DVD Reviews
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material.
Runtime: 105 mins.
Director: Chris Carter
Writer: Frank Spotnitz and Chris Carter
Cast: David Duchovny; Gillian Anderson; Amanda Peet ... complete cast
Tagline: Believe Again
Genre: Mystery | Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "This isn't my life anymore, Mulder. I'm done chasing monsters in the dark." ... more quotes
Release Date: July 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: R on appeal for strong crude sexual content including dialogue, graphic nudity and pervasive language.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Kevin Smith
Writer: Kevin Smith
Cast: Seth Rogen; Elizabeth Banks; Jason Mewes; Justin Long
Tagline: Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Genre: Comedy | Romance
Memorable Quote: "These are the exact circumstances people find themselves in right before they start having sex for money."
Release Date: October 31, 2008
DVD Release Date: February 3, 2009.
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for strong violent content, language and some sexuality/nudity.
Runtime: 103 mins.
Director: Louis Leterrier
Writer: Luc Besson
Cast: Jet Li; Morgan Freeman; Bob Hoskins; Kerry Condon... complete cast
Tagline: Serve No Master.
Genre: Thriller/Action/Drama
Memorable Quote: "sweet is good"
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: G for general audiences.
Runtime: 109 mins.
Director: Gary Chapman
Writer: George Webster; George Melrod; Jordan Katz
Cast: Ewan McGregor; Sir Ben Kingsley; Jim Broadbent; Rupert Everett.
Genre: Kids/Family/Animation
Studio: Walt Disney Pictures
Official Site: valiantmovie.com
Memorable Quote: "For the next six weeks, your tails belong to me"
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG-13 for some language, thematic material and depiction of drug dependency.
Runtime: 136 mins.
Director: James Mangold
Writer: Gill Dennis & James Mangold
Cast: Joaquin Phoenix; Reese Witherspoon Ginnifer Goodwin; Robert Patrick... complete cast
Tagline: Walk the Line.
Memorable Quote: "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash. "
Release Date: November 18, 2005
Genre: Biography/Drama
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: G for General Audiences.
Runtime: 85 mins.
Director: Steve Box & Nick Park
Writer: Bob Baker and Steve Box
Cast: Ralph Fiennes; Peter Sallis; Helena Bonham Carter; Peter Kay
Tagline: Something wicked this way hops.
Genre: Animation/Family
Memorable Quote: Yeah. Someone arsen' around!
Release Date: October 6, 2005
Read more: Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit - DVD Review
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for strong language and sexual content.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Gore Verbinski
Writer: Steve Conrad
Cast: Nicholas Cage; Michael Caine; Hope Davis; Gemmenne de la Peña...complete cast
Tagline: Bring an umbrella.
Genre: Drama/Comedy
Memorable Quote: "People don't throw things at me any more. Maybe because I carry a bow around."
Release Date: October 28, 2005
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: R for sexual content/nudity and language.
Runtime: 119 mins.
Director: David Dobkin
Writer: Steve Faber & Bob Fisher
Cast: Vince Vaughn; Owen Wilson; Christopher Walken; Rachel McAdams; Jane Seymour.
Tagline: Hide your bridesmaids.
Genre: Comedy
Studio: New Line Cinema
Official Site: theweddingcrashers.com
Memorable Quote: "Scientists say we only use 10% of our brains. I think we only use 10% of our hearts"
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG-13 for violence, disturbing images and language.
Runtime: 101 mins.
Director: Geoffrey Sax
Writer: Niall Johnson
Cast: Michael Keaton; Deboarh Kara Unger
Genre: Drama/Thriller
Tagline: The dead are trying to get a hold of you.
Memorable Quote: "The spirits don't want you here"
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: G
Runtime: 83 mins.
Director: Judy Irving
Writer: Judy Irving
Cast: Mark Bittner and a cast of conures... complete cast
Genre: Documentary
Memorable Quote: "I was always worried that people were going to think of me as eccentric"
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- By Frank Wilkins
Rated: PG for thematic elements and brief mild language.
