Blu-ray Review Haywire Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Michael Douglas, Channing Tatum Running Time: 1 hr 33 mins Rating: R Due Out: May 1, 2012 PLOT: A private-company assassin (Carano) hunts down those who sold her out after a failed mission in Barcelona. WHO’S IT FOR? Those who are [...]
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IMAX: Born to be Wild (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review IMAX: Born to be Wild Directed by: David Lickley Running Time: 40 mins Rating: G Due Out: Buy it 4.17.12 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: Two doctors rehabilitate elephants and orangutans, preparing them for a return to the wild. WHO’S IT FOR? Nature lovers, children [...]
The Darkest Hour – Blu-ray review
Blu-ray Review The Darkest Hour Directed by: Chris Gorak Cast: Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor Running Time: 1 hr 38 mins Rating: PG-13 Due Out: April 10, 2012 PLOT: A group of Americans visiting Moscow try to survive a spontaneous attack on the world brought by cloudy electric aliens. WHO’S IT FOR? [...]
We Bought a Zoo (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review We Bought a Zoo Cast: Matt Damon, Scarlett Johansson, Thomas Haden Church, Colin Ford, Maggie Elizabeth Jones, Elle Fanning Running Time: 2 hr 4 mins Rating: PG Due Out: April 3, 2012 PLOT: Journalist Benjamin Mee (Damon) moves his daughter (Jones) and son (Ford) to southern California after their mother dies, where they [...]
Gwyneth Paltrow 4-Film Collection (Shakespeare In Love, Emma, Bounce, View From the Top)
Gwyneth Paltrow 4-Film Collection (Shakespeare In Love, Emma, Bounce, View From the Top) DVD Review Due Out: April 3, 2012 Shakespeare in Love Directed by: John Madden Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Ben Affleck Running Time: 2 hours Rating: R PLOT: A young noblewoman disguises herself as a man to act in a Shakespeare play, [...]
Nicole Kidman 4 Film Collection (Cold Mountain, Dogville, The Others, Rabbit Hole)
Nicole Kidman 4 Film Collection (Cold Mountain, Dogville, The Others, Rabbit Hole) DVD Reviews Cold Mountain (2003) Directed by: Anthony Minghella Cast: Nicole Kidman, Jude Law, Renée Zellweger Running Time: 2 hrs 34 mins Rating: R Due Out: April 3, 2012 PLOT: As the Civil War nears its end, a Confederate soldier (Law) makes the [...]
The Sitter (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) – Blu-ray review
Blu-ray Review The Sitter Directed by: David Gordon Green Cast: Jonah Hill, Ari Graynor, Sam Rockwell Running Time: 1 hr 21 mins Rating: R Due Out: March 20, 2012 PLOT: A college student (Hill) is hired to babysit three troublesome kids. WHO’S IT FOR? This is the rare movie that would have been better off [...]
The Muppets (Three-Disc Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy + Soundtrack)
Blu-ray Review The Muppets Directed by: James Bobin Cast: Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy, Amy Adams, Jason Segel, Chris Cooper Running Time: 1 hr 38 mins Rating: PG Due Out: March 20, 2012 PLOT: Walter (voice of Peter Linz) dreams of hanging out with the Muppets, and now with the help of his brother Gary [...]
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy – (2-Disc Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy + UltraViolet)
Blu-ray Review Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Directed by: Tomas Alfredson Cast: Gary Oldman, Benedict Cumberbatch, Colin Firth, Tom Hardy Running Time: 2 hrs 8 mins Rating: R Due Out: March 20, 2012 PLOT: After being forced into retirement, veteran MI6 lieutenant George Smiley (Oldman) is called upon to find the mole within “the Circus.” WHO’S [...]
The Descendants – DVD Review
DVD Review The Descendants Directed by: Alexander Payne Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Nick Krause, Robert Forster Running Time: 1 hr 55 mins Rating: R Due Out: March 13, 2012 PLOT: After his wife gets into a boating accident, Matt King (Clooney) tries reconnecting with his two daughters while overseeing the possible sale of a [...]
The Town (Blu-ray/DVD Ultimate Collector’s Edition)
Blu-ray Review The Town Directed by: Ben Affleck Cast: Ben Affleck, Jeremy Renner, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm Running Time: 2 hrs 5 mins Rating: R Due Out PLOT: A long-time bank robber (Affleck) falls for a hostage. Now he must balance those feelings with protecting his crew from the FBI, who are hot on their [...]
Jack and Jill – (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review Jack and Jill Directed by: Dennis Dugan Cast: Adam Sandler, Katie Holmes, Al Pacino, Johnny Depp Running Time: 1 hr 33 mins Rating: PG Due Out: March 6, 2012 PLOT: A TV commercial director (Sandler) attempts to use his visiting twin sister (Sandler) to convince Al Pacino to star in a commercial. WHO’S [...]
