Posts Tagged ‘dvd releases’
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 27
It's a fairly uninspiring week of DVD/Blu-ray releases. The most prominent option is a Best Picture nominee despite getting lackluster reviews and weak audience response. •Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) Oskar (Thomas Horn) is convinced that his father (Tom Hanks), who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a final message for him hidden somewhere in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother (Sandra Bullock) and dr...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 20
This week's set of DVD and Blu-ray releases brings a nice variety of options most of which were reviewed well. There's the heavily graphic Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, two family-focused movies in Hop and The Muppets, along with an adult-oriented comedy and thriller mixed in. •The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is the first film in Columbia Pictures' three-picture adaptation of Stieg Larsson's literary blockbuster ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 13th
A solid variety of options come with this week's DVD/Blu-ray releases. Tintin and The Descendants are the most high-profile and well-reviewed of the bunch to choose from. •The Adventures of Tintin (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures Present a 3D Motion Capture Film The Adventures of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg from a screenplay by Steven Moffat and Edgar Wright & Joe Cornish. Starring Jamie Bell as Tintin, the intrepid young re...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of March 6th
This week brings releases of the heralded HBO series Game of Thrones (and on sale for just $35 Blu-ray and $30 DVD) along with the period action film Immortals and the remake of Footloose - oh and the latest dreadful Adam Sandler film. •Game of Thrones: Season 1 (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) Summers span decades. Winters can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. It will stretch from the south, where heat breeds plots, lusts and intrigues; to the vast and sa...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 28th
The most nominated film from this year's Oscars, Hugo, arrives on DVD and Blu-ray this week - otherwise the cupboards are pretty bare in terms of new releases. •Hugo (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD Combo) Throughout his extraordinary career, Academy Award-wining director Martin Scorsese has brought his unique vision and dazzling gifts to life in a series of unforgettable films. This holiday season the legendary storyteller invites you to join him on a thrilling journey to a magical ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 21st
After a weak set of releases last week there are number of good options this time around on DVD and Blu-ray. Puss in Boots got great reviews and excellent response from audiences, J. Edgar was thought at one time to be an Oscar contender but didn't quite live up to that stature, and Tower Heist got some really respectable reviews for a comedy - there are also the latest seasons of two Showtime comedy series. Puss in Boots (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray/DVD combo) Long before he even met ...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 14th
It's a lackluster at best lineup of new releases hitting on DVD and Blu-ray this week. The biggest one is The Rum Diary and even that only made $13 million at the box office. The latest season of Beavis and Butt-Head however is well worth picking up. The Rum Diary (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) Based on the debut novel by Hunter S. Thompson. Tiring of the noise and madness of New York and the crushing conventions of late Eisenhower-era America, Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) travels to the pri...
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DVD/Blu-ray for Week of February 7th
The sensation that is the Twilight series hits Blu-ray and DVD this week with the first part of the final chapter. Also arriving is the latest Harold and Kumar (in 3D if you have it) and the period-conspiracy film Anonymous. The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part I (Buy at Amazon: DVD or Blu-ray) In The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson), plus those they love, must deal with the chain of consequences brought on by a marriage, hon...
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