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RA: Renters Anonymous – March 16th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:00:55 +0000

New Releases

The Princess and the Frog – 6.9/10 – Trailer
Voiced by Anika Noni Rose, Bruno Campos, Keith David, Michael-Leon Wooley, Jim Cummings, Jenifer Lewis, John Goodman, Oprah Winfrey, Jennifer Cody, Peter Bartlett, Terrence Howard
A modern day retelling of the classic story The Frog Prince. The Princess and the Frog finds the lives of arrogant, carefree Prince Naveen and hardworking waitress Tiana crossing paths. Prince Naveen is transformed into a frog by a conniving voodoo magician and Tiana, following suit, upon kissing the amphibian royalty. With the help of a trumpet-playing alligator, a Cajun firefly, and an old blind lady who lives in a boat in a tree, Naveen and Tiana must race to break the spell and fulfill their dreams.

To Save $10 of the Blu-ray version head over to PrincessAndTheFrogCoupon.com to print your coupon.

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Deleted Scenes
The Making of
Conjuring the Villain
The Return to Hand-Drawn Animation
The Disney Legacy
Disney’s Newest Princess
Bringing Life to Animation
Art Galleries
Music Video by Ne-Yo
The Princess Portraits Game
Audio Commentary
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Buy (with the $10 off coupon)

Ninja Assassin – 6.4/10 – Trailer
Starring Rain, Naomie Harris
Trained since childhood to be a lethal killer, Raizo has since turned his back on the Ozunu clan that raised him and now seeks revenge for their heartless murders. Teaming up with Europol investigator Mika, Raizo steadily butchers his enemies while inching ever closer to the long-awaited bloody reunion with his former master.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Additional Scenes

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
“The Myth and Legend of Ninjas”
“The Extreme Sport of a Ninja”
“Training Rain”
Additional Scenes

Recommendation: Rent

Did You Hear About the Morgans? – 4.4/10 – Trailer
Starring Hugh Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sam Elliott, Mary Steenburgen, Elisabeth Moss, Michael Kelly, Wilford Brimley
In New York City, an estranged couple who witness a murder are relocated to small-town Wyoming as part of a witness-protection program.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
A Bear of a Scene
Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Marc Lawrence, Hugh Grant and Sarah Jessica Parker
Location, Location, Location
Cowboys and Cosmopolitans
Park Avenue Meets the Prairie
Outtakes

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
movieIQ
BD Live

Recommendation: Pass

Armored – 5.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Matt Dillon, Jean Reno, Laurence Fishburne, Amaury Nolasco, Milo Ventimiglia, Skeet Ulrich, Columbus Short
A newbie guard for an armored truck company is coerced by his veteran coworkers to steal a truck containing $42 million. But a wrinkle in their supposedly foolproof plan divides the group, leading to a potentially deadly resolution.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast and Crew Commentary
Planning the Heist: Making of
Crash Course: Stunts
Armed and Underground: Production Design

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
movieIQ
BD Live

Recommendation: Pass

The Fourth Kind – 5.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Will Patton
In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. When a UFO is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind. When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The next level, abduction, is the fourth kind. Modern-day, Alaska, where-mysteriously since the 1960s-a disproportionate number of the population has been reported missing every year. Despite multiple FBI investigations of the region, the truth has never been discovered. Here in this remote region, psychologist Dr. Abigail Tyler began videotaping sessions with traumatized patients and unwittingly discovered some of the most disturbing evidence of alien abduction ever documented. The Fourth Kind exposes the terrified revelations of multiple witnesses. Their accounts of being visited by alien figures all share disturbingly identical details, the validity of which is investigated throughout the film.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
Deleted Scenes

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
Deleted Scenes
BD Live
D-Box Motion Control
pocket Blu App

Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

Vengeance Trilogy

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
Oldboy
Lady Vengeance
Available on DVD and Blu-ray (Blu-ray only available at Best Buy)

Recommendation: Rent (especially Oldboy)

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Breaking Bad (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD/Blu-ray
Clash of the Gods (Complete 1st Season) – DVD/Blu-ray
Destination Truth (Complete 1st Season) – DVD
Hawaii Five-0 (Complete 8th Season) – DVD
Monk (Complete 8th Season) – DVD
My Two Dads (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (Volume 17) – DVD
South Park (Complete 13th Season) – DVD/Blu-ray

