Kris Deering

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Smart People—Miramax Films (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 15, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant - but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the next guy. His collegiate son won't confide in him, his teenage daughter is an acid-tongued overachiever who follows all too closely in dad's misery-loving footsteps, and his adopted, preposterously ne'er-do-well brother has perfected the art of freeloading. A widower who can't seem to find passion in anything anymore, not even the Victorian Literature in which he's an expert, it seems Lawrence is sleepwalking through a very stunted middle age. When his brother shows up unexpectedly for an extended stay at just about the same time as he accidentally encounters his former student Janet, the circumstances cause him to stir from his deep, deep freeze, with often comical, sometimes heartbreaking, consequences for himself and everyone around him.
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What Happens In Vegas—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 15, 2008  |  0 comments
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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Miami Vice: The Director’s Cut—Universal (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.75/5
When detectives Ricardo Tubbs and Sonny Crockett are asked to investigate the brutal murders of two federal agents, they find themselves pulled into the lethal world of drug traffickers.
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Nim’s Island—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Nim Rusoe lives on a deserted island with her scientist father Jack and her best friends: Selkie, a sea lion; Fred, a bearded dragon lizard; and Galileo, a plucky pelican. But when Jack goes missing at sea and the island is "invaded," Nim reaches out via e-mail to the adventurous author of her favorite books, and together, each discovers what it takes to truly become the hero of your own life story.
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Street Kings—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3.75/5
A veteran cop finds himself ensnared in a deadly web of conspiracy and betrayal. Reeves stars as Tom Ludlow, a hard-nosed detective with a talent for delivering brutal street justice. When evidence implicates him in the murder of a fellow officer, the violence around Ludlow explodes as he realizes his own life is in danger and he can trust no one.
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Redbelt—Sony Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 11, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3/5
Set on the westside of the Los Angeles fight world, a scene inhabited by bouncers, cage fighters, cops and special forces types, "Redbelt" is the story of Mike Terry, a Jiu-jitsu master who has avoided the prize fighting circuit, choosing to instead pursue a life of honor and education by operating a self-defense studio with a samurai's code. Terry and his wife Sondra struggle to keep the business running to make ends meet. An accident on a dark, rainy night, between an off duty officer and a distraught lawyer puts in motion a series of events that will change Terry's life dramatically introducing him to a world of promoters and movie star Chet Frank. In order to pay off his debts and regain his honor, Terry must step into the ring for the first time in his life.
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Shine a Light—Paramount Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world’s greatest rock-n-roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the year’s most extraordinary film event “Shine A Light”. With special appearances by Christina Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy and four Rolling Stones performances not seen in theaters, Shine A Light is a must-own for rock-n-roll fans across generations.
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Mad Men: Season One—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Set in 1960 New York City, "Mad Men" explores the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper, Madison Avenue's biggest ad man - and ladies man - in the business.
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Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3/5
The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a Terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day.
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Sleepwalking—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  |  0 comments
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2/5
Jolene Reedy is a disillusioned single mother prone to bad men and reckless behavior. Her younger brother James is a weak-willed underachiever who can't hold a job. But when Jolene abandons her 12-year-old daughter with James, uncle and niece make a fateful decision to flee to the farm of James and Jolene's abusive father. In a past plagued by dark secrets, can family prove to be the most desperate bond of all?
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