Kris Deering

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Caligula—Image Entertainment (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 06, 2009
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 5/5
Before “Rome”... Before “Gladiator”... The most controversial film of all time as you've never experienced it before! Combining lavish spectacle and award-winning stars, this landmark production was shrouded in secrecy since its first day of filming. Now, this unprecedented edition presents a more revealing “Caligula” than ever before, with high-definition transfers of the uncensored theatrical cut and revealing, alternate pre-release version from negative elements.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Eagle Eye—Dreamworks (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 06, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 3.5/5
In "Eagle Eye", Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and their family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country's most wanted fugitives, who must now work together to discover what is really happening. Fighting for their lives, they become pawns of a faceless enemy who seems to have limitless power to manipulate everything they do.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
The Mask—New Line (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 06, 2009
Video: 3/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Imagine a cyclone, a Tex Avery cartoon come to life, a zoot-suited fashionista and the wiggy energy of a vat of jumping beans and that still doesn't capture Jim Carrey's comic genius as Stanley Ipkiss, a repressed clerk who goes from zero to hero when he dons "The Mask". The mysterious mask Stanley finds allows him to do what he normally can't - like woo Tina and beat baddies. Beneath all the loopy fun is the film's heart: Does Stanley really need the mask to be the person he longs to be?
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Righteous Kill—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 06, 2009
Video: 5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
After 30 years as partners in the pressure cooker environment of the NYPD, highly decorated Detectives "Turk" and "Rooster" should be ready for retirement. But, before they can hang up their badges, they are called in to investigate the murder of a notorious pimp, which appears to have ties to a case they solved years before.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Traitor—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 06, 2009
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
When straight-arrow FBI agent Roy Clayton investigates a dangerous international conspiracy responsible for a prison break in Yemen, a bombing in Nice and a raid in London, all clues seem to lead back to former U.S. Special Operations officer, Samir Horn. But a tangle of contradictory evidence emerges, forcing Clayton to question whether his suspect is a disaffected former military operative - or something far more complicated. Obsessed with discovering the truth, Clayton tracks Horn across the globe as the elusive ex-soldier burrows deeper and deeper into a world of shadows and intrigue.
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Blu-ray Player Reviews
LG BD300 Network Blu-ray Player
Kris Deering  |  Jan 05, 2009
Price: $350 At A Glance: Netflix streaming • Fast load times and operation • Bonus View and BD-Live capable • Limited video processing, advanced audio decoding

LG Breaks New Ground

LG has been one of the most innovative companies out there championing Blu-ray. Early in the format war, LG tried twice to provide a solution for consumers with combo Blu-ray/HD DVD players. While its first attempt didn’t support HD DVD’s full capabilities, the follow-up BH200 was a fully functional player for both formats. It was Bonus View capable and offered Dolby TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio, and 24p playback for both formats. It remains a solid player today, and I have one in my rack.

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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
X-Files: Fight The Future—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 19, 2008
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And its discovery may mean the end of all humanity. "The plague to end all plagues." When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor. Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe, leading the agents from the cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret installation in Antarctica which holds the greatest secret of all.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Bangkok Dangerous—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 19, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.5/5
The life of an anonymous assassin takes an unexpected turn when travels to Thailand to complete a series of contract killings. Joe, a remorseless hitman, is in Bangkok to execute four enemies of a ruthless crime boss named Surat. He hires Kong, street punk and pick pocket, to run errands for him with the intention of covering his tracks by killing him at the end of the assignment. Strangely, Joe, the ultimate lone wolf, instead finds himself mentoring the young man while simultaneously being drawn into a tentative romance with a local shop girl. As he falls further under the sway of Bangkok's intoxicating beauty, Joe begins to question his isolated existence and let down his guard just as Sarat decides it's time to clean house.
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Burn After Reading—Focus Features (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 19, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3.5/5
When a disc filled with some of the CIA's most irrelevant secrets gets in the hands of two determined, but dim-witted, gym employees, the duo are intent on exploiting their find. But since blackmail is a trade better left for the experts, events soon spiral out of everyone's and anyone's control, resulting in a non-stop series of hilarious encounters!
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Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Days of Thunder—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Dec 19, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 0/5
From the engine roar and fever pitch of professional stock car racing, "Days Of Thunder" explodes with the most spectacular racing action ever captured on film. Tom Cruise plays race driver Cole Trickle, whose talent and ambition are surpassed only by his burning need to win. Discovered by businessman Tim Daland, Cole is teamed with legendary crew chief and car-builder Harry Hogge to race for the Winston Cup at the Daytona 500. A fiery crash nearly ends Cole's career and he must turn to a beautiful doctor to regain his nerve and the true courage needed to race, to win and to live.
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