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – March 9th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:00:35 +0000

New Releases

Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire – 7.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Gabourey Sidibe, Mo’Nique, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz, Sherri Shepherd
In Harlem, an overweight, illiterate teen who is pregnant with her second child is invited to enroll in an alternative school in hopes that her life can head in a new direction. This film just won 2 Oscars for Best Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique) and Best Adapted Screenplay. It was also nominated for Best Director (Lee Daniels), Best Editing, Best Actress (Gabourey Sidibe) and Best Picture.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Lee Daniels
“From Push to Precious”
“A Precious Ensemble”
“Oprah and Tyler: A Project of Passion”
A Conversation with author Sapphire and director Lee Daniels
Deleted Scenes: The Incest Survivor Meeting
Audition: Gabourey Sidibe
Reflections on Precious

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent (or you will make Oprah cry)

Up in the Air – 7.1/10 – Trailer
Starring George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Jason Bateman, Danny McBride
Ryan Bingham’s job is to fire people from theirs. The anguish, hostility, and despair of his “clients” has left him falsely compassionate, living out of a suitcase, and loving every second of it. When his boss hires arrogant young Natalie, she develops a method of video conferencing that will allow termination without ever leaving the office – essentially threatening the existence Ryan so cherishes. Determined to show the naive girl the error of her logic, Ryan takes her on one of his cross country firing expeditions, but as she starts to realize the disheartening realities of her profession, he begins to see the downfalls to his way of life.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Jason Reitman, Eric Steelberg and Jason Blumenfeld
“Shadowplay: Before the Story”
Deleted Scenes
Trailers

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD, plus:
More Deleted Scenes
Music Video: “Help Yourself” by Sad Brad
Storyboards
American Airlines Prank

Recommendation: Rent

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day – 7/10 – Trailer
Starring Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr, Julie Benz, Judd Nelson, David Della Rocco, Peter Fonda, Billy Connolly
For the last 8 years the brothers have been living with their father on a sheep farm deep in isolated Ireland. One day their uncle tells them that they have been framed for the murder of a Bostonian Catholic priest. The boys must return to Boston to not only clear their names but find the men who framed them

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Cast and Crew
Behind the Scenes
Billy Connolly and Troy Duffy: Unedited
Inside the Vault: The Weapons
The Cast Confesses: Secrets from the Set
Comic-Con

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD, plus:
movieIQ
BD-Live

Recommendation: Rent (buy for lovers of the Saints)

Planet 51 – 5.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Jessica Biel, Justin Long, Seann William Scott, Gary Oldman, John Cleese
Lem is just an average teenager working on getting the girl and furthering his career at the local planetarium – except that he’s an alien. At least to U.S. astronaut Captain Charles T. Baker who lands on Lem’s planet hoping for a quick flag plant and a hasty return to earth and his millions of screaming fans. But on this alien planet the media has tagged spacemen as brain-eating, zombie-creating monsters, causing Baker to run for his life and into Lem’s house. Now it’s up to the green native to get the clumsy astronaut back to his spaceship before military dictator General Grawl and mad scientist Professor Kipple manage to exterminate the Earthly visitor.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
“Run Rover Run” Game
Planetarium – The Voice Stars
Extended Scenes
“The World of Planet 51″
“Life on Planet 51″
Music Video Montage
Animation Progression Reels
Want More Fun?

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD, plus:
Target 51 Game with optional iPhone controller App
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Old Dogs – 5.2/10 – Trailer
Starring John Travolta, Robin Williams, Kelly Preston, Seth Green, Lori Loughlin, Bernie Mac, Matt Dillon
Two friends and business partners find their lives turned upside down when strange circumstances lead to them being placed in the care of 7-year-old twins.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Walt Becker, Andrew Panay, David Diamond, David Weissman
Deleted Scenes
Bloopers

Single Disc Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Music Video: “Every Little Step” by John Travolta and Ella Bleu Travolta

2-Disc Blu-ray Features:

