2012
2012 (2009) – I think people judge these movies very unfairly. It surprises me when a movie like 2012 comes along and it’s ripped apart before it’s even released. “This movie’s gonna blow, it’s two and a half hours of things blowing up.” I have to play back the sentence in my mind and...
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Jersey Shore UNCENSORED: Season One
Jersey Shore UNCENSORED: Season One (Amazon.com Exclusive) – The Snookie punch episode took this to the masses….. My favorite reality show to date. Unlike the Hills, The City,Real World and all the others….this is most like what happens at the Jersey Shore. These people are real and not driving...
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The Blind Side (2009)
The Blind Side (2009) – My wife and I just went to a double-feature. I picked AVATAR and she picked THE BLIND SIDE. Now, there couldn’t be two movies on a different plateau than AVATAR and BLIND SIDE, but I’m so glad that she brought me to see this movie. AVATAR,...
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Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009) – The legal thriller meets the serial-killer shocker in Law Abiding Citizen. The story begins when home invaders kill Clyde Shelton’s wife and daughter. The bereaved father (played by a thoroughly unsympathetic Gerard Butler) looks to slick Philly prosecutor Nick Rice (a low-key Jamie Foxx) to see...
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The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009) – A genuinely old-fashioned Hollywood romance with a science fiction angle, The Time Traveler’s Wife stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time involuntarily. The screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin (My Life), based on...
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Emma (2009)
Emma (2009) - Beautiful, clever, and rich Emma Woodhouse is convinced she is good at matchmaking after her older sister and her governess both marry suitable husbands. No matter that as Mr Knightley drily observes, in reality, she had nothing to do with these relationships. Yet Emma, certain of her talents, plays a...
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The Sopranos: The Complete Series
The Sopranos: The Complete Series – Last year HBO released the complete series of this ground-breaking show with the very high pricetag we’ve come to expect from any HBO original series on DVD. According to the press release, a year later, HBO wants to make this collection more available to...
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2009) – New Moon, the second in Stephenie Meyer’s blockbuster teen-fiction saga adapted for film, is stronger than its predecessor, Twilight. Director Chris Weitz (The Golden Compass), taking the helm from Catherine Hardwicke, brings a lighter, more assured touch to the...
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Food, Inc.
Food, Inc. (2008) – For most Americans, the ideal meal is fast, cheap, and tasty. Food, Inc. examines the costs of putting value and convenience over nutrition and environmental impact. Director Robert Kenner explores the subject from all angles, talking to authors, advocates, farmers, and CEOs, like co-producer Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation),...
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Farscape: The Complete Series
Farscape: The Complete Series – I first started watching this program somewhere in the Second Season during its initial run on the SyFy Channel at the urging of my wife, who had been an avid viewer since day one. I had seen the Pilot when it was first broadcast, but never...
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