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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Polar Express 3-D—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Nov 16, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Get up, get on, and get ready for the ride of your life! It's Christmas Ever, and you're about to roller-coaster up and down mountains, slip-slide over ice fields, teeter across mile-high bridges and be served hot chocolate by singing waiters more astonishing than any you can imagine. You're on "The Polar Express!" "Seeing is believing," says a mysterious hobo who rides the rails with you. You'll see wonders... And you'll believe. All abooooooard.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Wall∙E—Walt Disney Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Nov 16, 2008
Video: 5/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, the curious and lovable "WALL-E" discovers a new purpose in life when he meets a sleek search robot named EVE. Join them and a hilarious cast of characters on a fantastic journey across the universe.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Story of O—Somerville House (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Nov 16, 2008
Video: 2.25/5
Audio: 1.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
A stunning young woman surrenders herself at a remote chateau at her lover’s request and is immediately forced into a round the clock regimen of every sexual appetite imaginable. Her submission is total to the orgasmic odyssey that explores the shadowy boundaries between pleasure and pain.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Tropic Thunder—Dreamworks (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Nov 16, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in "Tropic Thunder", an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
This Christmas
David Vaughn  |  Nov 15, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/thischristmas.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>For the first time in years, all the Whitfield kids have come home to spend the holiday with their mother Ma'Dere (Loretta Devine) and her boyfriend Joe (Delroy Lindo). Each has brought their own issues with them, and as the family prepares for the holiday festivities, the ties that bind them together are tested. Isn't family wonderful?

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
WALL·E
David Vaughn  |  Nov 15, 2008

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/wall-e.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After hundreds of lonely years of doing what he was built for, waste-disposal robot WALL&#183;E (voiced by Ben Burtt) discovers a new purpose in life when he meets EVE (Elissa Knight), a sleek exploration robot looking for signs of life on a desolate, depopulated Earth. WALL&#183;E inadvertently stumbles upon the key to the planet's future and shares the discovery with EVE, whereupon she races back to space to report her findings to the humans who have waited generations to return home.

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Other Tech
Win a Panasonic Home Theater System!
 |  Nov 14, 2008

Nothing brings family and friends together like the big, lifelike picture and sound of Panasonic's new line of VIERA HDTVs with standard SD memory card sl

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Cineplex Comes Home
Krissy Rushing  |  Nov 14, 2008

Shannon McGinnis is one of the few people who has found that his hobby/avocation is also his vocation. In 1997, he started his Custom Electronics Design and Installation company as a one-person operation; it has grown to include three additional installers at present. Home Technology Systems, Inc., currently provides Wichita, Kansas, and the surrounding areas with a single-source solution for all custom home and small business electronics needs and desires, including home theater, systems integration, lighting control, structured cabling, multiroom audio, and security.

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Audio Video News
Pioneer Opens Second Retail Store, This Time in Phoenix
SV Staff  |  Nov 14, 2008
Following the success of their first flagship store in the OC, California, Pioneer just opened their second foray into the retail marketplace.Interesting, in this time of economic woes, and giant Circuit City struggling to stay alive, why would...
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Kim Wilson Blog
Gab's We7
uavKim Wilson  |  Nov 14, 2008

I've always been a big fan of Peter Gabriel, so I was intrigued when I heard about a new music service he co-founded called <A HREF "http://www.we7.com">We7.com</A>. The site allows members to listen to songs and albums in their entirety for free. They can create a playlist to share with friends and colleagues. If you like the song well enough, then you can buy and download it.

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