All of the features of the Single Disc Blu-ray, plus:
Young Dogs Learn Old Tricks
Music Video: “You’ve Been a Friend to Me” by Bryan Adams
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Capitalism: A Love Story – 7.2/10 – Trailer
Capitalism: A Love Story examines the impact of corporate dominance on the everyday lives of Americans (and by default, the rest of the world). The film moves from Middle America, to the halls of power in Washington, to the global financial epicenter in Manhattan. With both humor and outrage, the film explores the question: What is the price that America pays for its love of capitalism? Families pay the price with their jobs, their homes and their savings. Moore goes into the homes of ordinary people whose lives have been turned upside down; and he goes looking for explanations in Washington, DC and elsewhere. What he finds are the all-too-familiar symptoms of a love affair gone astray: lies, abuse, betrayal…and 14,000 jobs being lost every day. Capitalism: A Love Story also presents what a more hopeful future could look like. Who are we and why do we behave the way that we do?

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Deleted and Extended Scenes
Featurettes: “The Man Who Might Save Flint”, “US Congressman Elijah Cummings on Why We Should Consider Discarding Capitalism”, “Capitalism: The Killer”, “Why the Rich Man Can’t Buy His Way Into Heaven”, “What If We Had Listened to Jimmy Carter”, “People Who Grow Food without Capitalism”, “You Talkin to Me?”, “The Ideas Behind a Worker-Owned Business”, “The People’s Bank of North Dakota”, “Miami Max Has a House for You”

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Harvard Professor Elizabeth Warren on “How Wall Street Got Away with Murder”
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Rent

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Commish (Complete 1st Season) – DVD
Hannah Montana: Miley Says Goodbye – DVD
In Plain Sight (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD
Matt Houston (Complete 1st Season) – DVD
Tremors (Complete Series) – DVD
Walker Texas Ranger (Complete 7th Season) – DVD
Wanted: Dead or Alive (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – March 2nd, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:00:20 +0000

New Releases

Where the Wild Things Are – 7.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Max Records, Catherine Keener, Mark Ruffalo, Lauren Ambrose, Chris Cooper, Paul Dano, James Gandolfini, Catherine O’Hara, Forest Whitaker
An adolescent named Max has an active imagination, and he will throw fits if others don’t go along with what he wants. Max – following an incident with Claire (his sister) and her friends, and following a tantrum which he throws as a result of his Mother paying more attention to her boyfriend than to him – runs away from home. Wearing his wolf costume at the time, Max not only runs away physically, but runs toward a world in his imagination. This world, an ocean away, is inhabited by large wild beasts, including one named Carol who is much like Max himself in temperament. Instead of eating Max like they normally would with creatures of his type, the wild things befriend Max after he proclaims himself a king who can magically solve all their problems.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Series of “Where the Wild Things Are” Shorts by Lance Bangs

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
Series of “Where the Wild Things Are” Shorts by Lance Bangs
Higglety Piggety Pop! Or There Must Be More to Life
HBO First Look: Where the Wild Things Are
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Buy (on blu-ray because you also get a dvd copy)

2012 – 5.4/10 – Trailer
Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Thandie Newton, Oliver Platt, Zlatko Buric, Morgan Lily, Liam James, John Billinglsey, Thomas McCarthy, Danny Glover, Woody Harrelson
Dr. Adrian Helmsley, part of a worldwide geophysical team investigating the effect on the earth of radiation from unprecedented solar storms, learns that the earth’s core is heating up. He warns U.S. President Thomas Wilson that the crust of the earth is becoming unstable and that without proper preparations for saving a fraction of the world’s population, the entire race is doomed. Meanwhile, writer Jackson Curtis stumbles on the same information. While the world’s leaders race to build “arks” to escape the impending cataclysm, Curtis struggles to find a way to save his family. Meanwhile, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes of unprecedented strength wreak havoc around the world.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Alternate Ending
Deleted Scenes
Commentary with Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser
“Roland Emmerich: Master of the Modern Epic”
Music Video: Adam Lambert – ‘Time For Miracles’

Single Disc Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Alternate Ending
Commentary with Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser
movieIQ
PiP: Roland’s Vision
BD-Live Enabled

