RA: Renters Anonymous – February 10th, 2009

Posted by Trevor
February 10, 2009

Releasing This Week:

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New Releases:

wW. – 6.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn, Richard Dreyfuss, Toby Jones, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, Scott Glenn, Bruce McGill, Jennifer Sipes, Noah Wyle, Ioan Gruffudd
Oliver Stone’s biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial, secretive, cynical, and ruthless president in USA history, chronicling from 1967 to his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and oil businesses, leading to his 2000 candidacy for president, his first turbulent four years to his 2004 re-election campaign.

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Recommendation: Rent

Blindness – 8.2/10 – Trailer
Starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal, Danny Glover, Alice Braga
When a sudden, inexplicable epidemic of blindness sweeps a major city, health authorities round up the victims and quarantine them in Blindness, an apocalyptic thriller from director Fernando Meirelles (The Constant Gardner, City of God). The wife (Julianne Moore) of an afflicted doctor (Mark Ruffalo) feigns blindness in order to accompany her husband into internment and finds that fear and brutality have infected the closed community. An all out war erupts between inmates as criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak over food and other necessities. As the sole sighted inmate, The Doctor’s Wife is the only one who can put a stop to the violence, but saving her loved ones may mean sinking to the level of the worst of her adversaries. Julianne Moore gives a performance of startling strength and vulnerability in a frightening portrait of a society thrust into a vicious struggle for survival

Available as a Single-Disc DVD and a 2-Disc DVD (no Blu-ray), special features are unknown.

Recommendation: Rent

miracleMiracle at St. Anna – 6.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Derek Luke, Michael Ealy, Laz Alonso, Omar Benson Miller, Matteo Sciabordi, John Leguizamo, Kerry Washington, Omari Hardwick, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Valentina Cervi, Pierfrancesco Favino
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Recommendation: Pass

whatWhat Just Happened – Trailer
Starring Robert De Niro, Sean Penn, Stanley Tucci, Bruce Willis, Catherine Keener, John Turturro, Kristen Stewart, Robin Wrigth Penn
What Just Happened is a winningly sharp comedy about two nail-biting, back-stabbing, roller-coaster weeks in the world of a middle-aged Hollywood producer — as he tries to juggle an actual life with an outrageous series of crises in his day job.

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Recommendation: Pass

rodantheNights in Rodanthe – 5.8/10 – Trailer
Starring Richard Gere, Diane Lane
Adrienne Willis, a woman with her life in chaos, retreats to the tiny coastal town of Rodanthe, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, to tend to a friend’s inn for the weekend. Here she hopes to find the tranquility she so desperately needs to rethink the conflicts surrounding her — a wayward husband who has asked to come home, and a teen-aged daughter who resents her every decision. Almost as soon as Adrienne gets to Rodanthe, a major storm is forecast and a guest named Dr. Paul Flanner arrive. The only guest at the inn, Flanner is not on a weekend escape but rather is there to face his own crisis of conscience. Now, with the storm closing in, the two turn to each other for comfort and, in one magical weekend, set in motion a life-changing romance that will resonate throughout the rest of their lives.

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Recommendation: Pass

bruceMy Name Is Bruce
Starring Bruce Campbell, Ted Raimi
The plot revolves around Campbell, playing a sleazy version of himself, who, after being harassed and mistaken by fans to be a character much like Ash from the Evil Dead series of horror films, is abducted from his trailer park home to fight against Guan Di, a Chinese war deity.

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Recommendation: Rent (for Evil Dead fans)

Re-Releases

boondockbluThe Boondock Saints (Blu-ray) – 8/10
Starring Williem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly
Two Irish brothers accidentally killed mafia thugs. They turned themselves in and were released as heroes. They then see it as a calling by God and started knocking off mafia gang members one by one. Willem Dafoe plays the detective trying to figure out the killings, but the closer he was to catching the Irish brothers, the more he thinks the brothers are doing the right thing.

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Recommendation: Buy

prettybluPretty Woman (Blu-ray) – 6.7/10
Starring Richard Gere, Julia Roberts
Edward is a rich, ruthless businessman who specializes in taking over companies and then selling them off piece by piece. He travels to Los Angeles for a business trip and decides to hire a prostitute. They take a liking to each other and he offers her money if she’ll stay with him for an entire week while he makes the “rich and famous” scene (since it doesn’t do for a man of his stature to be alone at society parties and polo matches). Romantic comedy (and complications) ensue.

