RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 26th, 2009
New Releases
Michael Jackson’s: This Is It – 8.7/10 – Trailer
A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London.
Special Features:
- 1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Making of
- Featurettes: The Gloved One – Costumes
- Memories of Michael
- Auditions: Searching for the World’s Best Dancers
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
- movieIQ
- Thriller and Smooth Criminal Vignettes
Recommendation: Rent
Surrogates – 5.1/10 – Trailer
Starring Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, Boris Kodjoe, Jack Noseworthy, James Cromwell, Ving Rhames
People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates — sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate phenomenon and must abandon his own surrogate, risking his life to unravel the mystery.
Special Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
“I Will Not Bow” Music Video by Breaking Benjamin- Commentary with Jonathan Mostow
Blu-ray Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Hi-Res Audio 5.1
- Commentary with Jonathan Mostow
- “I Will Not Bow” Music Video by Breaking Benjamin
- Deleted Scenes
- A More Perfect You: The Science of Surrogates
- Breaking the Frame: A Graphic Novel Comes to Life
Recommendation: Pass
Saw VI – 6.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Tobin Bell, Costas Mandylor, Shawnee Smith, Betsy Russell, Peter Outerbridge, Mark Rolston, Athena Karkanis
Special Agent Strahm is dead, and Detective Hoffman has emerged as the unchallenged successor to Jigsaw’s legacy. However, when the FBI draws closer to Hoffman, he is forced to set a game into motion, and Jigsaw’s grand scheme is finally understood.
Special Features:
- 1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Commentary with Mark Burg, Peter Block, Jason Constantine, Kevin Greutert, Patrick Melton, Marcus Dunstan
Unrated Cut of the Film- Jigsaw Revealed
- The Traps of Saw VI
- A Killer Maze: Making Saw Game Over
- Music Videos by Mushroomhead, Memphis May Fire, Hatebreed and Suicide Silence
- Trailer
Blu-ray Features:
- 1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
- Lionsgate Live
- Touch and Metamenu Remote
Recommendation: Pass (Rent if you are a Saw addict)
Whip It – 6.3/10 -Trailer
Starring Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Kristen Wiig, Drew Barrymore, Juliette Lewis, Jimmy Fallon, Daniel Stern
In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin.
Special Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
- Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Blu-ray Features:
- 2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Deleted and Alternate Scenes
- Writers Draft with Shauna Cross
- Digital Copy of the Film
Recommendation: Rent
TV on DVD/Blu-ray
- Bridget’s Sexiest Beaches (Complete First Season) – DVD
- MI-5 (Volume 7) – DVD
- The Real Ghostbusters (Volume 2) – DVD
- The Red Green Show (1991-1993) – DVD
- Southland (Complete First Season) – DVD
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