.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Chocolate—Magnolia (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 1.5/5
A young autistic girl learns to fight from watching TV and the fighters from the boxing school next door. When she finds a list of debtors in her ailing mother's diary, she sets upon a violent quest to collect payment for medical expenses. Her quest is a dangerous one that ultimately leads her to her father, a mafia member of the Yakuza.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
A History of Violence—New Line Cinema (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Small-town diner owner Tom Stall finds himself a local hero after he successfully takes down two thugs during an attempted robbery. But his sudden celebrity draws unwanted attention from the outside world, including mobsters Carl Fogarty and Richie Cusack, who insist that Tom is intricately tied to their past. Fogarty begins stalking Tom's wife and children resulting in a bloody standoff in which Tom must protect his family from what is either a case of mistaken identity or a violent past that's finally caught up with him.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Boondock Saints—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Fraternal twins Conner and Murphey MacMannus are on a mission from God to rid Boston of crime. However, instead of signing up for the police force, these hard-drinking Irish-American brothers take the law into their own hands a la Charles Bronson in "Death Wish". Heralded as saints by the city's beleaguered residents, the brothers also attract the attention of Paul Smecker, the openly gay FBI special agent assigned to investigate the spate of killings amongst the ranks of the Russian mafia.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Body of Lies—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.75/5
Roger Ferris is the best man U.S. Intelligence has on the ground, in places where human life is worth no more than the information it can get you. In operations that take him around the globe from the Middle East to Washington, Ferris's next breath often depends on the voice at the other end of a secure phone line - CIA veteran Ed Hoffman. Waging war from a laptop in the suburbs, Hoffman is on the trail of an emerging terrorist leader who has orchestrated a campaign of bombings while eluding the most sophisticated intelligence network in the world. To lure the terrorist out into the open, Ferris will have to penetrate his murky world, but the closer he gets to the target, the more he discovers that trust is both a dangerous commodity and the only one that will get him out alive.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Amadeus—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. This marvelous winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture, portrays the rivalry between the genius Mozart and the jealous court composer who may have ruined Mozart's career and shortened his life.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
W.—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
The stimulating true life story about the life of President George W. Bush. Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd President to the big screen as only he can. "W." takes viewers through Bush's eventful life - his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Quarantine—Screen Gems (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 3/5
Television reporter Angela Vidal and her cameraman are assigned to spend the night shift with a Los Angeles Fire Station. After a routine 911 call takes them to a small apartment building, they find police officers already on the scene in response to blood curdling screams coming from one of the apartment units. They soon learn that a woman living in the building has been viciously attacked by something unknown. After a few of the residents are also attacked, they try to escape with the news crew in tow, only to find that the CDC has quarantined the building. Phones, internet, televisions and cell phone access have been cut-off, and officials are not relaying information to those locked inside. When the quarantine is finally lifted, the only evidence of what took place is the news crew's videotape.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Changeling—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 17, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Los Angeles, 1928: On a Saturday morning in a working class suburb, Christine said goodbye to her son Walter, and left for work. When she came home, she discovered he had vanished. A fruitless search ensues, and months later, a boy claiming to be the nine year old is returned. Dazed by the swirl of cops, reporters and her conflicted emotions, Christine allows him to stay overnight. But in her heart, she knows he is not Walter. As she pushes authorities to keep looking, she learns that in Prohibition-era L.A., women don't challenge the system and live to tell their story. Slandered as delusional and unfit, Christine finds an ally in activist Reverend Briegleb, who helps her fight the city to look for her missing boy.
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The Big Picture
Alec in Huluwood
Scott Wilkinson  |  Feb 17, 2009

As anyone who knows me will tell you, I'm not what you'd call a sports fan. The only sports I watch at all are some of the Olympics, and then mostly for the great high-def images. The closest I've come to football was as the drum major of my high-school band, when I had to ask a clarinet player what was happening on the field so I could call up the appropriate music ("Yay, something good happened!" or "Boo, something bad happened!").

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