2-Disc Blu-ray Features:

All of the features of the Single Disc Blu-ray, plus:
Deleted Scenes
Countdown to the Future
Interactive Mayan Calendar
“Mysteries of the Mayan Calendar”
“Designing the End of the World”
“Science Behind the Destruction”
“The End of the World: The Actor’s Perspective”
Music Video: Adam Lambert – “Time for Miracles”
Making of the Music Video
Digital Copy for the Playstation Portable
Digital Copy of the Film (PC, Mac & iPod)

Recommendation: Rent (stuff blows up)

Ponyo – 7.2/10 – Trailer
Starring (English Voicing) Cate Blanchett, Noah Cyrus, Matt Damon, Frankie Jonas, Tina Fey, Liam Neeson, Cloris Leachman, Betty White, Lily Tomlin
The son of a sailor, 5-year old Sosuke lives a quiet life on an oceanside cliff with his mother Lisa. One fateful day, he finds a beautiful goldfish trapped in a bottle on the beach and upon rescuing her, names her Ponyo. But she is no ordinary goldfish. The daughter of a masterful wizard and a sea goddess, Ponyo uses her father’s magic to transform herself into a young girl and quickly falls in love with Sosuke, but the use of such powerful sorcery causes a dangerous imbalance in the world. As the moon steadily draws nearer to the earth and Ponyo’s father sends the ocean’s mighty waves to find his daughter, the two children embark on an adventure of a lifetime to save the world and fulfill Ponyo’s dreams of becoming human.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Featurette: The World of Ghibli
Featurette: Behind the Studio
Meet Ponyo
Storyboard Presentation of the Movie

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
DVD Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Buy (if you love Miyazaki, and who doesn’t? otherwise rent)

Bitch Slap – 4.6/10
Starring Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst, Lucy Lawless, Kevin Sorbo, Renee O’Connor
When three curvaceous babes arrive at a desert hideaway to steal from an underworld kingpin, things quickly spiral out of control. Allegiances are switched, truths are revealed, criminals are unmasked and nothing is quite what it seems as the fate of the world is precariously balanced among this trio of sexy femmes fatales.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Rick Jacobson, Eric Gruendemann, Brian Peck, Julia Voth, Erin Cummings and America Olivo
Buidling a Better B-Movie Documentary

Recommendation: Pass (yes i know it has both Hercules and Xena in it)

Gentlemen Broncos – 5.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Michael Angarano, Jermaine Clement, Sam Rockwell, Jennifer Coolidge, Suzanne May, Halley Feiffer
Benjamin (Angarano), home-schooled by his eccentric mother (Coolidge), is a loner whose passion for writing leads him on an journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Jared Hess, Jerusha Hess and Munn Powell
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes Reel: A Buttload of Keepsakes
One Nutty Movie: Behind-the-Scenes

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Mini-Docs

Recommendation: Pass (sorry Jermaine)

Re-Releases

The NeverEnding Story (Blu-ray) – 7.2/10
Starring Noah Hathaway, Barret Oliver, Tami Stronach, Moses Gunn, Thomas Hill
Bastian is a young boy who lives a dreary life being tormented by school bullies. On one such occasion he escapes into a book shop where the old proprieter reveals an ancient story-book to him, which he is warned can be dangerous. Shortly after, he “borrows” the book and begins to read it in the school attic where he is drawn into the mythical land of Fantasia, which desperately needs a hero to save it from destruction.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Available for the first time in 5.1 surround sound

Recommendation: Rent (HD and 5.1 audio, that’s it?)

Clash of the Titans (Blu-ray) – 6.8/10
Starring Laurence Olivier, Harry Hamlin, Judi Bowker, Maggie Smith, Ursula Andress
Perseus is the favored son of the god Zeus, but he has unwittingly ticked off the sea goddess Thetis. Just to make things worse, Perseus falls in love with the lovely Princess Andromeda, who used to be engaged to Thetis’s son. Soon Perseus is off on one quest after another, with Zeus helping, Thetis hindering, and lots of innocent bystanders getting stabbed, drowned, and squished.

