RA: Renters Anonymous – November 10th, 2009

Posted by Trevor
November 10, 2009

New Releases

upUp – 8.4/10 – Trailer
Starring Edward Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberer, Elie Docter
A young Carl Fredrickson meets a young adventure spirited girl named Ellie. They both dream of going to a Lost Land in South America. 70 years later, Ellie has died. Carl remembers the promise he made to her. Then, when he inadvertently hits a construction worker, he is forced to go to a retirement home. But before they can take him, he and his house fly away. However he has a stowaway aboard. An 8 year old boy named Russell, whose trying to get an assisting the elderly badge. Together, they embark in an adventure, where they encounter talking dogs, an evil villain and a rare bird named Kevin.

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Recommendation: Buy (c’mon, it’s Pixar)

uglyThe Ugly Truth – 6.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler, Eric Winter, Cheryl Hines, John Michael Higgins, Bree Turner, Kevin Connolly
A romantically challenged morning show producer is reluctantly embroiled in a series of outrageous tests by her chauvinistic correspondent to prove his theories on relationships and help her find love. His clever ploys, however, lead to an unexpected result.

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Recommendation: Rent (for the ladies)

Re-Releases

watchmenWatchmen (The Ultimate Cut) – 7.3/10

Starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Carla Gugino, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie

In a gritty and alternate 1985 the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown, but after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so discover a deeper and far more diabolical plot.

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Recommendation: Buy (for those who wish to watch the Watchmen)

monstersMonsters, Inc. (Blu-ray) – 7.5/10
Starring John Goodman, Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly
In a land of monsters, James P. Sullivan is king. He and his coworker/ friend Mike Wazowski are two of many monsters that work for Monsters Inc. a utility company that generates power for a very paranoid and nervous city of monsters. This power, oddly enough, is generated from the screams of children, which is produced by scaring them in their sleep. One night, however, Sully uncovers a devious plot to rid Monster city of it’s power problems, but in all the wrong ways. Together, ironically, Sully and Mike will fight to protect the innocence of the children they scare every night.

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Recommendation: Buy (once again, Pixar)

heatHeat (Blu-ray) – 7/10
Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Diane Venora, Amy Brenneman, Ashley Judd
Hunters and their prey–Neil and his professional criminal crew hunt to score big money targets (banks, vaults, armored cars) and are, in turn, hunted by Lt. Vincent Hanna and his team of cops in the Robbery/Homicide police division. A botched job puts Hanna onto their trail while they regroup and try to put together one last big ‘retirement’ score. Neil and Vincent are similar in many ways, including their troubled personal lives. At a crucial moment in his life, Neil disobeys the dictum taught to him long ago by his criminal mentor–’Never have anything in your life that you can’t walk out on in thirty seconds flat, if you spot the heat coming around the corner’–as he falls in love.

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Recommendation: Rent

negotiatorThe Negotiator (Blu-ray) – 7/10
Starring Samuel L Jackson, Kevin Spacey, David Morse, John Spencer, JT Walsh, Ron Rifkin, Paul Giamatti
In the midst of an elaborate conspiracy, an expert negotiator is driven to the edge when he’s framed for the murder of his partner, as well as embezzling money from his department’s pension fund. His only chance to prove his innocence is to take hostages himself, acquire the services of another expert negotiator, and find out who’s running the conspiracy before it’s too late.

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Recommendation: Rent

mammamiaMamma Mia! The Movie (Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! More Gift Set) – 6.6/10
Starring Meryl Streep, Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Dominic Cooper, Julie Walters, Christine Baranski
Set on a colorful Greek island, the plot serves as a background for a wealth of ABBA songs. A young woman about to be married discovers that any one of three men could be her father. She invites all three to the wedding without telling her mother, Donna, who was once the lead singer of Donna and the Dynamos. In the meantime, Donna has invited her backup singers, Rosie and Tanya.

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Recommendation: Rent (for the ladies)

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

The Unrated Blogger’s Cut

Seems like there are very few releases this week but they all seem like fairly decent releases.  First I’m going to pick up Up on Blu-ray because you can never go wrong with Pixar.  And I will also finally be able to pick up Watchmen: The Ultimate Cut on Blu-ray.  It was originally supposed to release last week but was delayed for some unknown reason.  Heat and The Negotiator both were good films but they’re lack of special features make them rentals, especially if you already own them on DVD.  I sort of want to pick up Monsters, Inc on Blu-ray since I don’t own it on DVD but I think I’ll wait a bit to pick it up.

Coming Soon:

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