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Truffaut in Blu
 |  May 17, 2009  | 
The Criterion Collection
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T2 Judgment Day Skynet Edition—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.75/5
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns as "The Terminator" in this explosive action-adventure spectacle. Now he's one of the good guys, sent back in time to protect John Connor, the boy destined to lead the freedom fighters of the future. Linda Hamilton reprises her role as Sarah Connor, John's mother; a quintessential survivor who has been institutionalized for her warning of the nuclear holocaust she knows is inevitable. Together, the threesome must find a way to stop the ultimate enemy - the T-1000, the most lethal Terminator ever created.
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True Romance—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.75/5
Runaway lovers Clarence and Alabama play a dangerous game when they come to possess a suitcase of mob contraband. They head for Los Angeles, where they'll sell the goods and begin a new life. But both sides of the law have other ideas.
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The Sky Crawlers—Sony Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 5/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
A group of eternally young fighter pilots known as Kildren experience the sudden loss of innocence as they battle the enemy in astonishing dogfights above the clouds. With his only childhood memory consisting of intense flight training, the fearless teenage pilot Yuichi's dogfights coexist with his struggle to find his missing past. When his beautiful, young female commander Suito is reluctant to discuss the fate of the pilot that Yuichi is replacing - or the strangely perfect condition of that pilot's former aircraft - Yuichi's curiosity becomes heightened.
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Grease—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
John Travolta solidified his position as the most versatile and magnetic screen presence of the decade in this film version of the smash hit play "Grease." Recording star Olivia Newton-John made her American film debut as Sandy, Travolta's naive love interest. The impressive supporting cast reads like a "who's who" in this quintessential musical about the fabulous '50s.
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Powder Blue—Image Entertainment (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
On the gritty streets of LA, the destinies of four people desperate for connection and redemption are about to collide. Jessica Biel, Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker and Eddie Redmayne lead a top-notch cast in this powerful thriller about an overwhelmed erotic dancer, a grieving husband who has lost his will to live, a terminally ill ex-con and a pathologically shy mortician. With Kris Kristofferson, Lisa Kudrow and Patrick Swayze in unforgettable supporting roles, this film movingly chronicles the imperfect lives of people teetering on the edge of despair and the miracles that bring them back.
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A Bug’s Life—Walt Disney/Pixar (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 5/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4/5
Embark on an incredible journey with one little ant as he searches for a brave band of warriors to help him battle the bullying grasshoppers who threaten his home. When he stumbles on a bumbling troupe of circus bugs instead, their only hope for victory is the bond of friendship and the awesome power of imagination.
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Notorious—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  May 16, 2009  | 
Video: 4.75/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
Chronicling the extraordinary life of Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace, "Notorious" follows the young rapper from the tough streets of Brooklyn to the heights of superstardom as he juggles the increasing demands of fatherhood, marriage and a music career. Amid chaos and controversy, Biggie's remarkable talent and fierce determination help to solidify his legacy as one of hip-hop's greatest MCs.
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Paycheck (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 14, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/paycheck.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Michael Jennings (Ben Affleck) is a genius engineer who has his memory erased after every project to keep the clandestine projects he works on secret. When an old friend offers him a huge paycheck in exchange for three years of his life, Michael reluctantly agrees. But when he's finished with the project, instead of the $90 million promised, he's left with a group of unrelated objects as clues to discover the truth about the previous three years.

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The Machinist (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 14, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/machinist.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Trevor Reznick (Christian Bale) hasn't slept in a year, and when we first meet him, he's in a darkened bathroom staring into a mirror looking like a man who's been to hell and back&#151;because he has. Why is he so tormented and why can't he get any sleep?

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Batman: 20th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 14, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/batman20.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>As a young boy, Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) witnessed the murder of his parents in Gotham City. As he matures into a man, criminals begin to rule the streets of his beloved city, and the only way to fight back is to become Batman, a vigilante hell-bent for revenge.

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A Bug's Life (Blu-ray) A Bug's Life (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 14, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/bugslifeblu.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After one of his failed inventions destroys his ant colony's annual offering to the grasshoppers, Flick (voiced by David Foley) must venture off the anthill in search of some warrior bugs to help fend off the hungry predators. Unfortunately for Flick, the crew he hires to protect the colony turns out to be a group of down-and-out circus performers who think he's booking them for a gig.

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Passengers (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 11, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/passengers.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire Summers (Anne Hathaway), is assigned to counsel the flight's five survivors. When she begins to uncover conflicting accounts of the accident, she chalks it up to traumatic stress disorder&#151;until the survivors start vanishing one by one.

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Incendiary (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 05, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/incendiary.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Michelle Williams stars as Young Mother (really, that's her name), who suffers a devastating loss when London is attacked by a terrorist bombing while she's shagging her lover (Ewan McGregor). Filled with guilt and shame, she tries to piece her life back together by getting intimately involved with the Police investigation behind the bombing.

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Blu-ray) Ferris Bueller's Day Off (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  May 05, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/ferris.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Ferris Bueller (Mathew Broderick), his best friend Cameron (Alan Ruck), and his girlfriend Sloane (Mia Sara) ditch school for the day and frolic around Chicago in a Ferrari. Although Ferris's parents think he's the ideal child, his sister Jeanie (Jennifer Grey) and principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones) know better and would like nothing more than to catch Ferris in his shenanigans.

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