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
A Conversation with Ray Harryhausen
Myths and Monsters Gallery

Recommendation: Pass

TV 0n DVD/Blu-ray

Alice (Complete Mini-Series) – DVD/Blu-ray
Alice in Wonderland (TV Movie) – DVD
Designing Women (Complete 3rd Season) – DVD
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice (Complete Series) – DVD
Matlock (Complete 4th Season) – DVD

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 23rd, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 04:00:17 +0000

New Releases

The Informant! – 6.9/10 – Trailer
Starring Matt Damon, Scott Bakula, Joel McHale, Melanie Lynskey, Richard Steven Horvitz
Mark Whitacre has worked for lysine developing company ADM for many years and has even found his way into upper management. But nothing has prepared him for the job he is about to undertake – being a spy for the FBI. Unwillingly pressured into working as an informant against the illegal price-fixing activities of his company, Whitacre gradually adopts the idea that he’s a true secret agent. But as his incessant lies keep piling up, his world begins crashing down around him.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Additional Scenes

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Steven Soderbergh and Scott Z Burns
Additional Scenes
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Rent

The Box – 5.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
Norma and Arthur Lewis, a suburban couple with a young child, receive a simple wooden box as a gift, which bears fatal and irrevocable consequences. A mysterious stranger, delivers the message that the box promises to bestow upon its owner $1 million with the press of a button. But, pressing this button will simultaneously cause the death of another human being somewhere in the world; someone they don’t know. With just 24 hours to have the box in their possession, Norma and Arthur find themselves in the cross-hairs of a startling moral dilemma and must face the true nature of their humanity.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Richard Matheson: In His Own Words

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Richard Matheson: In His Own Words
Commentary with Richard Kelly
The Box: Grounded in Reality
Visual Effect Revealed
Music Video Prequels
DVD Copy of the Film
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – 7/10 – Trailer
Starring Chris Massoglia, John C Reilly, Ken Watanabe, Josh Hutcherson, Ray Stevenson, Willem Dafoe, Salma Hayek
A young boy named Darren Shan meets a mysterious man at a freak show who turns out to be a Vampire. After a series of events Darren must leave his normal life and go on the road with the Cirque Du Freak and become a Vampire.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Deleted Scenes
Guide to Becoming a Vampire
Tour du Freak

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
U Control – PiP
My Scenes
D-Box Motion Control
BD Live Enabled
pocket BLU app

Recommendation: Pass

Sorority Row – 5/10 – Trailer
Starring Briana Evigan, Leah Pipes, Rumer Willis, Jamie Chung, Margo Harshman, Audrian Partridge, Julian Morris, Carrie Fisher
After finding out a guy cheated on their sister, sorority house Theta Pi play a simple prank on him. They trick him into thinking that he has killed his girlfriend, then take him into the middle of nowhere to ‘dismember” the body, only then revealing it was a prank. However, the prank goes horribly wrong and all involved swear never to speak of it again. A year later at graduation though, they are all reminded of the past.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Sorority Secrets: Stories from the Set
Killer 101
Kill Switch
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
PiP Commentary with Cast and Crew

Recommendation: Pass

Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths
Starring Mark Harmon, Alyssa Milano, William Baldwin, James Woods, Chris Noth, Gina Torres, Gary Cole, Nolan North, James Patrick Stuart
In a parallel universe, the lone survivor of Earth’s Justice League – Lex Luthor – travels through other-world dimensions to join forces with Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern, The Flash and J’onn J’onzz to save his world and its people. But the villainous Crime Syndicate controlled by Ultraman, Owlman and Superwoman will stop at nothing to maintain their domination.