Runtime: 121 mins.
Director: Wayne Wang
Writer: Kate DiCamillo (novel); Joan Singleton (screenplay)
Cast: Jeff Daniels; Annasophia Robb; Cicely Tyson; Dave Matthews.
Tagline: Discover what happens when you go looking for a miracle and a miracle comes looking for you.
Genre: Family/Comedy
Memorable Quote: "I think people forgot how to share the joy"
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for sequences of grisly bloody violence and torture, and language.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Kevin Greutert
Writer: Marcus Dunstan & Patrick Melton
Cast: Tobin Bell; Costas Mandylor... complete cast
Tagline: The Game Comes Full Circle.
Genre: Crime | Horror
Memorable Quote: "It's not my game... " ... more quotes
Release Date: October 29, 2009
DVD Release Date: January 26, 2009
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for language and brief sexuality.
Runtime: 111 mins.
Director: Scott Cooper
Writer: Scott Cooper
Cast: Jeff Bridges; Maggie Gyllenhaal; Robert Duvall
Tagline: The harder the life, the sweeter the song.
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "I'm Bad Blake. My tombstone will have my real name on it. Until then... I'm gonna stay Bad."
Release Date: December 16, 2009 (limited)
DVD Release Date: Not yet on DVD.
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for pervasive crude and sexual material, language and drug content.
Runtime: 90 mins.
Director: Kyle Newman
Writer: Ernest Cline.
Cast: Sam Huntington; Chris Marquette; Jay Baruchel ... complete cast
Tagline: Never tell them the odds.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "That better be your lucky R2 poking me. " ... more quotes
Release Date: February 6, 2009 (limited)
DVD Release Date: May 19, 2009
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some startling images and a scene of suggestive material.
Runtime: 128 mins.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Michael Robert Johnson and Anthony Peckham
Cast: Robert Downey, Jr. Jude Law; Rachel McAdams ... complete cast
Tagline: Nothing Escapes Him.
Genre: Action | Crime
Memorable Quote: "Madame, I need you to remain calm and trust me, I'm a professional. Beneath this pillow lies the key to my release. " ... more quotes
Release Date: December 25, 2009
DVD Release Date: March 30, 2010.
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for strong violence, pervasive language, sexuality and drug content.
Runtime: 120 mins.
Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham; Nicholas Rowe; Jason Flemyng
Tagline: A Disgrace to Criminals Everywhere.
Genre: Comedy | Crime
Memorable Quote: "What's that? Some place near Katmandu? Meet me halfway, mate."
Theatrical Release Date: March 5, 1999
Blu-ray Release Date: December 1, 2009
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: R for language, crude and sexual content, some drug use and disturbing images.
Runtime: 99 mins.
Director: Bobcat Goldthwait
Writer: Bobcat Goldthwait
Cast: Robin Williams; Michael Thomas Moore; Alexie Gilmore ... complete cast
Tagline: Lance Clayton is about to get everything he deserves.
Genre: Comedy | Drama
Memorable Quote: "I used to think the worst thing in life was to end up all alone. It's not. The worst thing in life is ending up with people who make you feel all alone. " ... more quotes
Release Date: August 29, 2009 (limited)
DVD Release Date: December 8, 2009
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- By Loron Hays
There's a poetic moment one of many impactful minutes - in Up in the Air when George Clooney's character, Ryan Bingham, finds himself standing nervously outside of his girl's front door and his warm emotions always coolly checked and packed tightly in his luggage become transparently excited...
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MPAA Rating: R for language.
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Duncan Jones
Writer: Duncan Jones
Cast: Sam Rockwell; Kevin Spacey
Tagline: The last place you'd ever expect to find yourself.
Genre: Drama | Mystery | Sci-fi
Memorable Quote: "I'm here to keep you safe, Sam. I want to help you. "
Release Date: June 12, 2009 - limited release
DVD Release Date: January 12, 2010
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence and scary images.
Runtime: 79 mins.
Director: Shane Acker.
Writer: Pamela Pettler (screenplay) Shane Acker (story).
