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The Losers
David Vaughn  |  Jul 21, 2010  |  First Published: Jul 22, 2010  | 
Sent to the Bolivian jungle on a search-and-destroy mission, members of an elite Special Forces unit now find themselves the target of a deadly double-cross instigated by Max (Jason Patric), a ruthless man hell-bent on embroiling the world in a new high-tech global war for his own benefit. The team must work deep undercover to clear their name and even the score with the evil megalomaniac.

As long as you check your brain at the door, The Losers provides a lot of entertainment, laughter, and adventure. It's based on a DC comic series, and while the plot is hardly original, the cast members never take things too seriously and seem to be enjoying themselves. Furthermore, the movie depicts a lot of violent action, but it doesn't spatter brain matter all over the screen, and I applaud the director's choice to aim for the PG-13 rating. I wouldn't call this a family-friendly picture, but it's not nearly has graphic as it could have been.

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Hot Tub Time Machine—MGM (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Movie: 3/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
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The Eclipse (2010)—Magnolia Entertainment(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Movies: 3.5/5 Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2/5
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Hung: The Complete First Season—HBO (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Show: 3/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Ip Man (2010)—Well Go USA Entertainment(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Movies: 3/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2.5/5
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Road to Perdition (2010)—Dreamworks Pictures(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Movie: 3.5/5 Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
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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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Clash of the Titans (2010)—Warner Bros.(Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 20, 2010  | 
Movie: 2/5 Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 4/5
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Cop Out (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 19, 2010  | 
Suspended NYPD detectives Jimmy Monroe (Bruce Willis) and Paul Hodges (Tracy Morgan) search for Monroe's stolen 1952 collectable baseball card which he was planning to sell in order to pay for his daughter's wedding. Along the way, the two stumble into an ongoing investigation of a deadly drug cartel and are given an opportunity to resurrect their careers and reputations by taking the bad guys down.

The 1980s saw its share of some great buddy-cop films with 48 Hours and Beverly Hills Cop, but sadly this doesn't come close to delivering the laughs or a fraction of the entertainment value. Morgan's act is tiresome and the script from Mark and Rob Cullen is far from original.

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Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 19, 2010  | 
Season 3 takes the series in a new direction as the Cylons occupy New Caprica with little resistance from new President Baltar. Colonel Tigh leads a group of resistance fighters and Commander Adama undertakes a daring near-suicidal mission to free the humans from their mechanical captors.

The middle of Season 3 has its ups and downs, but finishes with a flurry with five of its best episodes starting with "Dirty Hands" and culminates with a two-part "Crossroads" with Baltar being tried for treason with Lee has one of his defenders. The finale revolves around some mysterious music that only a select group of humans can hear, but why?

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Insomnia (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 15, 2010  | 
Two LAPD homicide detectives, Will Dormer (Al Pcino) and Hap Eckhart (Martin Donovan), are dispatched to Nighmute, Alaska, to help the small town solve a murder of a teenage girl. While chasing a suspect (Robin Williams) through the fog, Dormer accidentally shoots his partner and blames the shooting on the suspected killer. There's only one problem, there was a witness who knows what really happened.

Christopher Nolan became a household name because of his Batman films, but film lovers have known about him due to his fabulous films like Momento, The Prestige, and to a lesser extent Insomnia. Here he weaves an interesting and suspenseful tale of a man attempting to cope with his guilt of killing his friend and a stressful bout of insomnia.

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Greenberg (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jul 15, 2010  | 
After suffering a nervous breakdown, Roger Greenberg (Ben Stiller) house sits for his brother in Los Angeles and tries to reconnect with some old friends. Along the way he falls for his brother's personal assistant, Florence (Greta Gerwig), whose screwed-up life seems normal compared to Roger's.

This has to be one of the dullest movies I've seen in years. I give director Noah Baumbach props for creating a strikingly realistic world and coaxing strong performances out of Stiller and Gerwig, but the glacial pacing, meandering script, and constant whining by the characters tried my patience.

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Brooklyn’s Finest—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 07, 2010  | 
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4/4.5
Extras: 3.5
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Insomnia—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 07, 2010  | 
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 5/4.5
Extras: 2
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Entourage: The Complete Sixth Season—HBO (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 07, 2010  | 
Show: 4.5
Picture/Sound: 3.5/3
Extras: 3
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