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The Ugly Truth—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 01, 2009
Movie: 3
Picture/Sound: 4/4.25
Extras: 3
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The Ultimate Matrix Collection—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2008  |  First Published: Oct 21, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 5/5
" The Ultimate Matrix Collection" features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever with newly remastered picture and sound. Also included is the companion piece "The Matrix Revisited" and the best-selling "The Animatrix", plus brand-new supplemental materials that encompass every aspect of the "Matrix" universe.
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The Uninvited—Dreamworks (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Following the suspicious death of their mother, sisters Anna and Alex become entangled in a deadly battle of wills when their father becomes engaged to Rachel, their mother's former caretaker. As the two sisters investigate Rachel's questionable past, they are confronted with ghostly visions, terrifying nightmares and deadly consequences.
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The Usual Suspects—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
John Higgins  |  May 18, 2007
Video: 3
Audio: 3
Extras: 1
Before American Beauty and X-Men, there was Kevin Spacey in Bryan Singer’s The Usual Suspects. Easily one of the most engaging crime thrillers of modern film, The Usual Suspects brings you through a dope deal gone wrong, and what led to it, through the eyes of Roger “Verbal” Kint (Spacey). To go into further detail would be to ruin a fun ride with one of the most notorious reveals in cinema.
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The Vengeance Trilogy—Tartan Entertainment(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010
Movies: 4/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 4/5
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The Visitor—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 25, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek, a Syrian man, and Zainab, his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum.
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The Walking Dead – The Complete First Season—AMC/Anchor Bay
Kris Deering  |  Mar 02, 2011
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
After waking from a coma in an abandoned hospital, police officer Rick Grimes finds the world he knew gone - ravaged by a zombie epidemic of apocalyptic proportions. Nearby, on the outskirts of Atlanta, a small encampment struggles to survive as 'the dead' stalk them at every turn. Can Rick and the others hold onto their humanity as they fight to live in this terrifying new world? And, amidst dire conditions and personal rivalries, will they ultimately survive one another?
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The Way Back—Image Entertainment
Kris Deering  |  Apr 14, 2011
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2/5
Inspired by an incredible true story, "The Way Back" begins in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt the impossible: escape from a brutal Siberian gulag. Thus begins a treacherous 4,500-mile trek to freedom across the world's most merciless landscapes. They have little food and few supplies. They don't know or trust each other. But together, they must withstand nature at its most extreme. Their humanity is further tested when they meet a teenage runaway who begs to join them on their quest.
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The White Ribbon—Sony Pictures Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 20, 2010  |  First Published: Jun 21, 2010
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4/4
Extras: 3
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The Women—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 19, 2008
Video: 2.75/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
In New York City's modern whirl of fashion and publishing, Mary Haines seems to have it all until she finds out that her husband is cheating on her with the perfume girl from Saks Fifth Avenue. Now all hell breaks loose as Mary contemplates the fate of her marriage and her circle of tight-knit friends question their own friendships and relationships.
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The Wrestler—Fox Searchlight (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Mickey Rourke gives the performance of a lifetime as pro wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson, a former superstar now paying the price for twenty years of grueling punishment in and out of the ring. But he's about to risk everything to prove he has one more match left in him: a re-staging of his famous Madison Square Garden bout against "The Ayatollah."
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The X-Files: I Want To Believe—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 15, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 4/5
When a group of women are mysteriously abducted, it becomes a case right out of "The X-Files". The best team for the job is ex-agents Fox Mulder and Dr. Dana Scully, who have no desire to revisit their dark past. Still, the truth of these horrific crimes is out there somewhere...and it will take Mulder and Scully to find it.
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The X-Men Trilogy—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 29, 2009
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
The "X-Men Trilogy" includes "X-Men", "X2: X-Men United" and "X3: The Last Stand".
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Thelma & Louise—MGM
Kris Deering  |  Feb 13, 2011
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis star as accidental outlaws on a desperate flight across the Southwest after a tragic incident at a roadside bar. With a determined detective on their trail, a sweet-talking hitchhiker in their path and a string of crimes in their wake, their journey alternates between hilarious, high-speed thrill ride and empowering personal odyssey even as the law closes in.
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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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