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
“A First Look at the next DC Universe Movie”
Green Lantern First Look
Superman/Batman Public Enemies First Look
Wonder Woman: The Amazon Princess First Look
Trailers

2-Disc DVD Features:

All of the features of the Single Disc DVD, plus:
DC Showcase: The Spectre
“The New World” – Extended Cut
Bruce Timm’s Top Picks
Four Justice League Unlimited episodes
Trailers
Digital Copy of the Film

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby Digital 5.1
All of the features of the 2-Disc DVD, plus:
First Look: Batman Under the Red Hood
Live-Action Pilot Episodes for the Aquaman and Wonder Woman TV Series
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Rent (for comic book lovers)

Re-Releases

Blu-ray Combo Packs

Analyze This / Analyze That (Comedy Double Feature)
Miss Congeniality / Miss Congeniality 2 (Comedy Double Feature)
Dirty Harry / Magnum Force (Action Double Feature)
Presumed Innocent / Frantic (Thriller Double Feature)

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Adam 12 (Complete 4th Season) – DVD
FlashForward (Season 1 Part 1) – DVD
Ghost Hunters (Season 5 Part 1) – DVD
Jersey Shore (Complete First Season) – DVD
Lock ‘N Load with R Lee Ermey (Complete First Season) – DVD
My Three Sons (Season 2 vol 1) – DVD
Night Court (Complete 3rd Season) – DVD
Nurse Jackie (Complete First Season) – DVD/Blu-ray
Project Runway (Complete 6th Season) – DVD
The Universe (Complete 4th Season) – DVD/Blu-ray

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 16th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:00:16 +0000

New Releases

Law Abiding Citizen – 7.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney, Viola Davis, Bruce McGill
A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family’s killers free. He targets not only the killer but also the district attorney and others involved in the deal.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Lucas Foster and Alan Siegel
The Justice of Law Abiding Citizen
Law in Black and White
Preliminary Arguments – The Visual Effects
The Verdict
Trailers

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Theatrical and Unrated Director’s Cut of the Film

Recommendation: Rent

Black Dynamite – 7.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Michael Jai White, Salli Richardson, Arsenio Hall, Kevin Chapman, Tommy Davidson
This is the story of 1970s African-American action legend Black Dynamite. The Man killed his brother, pumped heroin into local orphanages, and flooded the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor. Black Dynamite was the one hero willing to fight The Man all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Cast and Crew Commentary
Making-of
The Comic-Con Experience

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
MovieIQ
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
The ’70s: Back in Action
BD-Live enabled

Recommendation: Rent

Halo Legends
This 8 episode anthology of 10-15 minute length each, explores the origin and historical events of the HALO universe, and various characters inhabiting the world. Like Animatrix and Batman Gotham Knight, each of the 8 episodes will be created by a separate prominent Japanese anime producer.

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
The Making of Halo Legends
Halo: Gaming Evolved
Commentary with Frank O’Connor and Joseph Chou

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Halo: The Story So Far

Recommendation: Buy (for Halo lovers)

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever – 4.5/10
Starring Rider Strong, Giuseppe Andrews, Judah Friedlander, Noah Segan, Marc Senter, Mark Borchardt, Larry Fessenden
A high school prom faces a deadly threat: a flesh-eating virus that spreads via a popular brand of bottled water.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
The Making of Gore
Prom Blow Gore Reel

Recommendation: Pass

Women in Trouble – 6.5/10 – Trailer
Starring Carla Gugino, Connie Britton, Emanuelle Chriqui, Marley Shelton, Elizabeth Berkely, Cameron Richardson, Adrianne Palicki, Joseph Gordon-Levitt
A serpentine day in the life of ten seemingly disparate women: a porn star, a flight attendant, a psychiatrist, a masseuse, a bartender, a pair of call girls, etc. All of them with one crucial thing in common. Trouble.

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
Deleted Scenes
Behind the Scenes
Trailer

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

Clint Eastwood: 35 Films 35 Years
Hollywood legend CLINT EASTWOOD has touched generations of filmgoers for over half a century. The five-time Academy Award winner has made an indelible mark as one of Hollywood’s most iconic actors and insightful directors. In honor of Eastwood’s long standing 35 year relationship with Warner Bros. through Malpaso Productions, this definitive collection celebrates Eastwood’s entire filmography at the studio from Where Eagles Dare (1968) throughGran Torino (2008) all packaged in an elegant giftset. Includes a 24 page Memorabilia booklet.

