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DVD/Blu-Ray Releases: April 23, 2012

April 23, 2012May 2, 2012 Jamie NeishLeave a comment

Headlining this week’s assortment of DVD and Blu-Ray releases is Sony Pictures’ The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Adapted from Stieg Larsson’s acclaimed novel by Steven Zaillian (Contagion), David Fincher directs Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig in this slick and concentrated thriller about a man (Craig) hired to uncover the mysterious disappearance of a girl who has been missing for over forty years.

Featuring a confident and sexy, yet headstrong performance from Mara, striking cinematography and a punchy score from the mind’s of Trent Reznor and Atticus Continue reading “DVD/Blu-Ray Releases: April 23, 2012” →

DVD/Blu-Ray Of The Week #1: Tomboy

March 5, 2012March 5, 2012 Jamie Neish4 Comments

This week’s DVD/Blu-Ray of the week is Tomboy, writer and director Céline Sciamma’s follow-up to the critically acclaimed Water Lilies.

Unafraid in its depiction of a young child’s sexual confusion, Tomboy is an affecting, well envisioned and delicately captured examination of a 10-year-old girl’s need to disguise herself as a boy in order to make friends in an unfamiliar Continue reading “DVD/Blu-Ray Of The Week #1: Tomboy” →

DVD Releases: February 20, 2012

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Real Steel (Review)

Director: Shawn Levy

Starring: Hugh Jackman, Evangeline Lilly and Dakota Goyo

Set in the near future, where robot boxing is a top sport, a struggling promoter feels he’s found a champion in a discarded robot. During his hopeful rise to the top, he discovers he has an 11-year-old son who wants to know his father.

Available on: DVD & Blu-Ray Continue reading “DVD Releases: February 20, 2012” →

DVD Releases: February 6, 2012

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Midnight In Paris (Review)

Director: Woody Allen

Starring: Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams & Kathy Bates

Synopsis: A romantic comedy about a family traveling to the French capital for business. The party includes a young engaged couple forced to confront the illusion that a life different from their own is better. Continue reading “DVD Releases: February 6, 2012” →

DVD Releases: January 23, 2011

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The Change-Up (Review)

Director: David Dobkin

Starring: Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds & Olivia Wilde

Dave is a married man with two kids and a loving wife , and Mitch is a single man who is at the prime of his sexual life. One fateful night while Mitch and Dave are peeing in a fountain when lightning strikes and they switch bodies. Continue reading “DVD Releases: January 23, 2011” →

DVD Releases: January 16, 2011

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The Guard (Review)

Director: John Michael McDonagh

Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle and Mark Strong

An unorthodox Irish policeman with a confrontational personality is teamed up with an uptight FBI agent to investigate an international drug-smuggling ring. Continue reading “DVD Releases: January 16, 2011” →