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Recommendation: Buy (for the ladies)

amadeusbluAmadeus (Blu-ray) – 7.8/10
Starring F. Murray Abraham, Tom Hulce, Elizabeth Berridge
Antonio Salieri believes that Mozart’s music is divine. He wishes he was himself as good a musician as Mozart so that he can praise the Lord through composing. But he can’t understand why God favored Mozart, such a vulgar creature, to be his instrument. Salieri’s envy has made him an enemy of God whose greatness was evident in Mozart. He is set to take revenge.

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Recommendation: Rent

futureBack to the Future (2-Disc Special Edition) – 7.9/10
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
Marty McFly, a typical American teenager of the Eighties, is accidentally sent back to 1955 in a plutonium-powered DeLorean “time machine” invented by slightly mad scientist. During his often hysterical, always amazing trip back in time, Marty must make certain his teenage parents-to-be meet and fall in love – so he can get back to the future.

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Recommendation: Buy

future2Back to the Future: Part II (Special Edition) – 7.4/10
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson
Marty McFly (Fox) has only just got back from the past, when he is once again picked up by Dr. Emmett Brown (Lloyd) and sent through time to the future. Marty’s job in the future is to pose as his son to prevent him being thrown in prison. Unfortunately, things get worse when the future changes the present.

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Recommendation: Buy

future3Back to the Future: Part III (Special Edition) – 7/10
Starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Crispin Glover, Lea Thompson, Thomas F. Wilson, Mary Steenburgen
The conclusion of the trilogy sends Marty McFly on a rescue mission to the year 1885, where he must save Doc Brown from death at the hands of yet another member of the Tannen clan. However, there are a number of complications preventing a quick return to the future: a lack of gasoline for the time-traveling DeLorean, a band of gunslinging outlaws and a schoolmarm with affections for the smitten Doc.

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Recommendation: Buy

darkobluDonnie Darko (Blu-ray) – 7.7/10
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Jena Malone, James Duval, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Mary McDonnell, Holmes Osborne, Katharine Ross, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle, Patrick Swayze
Donnie Darko gets along badly with his family, with his teachers and with his classmates; but he does manage to find a sympathetic friend in Gretchen, who agrees to date him; and he has a compassionate psychiatrist, who discovers hypnosis is the means to unlock hidden secrets. His other companion may not be a true ally. Donnie has a friend named Frank, who is either a large purple bunny, or man in a large purple bunny costume. Either way, Donnie is the only one who can see him. When an engine falls off a plane and destroys his room, Donnie is not there. Both the event, and Donnie’s escape, seem to have been caused by supernatural events. Donnie’s mental illness, if such it is, may never allow him to find out for sure.

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Recommendation: Rent

bullbluRaging Bull (Blu-ray) – 8.3/10
Starring Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty
When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he’s a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he’s a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at any moment. Though LaMotta wants his family’s love, something always seems to come between them. Perhaps it’s his violent bouts of paranoia and jealousy. This kind of rage helped make him a champ, but in real life, he winds up in the ring alone.

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Recommendation: Rent

fighterStreet Fighter (Extreme Edition) – 4.2/10
Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Raul Julia, Ming-Na, Damian Chapa, Kylie Minogue, Simon Callow, Roshan Seth, Byron Mann
Col. William Guile leads an army of soldiers into the country of Shadaloo to find traces to lead him to General M. Bison, who has captured many people including three missing soldiers. Among them is Carlos “Charlie” Blanka, in which Bison decides to turn into a hideous mutant. On the other hand, Chun Li is a reporter who seeks revenge against Bison for the death of her father years ago. Then two small time hustlers Ryu and Ken, are arrested along with Sagat, a powerful arms dealer and Vega for dealing of illegal weapons. Guile recruits them in order to find Bison’s base. Now Guile, T. Hawk, Cammy, Ryu, Ken, Chun Li, Balrog and E. Honda have three days before Bison murders the hostages and takes over the world.

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Recommendation: Pass

The Unrated Blogger’s Cut

Being a huge Bruce Campbell fan, I will definitely be picking up My Name Is Bruce.  My only wish was that Sam Raimi had a hand in it as well.  Blindness also looks like another good movie that I will be renting.  Now if I only had a Blu-ray setup then I would be picking up some great Blu-ray films this week.

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