Cast: Christopher Plummer; Martin Landau; John C. Reilly ... complete cast
Tagline: (3) To Difine Us.
Genre: Animated | Family
Memorable Quote: "You're just like 2! He was always probing, always asking questions! Useless! " ... more quotes
Release Date: September 9, 2009
DVD Release Date: December 29, 2009
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- By Loron Hays
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: Michael Anderson
Writer: David Zelag Goodman
Cast: Michael York; Farrah Fawcett; Peter Ustinov
Tagline: Welcome to the 23rd Century.
Genre: Science Fiction
Memorable Quote: "Life clocks are a lie! Carousel is a lie! THERE IS NO RENEWAL! "
Release Date: June 23, 1976
Blu-ray Release Date: November 10, 2009
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for one scene involving brief violence, drug and sexual references.
Runtime: 128 mins.
Director: John Lee Hancock
Writer: John Lee Hancock
Cast: Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw; Kathy Bates ... complete cast
Tagline: The Blind Side.
Genre: Drama | Sport
Memorable Quote: "Who thought we'd have a black son before we met a democrat?" ... more quotes
Release Date: November 20, 2009
DVD Release Date: March 23, 2010
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 for crude and sexual content, and for language including a drug reference.
Runtime: 102 mins.
Director: Brad Silberling
Writer: Chris Henchy & Dennis McNicholas
Cast: Will Farrell, Anna Friel, Danny McBride, Jorma Taccone, John Boylan, Leonard Nimoy ... complete cast
Tagline: Right place. Wrong time.
Genre: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "If you don't make it, it's your own damn "vault." That's a bitch slap of truth right there. " ... more quotes
Release Date: June 5, 2009
DVD Release Date: October 13, 2009
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: This title not rated by the MPAA.
Runtime: 112 mins.
Director: Edward James Olmos.
Writer: Jane Espenson.
Cast: Edward James Olmos; Dean Stockwell; Michael Trucco ... complete cast
Tagline: Battlestar Galactica: The Plan.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Memorable Quote: "Progress reports arriving. The farms of Aerilon are burning. The beaches of Canceron are burning. The plains of Leonis are burning." ... more quotes
Release Date: No theatrical Release.
DVD Release Date: October 27, 2009
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- By Frank Wilkins
MPAA Rating: R for language, and some sexual content including brief nudity.
Runtime: 135 mins.
Director: Richard Curtis
Writer: Richard Curtis
Cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman; Bill Nighy; Tom Sturridge ... complete cast
Tagline: 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.
Genre: Comedy
Memorable Quote: "And the bride is blushing now as the groom is gazing into her eyes. You can almost see Cupid fluttering his wings above their heads." ... more quotes
Release Date: November 13, 2009
DVD Release Date: April 13, 2010
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- By Christopher Symonds
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense disaster sequences and some language. Runtime: 158 mins.
Director: Roland Emmerich
Writer: Roland Emmerich
Cast: John Cusack; Amanda Peet; Chiwetel Ejiofaor; Thandie Newton
Tagline: We Were Warned.
Genre: Action | Drama
Memorable Quote: "It's not just California... it's the whole world! "
Release Date: November 13, 2009
DVD Release Date: March 2, 2010.
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- By Loron Hays
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence and disturbing images.
Runtime: 116 mins.
Director: Richard Kelly
Writer: Richard Kelly
Cast: Cameron Diaz; James Marsden; Frank Langella ... complete cast
Tagline: You Are The Experiment.
Genre: Drama | Mystery
Memorable Quote: "We're already living paycheck to paycheck. We're going to have to move." ... more quotes
Release Date: November 6, 2009
DVD Release Date: February 23, 2010.
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- By Frank Wilkins
The Men Who Stare at Goats has two things going for it right from the get-go. First, its title is so deliciously irresistible it grabs immediate attention. Not quite as boiled-down and succinct as Snakes on a Plane, but definitely more clever. Secondly, we're captivated by an opening title-card ...
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- By Christopher Symonds
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
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- By Loron Hays
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
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