Where Eagles Dare, 1968
Kelly’s Heroes, 1970
Dirty Harry, 1971
Magnum Force, 1973
The Enforcer, 1975
The Outlaw Josey Wales, 1976
The Gauntlet, 1977
Every Which Way but Loose, 1978
Bronco Billy, 1980
Any Which Way You Can, 1980
Honkytonk Man, 1982
Firefox, 1982
Sudden Impact, 1983
City Heat, 1984
Tightrope, 1984
Pale Rider, 1985
Heartbreak Ridge, 1986
Bird, 1988
The Dead Pool, 1988
Pink Cadillac, 1989
White Hunter, Black Heart, 1990
The Rookie, 1990
Unforgiven, 1992
A Perfect World, 1993
The Bridges of Madison County, 1995
Absolute Power, 1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, 1997
True Crime, 1999
Space Cowboys, 2000
Blood Work, 2002
Mystic River, 2003
Million Dollar Baby, 2004
Letters from Iwo Jima, 2006
Gran Torino, 2008
The Eastwood Factor, 2009

Recommendation: You have to LOVE Clint Eastwood to buy this

Goodfellas (Blu-ray) – 8.1/10
Starring Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino
Henry Hill is a small time gangster, who takes part in a robbery with Jimmy Conway and Tommy De Vito, two other gangsters who have set their sights a bit higher. His two partners kill off everyone else involved in the robbery, and slowly start to climb up through the hierarchy of the Mob. Henry, however, is badly affected by his partners success, but will he stoop low enough to bring about the downfall of Jimmy and Tommy?

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby Digital 5.1 (no hi-def audio?)
34 page Blu-ray Digibook
Commentary with cast and crew
Featurettes: “Getting Made”, “Made Men: The Goodfellas Legacy”, “The Workaday Gangster”
Story to screen comparison
Trailer
“Public Enemies: The Golden Age of the Gangster Film”
Mob of classic gangster-related cartoons

Recommendation: Rent (this is just a repackage of the 2007 Blu-ray)

Cabin Fever (Blu-ray) – 4.9/10
Starring Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, James DeBello, Cerina Vincent, Joey Kern, Jeff Hoffman
An offbeat horror tale about a group of five college friends on vacation at a remote mountain cabin when one contracts a flesh-eating virus. As it spreads among the friends, their true feelings and personalities emerge as they struggle to survive the virus and each other.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
Commentary with Eli Roth, Rider Strong, Jordan Ladd, Cerina Vincent and Joey Kern
Director’s Shorts: “The Rotten Fruit”
Director’s Behind-the-Scenes Photos
Beneath the Skin: The Making of
Family Friendly Version
Pancakes!
Trailer

Recommendation: Rent

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Barnaby Jones (Complete First Season) – DVD
Lark Rise to Candleford (Complete Second Season) – DVD
Small Wonder (Complete First Season) – DVD
Spectacular Spider-Man (Volume 6 and Volume 7) – DVD

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – February 9th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:00:18 +0000

New Releases

The Time Traveler’s Wife – 6.2/10 – Trailer
Starring Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston
When Henry DeTamble meets Clare Abshire in a Chicago library they both understand that he is a time traveller, but she she knows much more than this about him as he has not yet been to the times and places where they have met before. He falls in love with her, as she has already with him, but his continuing unavoidable absences time travelling – and then returning with increasing knowledge of their future – makes things ever more difficult for Clare.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
“Love Beyond Words”

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
“Love Beyond Words”
“An Unconventional Love Story”
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Rent (for the ladies of course)

The Stepfather – 5.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Dylan Walsh, Penn Badgley, Amber Heard, Sela Ward
Michael returns home from military school to find his mother happily in love and living with her new boyfriend. As the two men get to know each other, he becomes more and more suspicious of the man who is always there with a helpful hand.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Penn Badgley, Dylan Walsh, Nelson McCormick
Open House: Making the Film
Visualizing the Stunts
Gag Reel
Too Friendly

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
movieIQ
BD-Live

Recommendation: Pass

A Serious Man – 6.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Michael Stuhlbarg, Richard Kind, Sari Wagner Lennick, Fred Melamed, Aaron Wolff
A black comedy set in 1967 and centered on Larry Gopnik, a Midwestern professor who watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won’t move out of the house.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Becoming Serious
Creating 1967
Hebrew and Yiddish for Goys

