Kris Deering

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
What Doesn’t Kill You—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Apr 12, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Mark Ruffalo and Ethan Hawke star as friends who grew up like brothers on the gritty streets of south Boston. They do whatever it takes to survive, living by the code of their dog-eat-dog neighborhood. Petty crimes and misdemeanors grow into more serious offenses and eventually, they fall under sway to organized crime boss Pat Kelly. As Brian becomes increasingly lost in a haze of drugs and 'jobs,' even the love he has for his wife and his children does not seem like it will be enough to redeem him. Meanwhile, Paulie plans "one last heist" but knows it will take both of them to pull it off. How can they escape the only life they know?
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What Happens In Vegas—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 15, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2.75/5
Two strangers awaken together to discover they've gotten married following a night of debauchery in Sin City, and one of them has won a huge jackpot after playing the other's quarter. The newlyweds devise ever-escalating schemes to undermine each other and get their hands on the money - only to find themselves falling in love amid the mutual backstabbing.
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What Just Happened—Magnolia (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Feb 23, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
An all-star cast head up this shrewd tale of a man besieged by people who want him to be all sorts of things - a money maker, an ego buster, a bad news breaker, an artistic champion, a loyal husband, an all-knowing father, not to mention sexy, youthful and tuned-in - everything except for the one thing he and all the preposterously behaved people he's surrounded by really are: bumbling human beings just trying to survive by any means necessary.
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When In Rome—Touchstone Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jun 27, 2010  |  Published: Jun 28, 2010
Movie: 2
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4
Extras: 2.5
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Where the Wild Things Are—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Mar 09, 2010
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4.5
Extras: 4
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Whip It—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 31, 2010
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4
Extras: 3
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Whiteout—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 31, 2010
Movie: 2
Picture/Sound: 3.5/4
Extras: 3.5
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William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2010
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
In this dazzling adaptation of Shakespeare's classic love story, Leonardo DiCaprio stars opposite Claire Danes. They light up the screen as the original star-crossed lovers against a thumping soundtrack and a boldly imagined modern-day setting.
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Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Nov 07, 2009
Movie:4/5
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3/5
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Winter’s Bone—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Oct 20, 2010
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father, who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails, Ree and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth. Based on the novel by Daniel Woodrell.
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