Martha Marcy May Marlene – Blu-ray
Blu-ray Review Martha Marcy May Marlene Directed by: Sean Durkin Cast: Elizabeth Olsen, John Hawkes, Sarah Paulson Running Time: 1 hr 40 mins Rating: R Due Out: February 21, 2012 PLOT: A young woman (Olsen) flees a cult and goes to live with her sister (Paulson), but has a hard time reverting to her old [...]
J. Edgar (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review J. Edgar Directed by: Clint Eastwood Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Armie Hammer, Naomi Watts, Judi Dench Running Time: 2 hrs 17 mins Rating: R Due Out: Buy it 2.21.12 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: J. Edgar Hoover (DiCaprio) was the leader of a new kind of [...]
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 – Blu-ray Review
Blu-ray Review The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1 Directed by: Bill Condon Cast: Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick Running Time: 1 hr 50 mins Rating: PG-13 Due Out: February 11, 2012 PLOT: Bella (Stewart) and Edward (Pattinson) get married. Before being changed into a vampire, she becomes pregnant. No one knows [...]
Fireflies in the Garden — DVD
Fireflies in the Garden Directed by: Dennis Lee Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Willem Dafoe, Emily Watson, Julia Roberts Running Time: 1 hr 29 mins Rating: R Due Out: February 7, 2012 PLOT: A tragic accident befalls the Taylor family in a time that is meant for celebration. This leads to old demons with Michael (Reynolds) and [...]
A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review A Very Harold & Kumar Christmas Directed by: Todd Strauss-Schulson Cast: John Cho, Kal Penn, Neil Patrick Harris, Thomas Lennon, Danny Trejo Running Time: 1 hr 30 mins Rating: R Due Out: Buy it 2.7.12 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: Former friends Harold & Kumar [...]
The Big Year — Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Copy review
Blu-ray Review The Big Year Directed by: David Frankel Cast: Steve Martin, Owen Wilson, Jack Black Running Time: 1 hr 40 min Rating: PG Due Out: January 31, 2012 PLOT: Three “birders” (aka bird watchers) are trying to complete a “big year” to see the greatest number of species in the U.S. possible. They spend [...]
In Time — Blu-ray review
Blu-ray Review In Time Directed by: Andrew Niccol Cast: Justin Timberlake, Amanda Seyfried, Cillian Murphy, Alex Pettyfer Running Time: 1 hr 49 mins Rating: PG-13 Due Out: January 31, 2012 PLOT: In a world where time is currency and every second counts, a young man (Timberlake) from the ghetto seeks to shake up the economic [...]
Contagion (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + UltraViolet Digital Copy)
Blu-ray Review Contagion Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Cast: Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Gwyneth Paltrow, Laurence Fishburne Running Time: 1 hr 45 mins Rating: PG-13 Due Out: January 3, 2012 Buy it 1.3.11 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: A woman (Paltrow) gets a new disease on [...]
Final Destination 5 – Blu-ray + DVD + Ultraviolet
Blu-ray Review Final Destination 5 Directed by: Steven Quale Cast: Nicholas D’Agosto, Emma Bell, Miles Fisher Running Time: 1 hr 32 mins Rating: R Due Out: Buy it 12.27.11 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolent Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: A group survives a near-fatal bridge collapse. Now it seems that death is [...]
Straw Dogs – Blu-ray review
Blu-ray Review Straw Dogs Directed by: Rod Lurie Cast: James Marsden, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard Running Time: 1 hr 50 min Rating: R Due Out: December 20, 2011 PLOT: A married couple moves back to the wife’s old hometown so he can write a screenplay in peace and quiet. But soon the locals start to [...]
TORA! TORA! TORA! – Blu-ray review
Blu-ray Review TORA! TORA! TORA! Directed by: Richard Fleischer, Kinji Fukasaku and Toshio Masuda Cast: Jason Robards, Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Takahiro Tamura Running Time: 2 hr 25 min Rating: G Due Out: December 6, 2011 PLOT: The story of the Japanese invasion of Pearl Harbor is told from the point of view of both [...]
The Help – Blu-ray + DVD
Blu-ray Review The Help Directed by: Tate Taylor Cast: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard Running Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Rating: PG-13 Due Out: December 6, 2011 PLOT: Based on Kathryn Stockett’s book, the story of one woman (Stone) looking into the ways that white people mistreat their black housekeepers in [...]
The Hangover Part II – Blu-ray + DVD + UltraViolet
Blu-ray Review The Hangover Part II Directed by: Todd Phillips Cast: Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis, Ed Helms Running Time: 1 hr 42 mins Rating: R Buy it 12.06.11 on Blu-ray Combo Pack with UltraViolet Digital Copy and Download to Own PLOT: Stu (Helms) is getting married in Thailand and once again he, Phil (Cooper), and [...]
