DVD/Blu-ray Reviews

With 127 Hours, a film based on the book titled Between a Rock and a Hard Place, filmmaker Danny Boyle finds himself in a challenging predicament. One certainly not as dire and consequential as that faced by his cocky canyoneering protagonist

MPAA Rating: Rated PG-13 for fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief sensuality.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Writer: Travis Beacham and Phil Hay
Cast: Sam Worthington; Liam Neeson; Ralph Fiennes.
Tagline: The Clash Begins 2.4.2010

Genre: Action | Adventure

MPAA Rating: PG for thematic elements and some language.
Runtime: 102 mins.
Director: Dagen Merrill
Writer: Dagen Merrill
Cast: Alexa Vega; Timothy Hutton; Rhys Wakefield
Tagline: Broken Hill.
Genre: Drama | Family | Music
Memorable Quote: "Tommy, We hadn't got all day."
Release Date: September 11, 2009
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
Distributor: Audience Alliance Pictures

MPAA Rating: R for violent content and language.
Runtime: 93 mins.
Director: Jonathan Liebesman
Writer: Gus Krieger and Ann Peacock
Cast: Chloë Sevigny, Nick Cannon, Clea DuVall, Timothy Hutton, Shea Whigham, Peter Stormare. ... complete cast
Tagline: The Killing Room.
Genre: Drama | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "These tapes do not exist, this room does not exist." ... more quotes
Release Date: January 16, 2009 (Sundance Film Festival)
DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009
Distributor: No U.S. Distributor

MPAA Rating: Rated R for language.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Writer: Scott Z. Burns
Cast: Matt Damon; Lucas McGugh Carroll; Eddie Jemison
Tagline: Based on a tattle-tale .
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "Corn goes in one end and out the other."
Release Date: September 17, 2009
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sexual content including crude dialogue, language and drug material.
Runtime: 111 mins.
Director: Drew Barrymore
Cast: Sarah Habel; Shannon Eagen; Allen Page ... complete cast
Tagline: Be Your Own Hero.
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Memorable Quote: "I like smart girls. That's why I married your mama. Well, that and I knocked her up. " ... more quotes
Release Date: October 2, 2009
DVD Release Date: January 26, 2010.

MPAA Rating: R for language.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Oren Peli
Writer: Oren Peli
Cast: Katie Featherston; Micah Sloat
Tagline: Don't See It Alone.
Genre: Horror | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "It's not the house. It's me."
Release Date: September 25, 2009 - Limited
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.

MPAA Rating: R for language and some sexual content.
Runtime: 98 mins.
Director: Sam Mendes
Writer: Dave Eggers & Vendela Vida
Cast: John Krasinski; Maya Rudolph; Catherine O'Hara
Tagline: Away We Go.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "Did you think that was fun? Because trust me you won't have that much fun until you discover oral pleasure. "
Release Date: June 26, 2009
DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for action violence throughout and a crude comment.
Runtime: 67 mins.
Director: Sam Liu
Writer: Stan Berkowitz (written by) Jeph Loeb (comic book)
Cast: Clancy Brown; Kevin Conroy; Tim Daly
Tagline: Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Genre: Animated
Memorable Quote: "Tell me something, Captain Marvel. Would Solomon have gone to work for Lex Luthor? "
Theatrical Release Date: None
DVD Release Date: September 29, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG for mild language and some rude humor
Runtime: 94 mins.
Director: Spike Jonze
Writer: Spike Jonze & Dave Eggers
Cast: Max Records; Catherine Keener; James Gandolfini
Tagline: There's one in all of us.
Genre: Drama | Family
Memorable Quote: "Now you are king and you will be a truly great king. "
Release Date: October 17, 2009
DVD Release Date: March 2, 2010.

MPAA Rating: Not rated by MPAA.
Runtime: 118 mins.
Director: Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
Writer: Isabelle Delannoy
Cast: Glenn Close (English release); Salma Hayek (Spanish release); Jacques Gamblin (French release)
Tagline: A Stunning Visual Portrayal of Earth.
Genre: Animated/Comedy / Family
Release Date: June 5, 2009
DVD Release Date: June 5, 2009

MPAA Rating: R for violence and pervasive language.
Runtime: 121 mins.
Director: Tony Scott
Writer: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Denzel Washington; John Travolta; Luis Guzman
Tagline: Taking of Pelham 123.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Listen, don't let this guy bring you to his reality. 'Cause that's what he wants to do... he hurts you, you're gonna get angry. He's got the advantage, understand?"
Release Date: June 12, 2009
DVD Release Date: November 3, 2009

MPAA Rating: R for horror violence, some sexuality/nudity and language.
Runtime: 82 mins.
Director: Michael Dougherty.
Writer: Michael Dougherty
Cast: Dylan Baker; Rochelle Aytes; Quinn Lord
Tagline: Poison, Drowning, Claw, Or Knife. So Many Ways To Take A Life.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "Wait. There's another tradition. " ... more quotes
Release Date: No wide theatrical release.
DVD Release Date: October 6, 2009

MPAA Rating:
Runtime: 89 mins.
Director: Joseph Ruben
Writer: Donald E. Westlake
Cast: Terry O'Quinn; Stephen Shellen; Charles Lanyer ... complete cast
Tagline: Who Am I Here?
Genre: Horror.
Memorable Quote: "It's like living with Ward Cleaver " ... more quotes
Release Date: January 23, 1987
DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic material involving sexual content, and for smoking.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: Lone Scherfig
Writer: Nick Hornby
Cast: Peter Sarsgaard; Carey Mulligan; Alfred Molina; Emma Thompson
Tagline: An Education.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "One of the boys I dated, and they were boys, suggested that we go to Paris and I said I'd always wanted to see Paris. As if I'd never been! "
Release Date: October 30, 2009