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The Mist—Dimension Films (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 18, 2008  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
After a mysterious mist envelopes a small New England town, a group of locals trapped in a supermarket must battle a siege of otherworldly creatures...and the fears that threaten to tear them apart.
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Night Watch & Day Watch—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 18, 2008  | 
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3/5
Night Watch: Among normal humans live the "Others" possessing various supernatural powers. They are divided up into the forces of light and the forces of the dark, who signed a truce several centuries ago to end a devastating battle. Ever since, the forces of light govern the day while the night belongs to their dark opponents. In modern day, the dark Others actually roam the night as vampires while a "Night Watch" of light forces, among them Anton, try to control them and limit their outrage. Day Watch: Only one thing stands between peace and Armageddon: the supernatural agents of "Day Watch", who fight to control the armies of light and darkness. When the son of a senior "Night Watch" officer turns to the darkness, forces beyond the imagination are unleashed and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.
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Leatherheads
David Vaughn  |  Sep 16, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/leatherheads.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Dodge Connolly (George Clooney), an aging football hero in 1925, is determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. He recruits college-football star Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), a war hero with great looks and unparalleled speed on the field who seems too good to be true. Chicago reporter Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger) begins to discover that Carter's hero status doesn't pass the smell test.

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Speed Racer
David Vaughn  |  Sep 15, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/speedracer.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Based on the popular Japanese cartoon, Speed Racer (Emile Hirsch) is a natural behind the wheel of his Mach 5. His loyalty to the family racing business, led by his father (John Goodman), is put to the test when Arnold Royalton (Roger Allam) attempts to lure Speed to the Royalton Industries race team. Speed declines and joins forces with the mysterious Racer X (Matthew Fox) in order to save the family business and protect the sport he loves.

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Cool Hand Luke
David Vaughn  |  Sep 15, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/coolhandluke.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Paul Newman stars as "Cool Hand" Lucas Jackson, a man sentenced to a Southern prison camp for destroying public property&#151;well, who wouldn't want to cut off the top of a parking meter on a drunken bliss? Anyhow, soon after entering prison, Luke can't seem to bend to the arbitrary rules, and it's time to break out of the joint.

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Shrek the Third
David Vaughn  |  Sep 15, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/shrekthethird.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When Shrek's father-in-law (John Cleese)&#151;or shall I say, frog-in-law&#151;passes away, Shrek (Mike Myers) is the next in line to the throne. But Shrek has a different set of priorities&#151;a return to his beloved swamp. Along with his two sidekicks, Donkey (Eddie Murphy) and Puss in Boots (Antonio Banderas), he embarks on an adventure to find the rightful heir to the throne&#151;Arthur (Justin Timberlake).

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88 Minutes
David Vaughn  |  Sep 12, 2008  |  First Published: Sep 13, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/88minutes.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino), a Seattle-based forensic psychiatrist, receives a phone call telling him he has 88 minutes left to live. He must use all his skills to narrow the field of possible suspects and find his killer before it's too late.

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Married Life—Sony Pictures Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  | 
Video:3.5 /5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Harry decides he must kill his wife Pat because he loves her too much to let her suffer when he leaves her. Harry and his much younger girlfriend Kay are head over heels in love but his best friend Richard wants to win Kay for himself. As Harry implements his awkward plan for murdering his wife, the other characters are occupied with their own deceptions. Like Harry, they are overwhelmed by their passions, but still struggle to avoid hurting others. Married Life is an uncommonly adult film that surprises and confounds expectations. While it plays with mystery and intrigue, its ultimate concern is: What is Married Life? In its sly way, Married Life poses perceptive questions about the seasonal discontents and unforeseen joys of of all long-term relationships.
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Baby Mama—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  | 
Video:3.25 /5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2/5
Kate is a single, successful career woman who wants something more: a baby. But she gets more than she bargained for when she hires Angie, a free spirit from South Philly, to be her surrogate in a hysterical mama match-up.
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The Forbidden Kingdom—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  | 
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Together for the first time, Jet Li and Jackie Chan join forces to create the greatest epic of them all. As ancient Chinese warriors, they must train and mentor a 21st century kung-fu fanatic who's been summoned to fight a centuries-old battle and free the imprisoned Monkey King. If you're a fighting fan, the wait is over. The team is ready. The Kingdom has arrived.
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Iron Man—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  | 
Video:4.25 /5
Audio: 5/5
Extras: 4.5/5
When jet-setting genius-industrialist Tony Stark is captured in enemy territory, he builds a high-tech suit of armor to escape. Now, he's on a mission to save the world as a hero who's built, not born, to be unlike any other.
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The Love Guru—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Sep 12, 2008  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Myers plays an American raised in India by gurus (Tugginmypudha & Satchabigknoba) and returns to the U.S. in order to break into the self-help business. His unorthodox methods are put to the test when he must settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player, whose wife left him for a rival athlete Jacques Grande.
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The Perfect Storm—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008  | 
Video: 3.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Near Gloucester, Massachusetts, the six members of the Andrea Gail, a sword fishing boat, head out to sea for their last trip of the season. Unbeknownst to them, a shockingly brutal storm is slowly gaining steam. Before the National Weather Bureau has a chance to inform the crew of the impending danger, it's too late. The resulting battle with three merging weather fronts - an unheralded natural disaster - is grueling and tragic.
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CJ7—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008  | 
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.75/5
When a poor father brings home a mysterious alien "pet" from a local junkyard, he and his son learn a valuable lesson about the true nature of family and the things money can't buy.
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Cool Hand Luke—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 28, 2008  |  First Published: Aug 29, 2008  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 2/5
A defiant chain-gang prisoner suffers a "failure to communicate" in this searing drama.
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