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By admin, on January 16th, 2012%
Courageous – Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, they are confident and focused, standing up to the worst the streets can offer. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge they’re ill prepared to tackle: fatherhood. When tragedy strikes home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Sherwood Pictures, creators of Fireproof, returns with this heartfelt, action-packed story. Protecting the streets is second nature to these law enforcement officers. Raising their children in a God-honoring way? That takes courage. Starring: Alex Kendrick, Kevin Downes, Ken Bevel, Robert Amaya, Ben Davies Director: Alex Kendrick Producer: Stephen Kendrick Continue reading Courageous
By admin, on November 8th, 2011%
Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle) [Hardcover] by Christopher Paolini – I’m about 400 pages into Inheritance (half way through) and the main thing I’ve noticed about the book is that it has the same problem as Brisingr: it lacks momentum, purpose, and a sense of importance. Eragon and Eldest both had a good sense of progress being made and movement; Inheritance spends too much time on insignificant side plots involving minor characters. Continue reading Inheritance (The Inheritance Cycle) by Christopher Paolini
By admin, on September 8th, 2011%
X-Men: First Class (+Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] (2011) – When Bryan Singer brought Marvel’s X-Men to the big screen, Magneto and Professor X were elder statesmen, but Matthew Vaughn (Kick-Ass) travels back in time to present an origin story–and an alternate version of history. While Charles Xavier (Laurence Belcher) grows up privileged in New York, Erik Lehnsherr (Bill Milner) grows up underprivileged in Poland. As children, the mind-reading Charles finds a friend in the shape-shifting Raven (Jennifer Lawrence) and Erik finds an enemy in Sebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon), an energy-absorbing Nazi scientist who treats the metal-bending lad like a lab rat. By 1962, Charles (James McAvoy) has become a swaggering genetics professor and Erik (Michael Fassbender, McAvoy’s Band of Brothers costar) has become a brooding agent of revenge. CIA agent Moira (Rose Byrne) brings the two together to work for Division X. Continue reading X-Men: First Class (+Digital Copy) [Blu-ray] (2011)
By admin, on April 18th, 2011%
Tron: Legacy (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (2010) - The luminescent lines and shimmering surfaces of Tron: Legacy will tantalize anyone who’s lusted after the latest smartphone. The long-ago disappearance of his computer-genius father has left Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund, Four Brothers) with existential ennui and a lot of money. When he discovers his father’s secret workshop, he gets sucked into a computerized realm ruled by a megalomaniac computer program named Clu–who just happens to be his father’s virtual doppelganger. Continue reading Tron: Legacy (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo) (2010)
By admin, on March 28th, 2011%
The Fighter (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (2010) - It would be a mistake to confuse The Fighter with the story of Mark Wahlberg, though the similarities are striking. Completely convincing as a boxer, Wahlberg plays welterweight Micky Ward, who grew up in working-class Massachusetts. Like the actor-producer, he had eight siblings, one more famous than the rest. Ward’s half-brother, Dicky Eklund (a gaunt, crazy-eyed Christian Bale), turned to boxing first, just as Mark’s brother, Donnie, preceded him as a performer (first by singing, then by acting). The similarities end there: Dicky, once known as “The Pride of Lowell,” traded his promising pugilistic career for a crack pipe (Sugar Ray Leonard cameos as his best-known opponent). Continue reading The Fighter (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) (2010)
By admin, on December 12th, 2010%
How to Train Your Dragon (Single Disc Edition) (2010) – A winning mixture of adventure, slapstick comedy, and friendship, How to Train Your Dragon rivals Kung Fu Panda as the most engaging and satisfying film DreamWorks Animation has produced. Hiccup (voice by Jay Baruchel) is a failure as a Viking: skinny, inquisitive, and inventive, he asks questions and tries out unsuccessful contraptions when he’s supposed to be fighting the dragons that attack his village. His father, chief Stoick the Vast (Gerard Butler), has pretty much given up on his teenage son and apprenticed him to blacksmith Gobber (Craig Ferguson). Worse, Hiccup knows the village loser hasn’t a chance of impressing Astrid (America Ferrera), the girl of his dreams and a formidable dragon fighter in her own right. Continue reading How to Train Your Dragon (Single Disc Edition) (2010)
By admin, on September 1st, 2010%
NCIS: Season Seven – NCIS (Naval Criminal Investigative Service) is more than just an action drama. With liberal doses of humor, it’s a show that focuses on the sometimes complex and always amusing dynamics of a team of special agents forced to work together in high-stress situations. From murder and espionage to terrorism and stolen submarines, these special agents travel the globe to investigate all crimes with Navy or Marine Corps ties. Continue reading NCIS: Season Seven
By admin, on August 30th, 2010%
Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season – From KIDS FIRST!: Lost fans rejoice! The sixth Season comes to a satisfying conclusion as most of the loose ends of this six season phenomena tie together. In the previous seasons, viewers have already experienced the flashbacks and the flash-forwards. In the season, they also get a flash sideways. The characters in the series are ones we have come to know and love. Bonus sections on this DVD offers further insight as the actors talk about their roles. Continue reading Lost: The Complete Sixth and Final Season
By admin, on November 7th, 2009%
Star Trek (Single-Disc Edition) (2009) – J.J. Abrams’ 2009 feature film was billed as “not your father’s Star Trek,” but your father will probably love it anyway. And what’s not to love? It has enough action, emotional impact, humor, and sheer fun for any moviegoer, and Trekkers will enjoy plenty of insider references and a cast that seems ideally suited to portray the characters we know they’ll become later. Both a prequel and a reboot, Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk (Chris Pine of The Princess Diaries 2), a sharp but aimless young man who’s prodded by a Starfleet captain, Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), to enlist and make a difference. At the Academy, Kirk runs afoul of a Vulcan commander named Spock (Zachary Quinto of Heroes), but their conflict has to take a back seat when Starfleet, including its new ship, the Enterprise, has to answer an emergency call from Vulcan. Continue reading Star Trek (Single-Disc Edition) (2009)
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