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Clerks II—The Weinstein Company (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 09, 2009  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 4/5
Ten years after the original, slacker heroes Dante and Randal have become "funployees" at Moby's fast food. In addition to offending customers and debating anything and everything, their responsibilities now include ragging on their uber-nerd co-worker and teasing their sexy manager. But when Dante announces his plan to leave New Jersey, Randal plots a shocking and hysterical going-away party that will alter their lives forever.
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Street Fighter—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 2.75/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Van Damme is Colonel Guile, the Allied Nations commando who leads an elite team of street fighters against the forces of the mad General M. Bison. Bison, who has hatched an evil plan for world domination, takes dozens of relief workers hostage and gives the world only 72 hours to respond to his twisted demands. In that time, Guile must find the captives and confront Bison in an electrifying battle for the fate of the free world.
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Doom—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
A frantic call for help from a remote research station on Mars sends a team of mercenary Marines into action. Led by 'The Rock' and Karl Urban, they descend into the Olduvai Research Station, where they find a legion of nightmarish creatures, lurking in the darkness, killing at will. Once there, the Marines must use an arsenal of firepower to carry out their mission; nothing gets out alive.
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Akira—Bandai Visual (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
In 1988, the landmark Anime film "Akira", by director Katsuhiro Otomo, defined the cutting edge of Anime around the world. By today's standards, "Akira" remains a landmark achievement in cel animation and retains the explosive impact of its highly detailed animation and its intensely violent saga of power and corruption.
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Zack and Miri Make A Porno—The Weinstein Company (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Seth Rogen and Elizabeth Banks star as two cash-strapped roommates who try to get out of debt by making an adult film. Once the cameras start rolling, things quickly get complicated...and hilarious!
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Repo! The Genetic Opera—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
In the not-so-distant future, a worldwide epidemic of organ failures devastates the planet. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GENECO, a biotech company that offers organ transplants…for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled for repossession…and hunted by the REPO man!
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Pretty Woman—Touchstone Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 2.75/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Julia Roberts is a spirited, streetwise diamond in the rough when she meets a no-nonsense billionaire played by Richard Gere. It's a chance encounter that turns a weeklong business arrangement into a timeless rags-to-riches romance.
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Unfaithful—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Edward and Connie Sumner seem to have the perfect marriage. But when Connie's chance encounter with a handsome stranger erupts into a full-blown affair, desire becomes obsession, and the true price of betrayal takes a shattering toll.
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The Rundown—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 07, 2009  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Beck is a bounty hunter sent into the treacherous jungles of the Amazon to bring the rebellious Travis back to the States. When Beck and Travis reluctantly join forces to hunt down a priceless treasure this unlikely team embarks on a pulse-pounding, non-stop thrill-ride.
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona
David Vaughn  |  Feb 02, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/vicky.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Vicky (Rebecca Hall) and Cristina (Scarlett Johansson) venture to Barcelona for a summer holiday when they meet a charming man, Juan Antonio Gonzalo (Javier Bardem), a local painter who offers to act as a tour guide&#151;among other things. A love triangle develops, and to further complicate matters, Juan's ex-wife Maria (Penlope Cruz) enters the picture.

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Friday the 13th
David Vaughn  |  Feb 02, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/friday13.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In 1958 at the Crystal Lake kids camp, young Jason Voorhees drowned due to the inattention of the camp counselors. Shortly following the drowning, two camp counselors mysteriously died in a double homicide resulting in the camps closure. Twenty two years later, the owner of the property thinks enough time has passed and a new generation of kids should enjoy the beautiful setting&#151;boy was he wrong!

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Space Buddies
David Vaughn  |  Feb 02, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/spacebuddies.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After stowing away on a school field trip to witness the test launch of a spacecraft, the Buddies&#151;a group of dog friends featured in several other movies&#151;sneak aboard to explore the ship, but disaster strikes when they are rocketed into space.

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The Rundown
David Vaughn  |  Feb 02, 2009  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/rundown.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, stars as Beck, a bounty hunter sent to the Amazon jungle to fetch Travis (Seann William Scott), the son of his wealthy boss. With a $250,000 bounty on his head, Travis is Beck's meal ticket to his dream of opening his own restaurant.

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Any Given Sunday—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 31, 2009  | 
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
At the 50-year line of this gridiron cosmos is Al Pacino as Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach facing a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy sharks owner who's sure Tony is way too old school. An injured quarterback, a flashy, bull-headed backup quarterback, a slithery team doctor and a running back with an incentive-laden contract also provide some of the stories that zigzag like diagrams in a playbook.
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Dead & Buried—Blue Underground (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 31, 2009  | 
Video: 2.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Something very strange is happening in the quiet coastal village of Potters Bluff, where tourists and transients are warmly welcomed... then brutally murdered. But even more shocking is when these slain strangers suddenly reappear as normal, friendly citizens around town. Now the local sheriff and an eccentric mortician must uncover the horrific secret of a community where some terrifying traditions are alive and well... and no one is ever really DEAD & BURIED.
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