Renters Anonymous – April 21st, 2009

Posted by Trevor
April 21, 2009

New Releases

wrestlerThe Wrestler – 7.9/10 – Trailer
Starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, Ernest Miller
his is a drama about an aging professional wrestler, decades past his prime, who now barely gets by working small wrestling shows in VFW halls and as a part-time grocery store employee. As he faces health problems that may end his wrestling career for good he attempts to come to terms with his life outside the ring: by working full time at the grocery store, trying to reconcile with the daughter he abandoned in childhood and forming a closer bond with a stripper he has romantic feelings for. He struggles with his new life and an offer of a high-profile rematch with his 1980s arch-nemesis, The Ayatollah, which may be his ticket back to stardom.

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Recommendation: Rent

frostFrost/Nixon – 7.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Michael Sheen, Frank Langella, Kevin Bacon, Oliver Platt, Sam Rockwell, Matthew Macfadyen, Rebecca Hall, Toby Jones, Andy Milder
Writer Peter Morgan’s legendary battle between Richard Nixon, the disgraced president with a legacy to save, and David Frost, a jet-setting television personality with a name to make, in the story of the historic encounter that changed both their lives. For three years after being forced from office, Nixon remained silent. But in summer 1977, the steely, cunning former commander-in-chief agreed to sit for one all-inclusive interview to confront the questions of his time in office and the Watergate scandal that ended his presidency. Nixon surprised everyone in selecting Frost as his televised confessor, intending to easily outfox the breezy British showman and secure a place in the hearts and minds of Americans (as well as a $600,000 fee). Likewise, Frost’s team harbored doubts about their boss’ ability to hold his own. But as cameras rolled, a charged battle of wits resulted.

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Recommendation: Rent

notoriousNotorious – 7/10 – Trailer
Starring Jamal Woolard, Angela Bassett, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie, Naturi Naughton, Antonique Smith, Marc John Jefferies, Julia Pace Mitchell, Christopher Wallace Jr
The story of Christopher Wallace. Through raw talent and sheer determination, Wallace transforms himself from Brooklyn street hustler (once selling crack to pregnant women) to one of the greatest rappers of all time; THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G. Follow his meteoric rise to fame and his refusal to succumb to expectations – redefining our notion of “The American Dream.”

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Recommendation: Pass

blueInto the Blue 2: The Reef
Starring Chris Carmack, Laura Vandervoot, Audrina Patridge
A pair of professional divers are hired to find Columbus’ hidden treasure. Ride the wave of extreme ocean adventure as INTO THE BLUE 2: The Reef tells the white-knuckle tale of scuba divers Sebastion (Chris Carmack) and Dani (Laura Vandervoort), a sexy couple thrown into precarious waters when they are promised big money in exchange for leading dives along a treacherous Hawaiian reef. At the hands of dubious clients, the young couple is plunged into danger and an ultimate test of their diving skills, as well as their love, strength –and will to live.

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Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

X-Men Trilogy (Blu-ray)

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Recommendation: Buy

sincitySin City (Blu-ray) – 7.6/10
Starring Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Clive Owen, Jessica Alba, Benicio del Toro, Brittany Murphy, Elijah Wood, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Michael Clarke Duncan, Alexis Bledel, Powers Boothe, Josh Hartnett, Michael Madsen, Devon Aoki, Carla Gugino, Rutger Hauer, Marley Shelton
Four tales of crime adapted from Frank Miller’s popular comics, focusing around a muscular brute who’s looking for the person responsible for the death of his beloved Goldie, a man fed up with Sin City’s corrupt law enforcement who takes the law into his own hands after a horrible mistake, a cop who risks his life to protect a girl from a deformed pedophile, and a hitman looking to make a little cash.

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Recommendation: Buy

The Unrated Blogger’s Cut

I watched The Wrestler and loved it, but this release is seriously lacking in the special features so I think I’ll wait for the inevitable “collector’s edition”.  But if you haven’t seen it, you should definitely rent it.  And if you’re a Blu-ray owner, then you should probably pick up the X-Men Trilogy and Sin City.  So this week it looks like that if I do end up renting something, then I will rent Frost/Nixon.

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  • The wrestler is one of the amazing movies I had watch well it is really an interesting movie
  • Yeah. I watched X-men Wolverine too, the unedited version spoiled the true movie plot.
  • The movie Wolverine is also good, but too bad they had that movie leak problem that hit the web with unedited and unfinished movie effects. It basically ruins the movie plot but still it is worth watching the original.
  • Well said, it basically ruins the excitement of the movie, but if you're an avid fan then it's really up to you to watch the leak video or not. In my case I did not watched it. And still enjoy the official released movie.
  • My friend showed my the leaked video but I still watched the movie when it first released. I still love it but the excitement is just gone.
  • The Wrestler is a fantastic emotional movie that I look forward to seeing again because I was really sick when I first saw it and it kind of ruined it for me.
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