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
My Scenes
BD Live

Recommendation: Rent

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Army Wives (Complete 3rd Season) – DVD
Gary Unmarried (Complete 1st Season) – DVD
The Guild (Complete 3rd Season) – DVD
JAG (Complete Final Season) – DVD
The Sarah Silverman Program (Season 2 vol 2) – DVD
Stargate Universe (Vol 1.0) – DVD & Blu-ray
Vegas (Season 1 vol 2) – DVD

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 2nd, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:00:58 +0000

New Releases

Zombieland – 7.7/10 – Trailer
Starring Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Abigail Breslin
The horror comedy Zombieland focuses on two men who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus is a big wuss — but when you’re afraid of being eaten by zombies, fear can keep you alive. Tallahassee is an AK-toting, zombie-slaying’ bad ass whose single determination is to get the last Twinkie on earth. As they join forces with Wichita and Little Rock, who have also found unique ways to survive the zombie mayhem, they will have to determine which is worse: relying on each other or succumbing to the zombies.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Woody Harrelson, Jesse Eisenberg, Ruben Fleischer, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
“In Search of Zombieland”
“Zombieland is Your Land”
Deleted Scenes
Visual Effects Progression Scenes
Woke Up Dead Episode “Up and At ‘Em”
Trailer

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD, plus:
“Beyond the Graveyeard”
movieIQ
PS3 Wallpaper
BD-Live Enabled
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Buy

Love Happens – 5.4/10 – Trailer
Starring Aaron Eckhart, Jennifer Aniston, Frances Conroy, Dan Fogler, Martin Sheen, Judy Greer
About a widower whose book about coping with loss turns him into a best-selling self-help guru. On a business trip to Seattle, he falls for a woman who attends one of his seminars, only to learn that he hasn’t yet truly confronted his wife’s passing.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson, Richard Solomon
Deleted Scenes
Giving Romance a New Look

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
BD-Live Enabled

Recommendation: Pass

Ong Bak 2: The Beginning – 6.4/10
Starring Tony Jaa
Tien (Tony Jaa), the son of Lord Sihadecho — a tragically murdered nobleman — goes under the wing of Chernang (Sorapong Chatree), a renowned warrior and leader of the Pha Beek Krut who teaches Tien a variety of deadly fighting styles. Now a master of weapons and combat, Tien seeks out those who slayed his family. Jaa also directs and Sarunyu Wongkrachang co-stars in this martial arts thriller set in 15th-century Thailand.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
HDNet: A Look at Ong Bak 2
Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes
Interviews with cast and crew
Trailers
Preview of Ong Bak 3

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent

Amelia – 5.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Hilary Swank, Richard Gere, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Eccleston
Amelia Earhart, a Kansas girl, discovers the thrill of aviation at age 23, and within 12 years has progressed to winning the Distinguished Flying Cross for being the first woman to pilot a plane solo across the Atlantic Ocean. At age 39, she sets out on an attempt to circumnavigate the globe, an adventure that catapults her into aviation myth.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes: “Power of Amelia Earhart”, “Making Amelia”, “Movietone News”

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Featurettes: “The Plane Behind the Legend”, “Re-constructing the Planes of Amelia”
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Planet Hulk – 6.8
He was a monster, impossible to control, too dangerous to ignore. So Earth’s mightiest heroes exiled him into outer space. But now THE INCREDIBLE HULK crash lands on the distant planet SAKAAR, ruled by the tyrannical RED KING. Sold into slavery, Hulk becomes the planet’s mightiest gladiator – but his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters: crafty insectoid Miek, ruthless rock-man Korg, ex-shadow priest Hiroim, and the noble-born rebel Elloe. Unlike Earth, the desperate people of Sakaar believe a monster is just what they need. But will the Hulk be the one to save their world…or destroy it?

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Joshua Fine, Greg Johnson, Sam Liu, Philip Bourassa and Steve Nicodemus
“A Whole World of Hurt: The Making of”
“Let the Smashing Commence! The Saga of Planet Hulk”
Wolverine and the X-men: “Wolverine vs Hulk”
Spider-Woman and Astonishing X-Men motion comics
Digital Copy of the Film

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent (for comic book lovers)

Re-Releases

Mystic River (Blu-ray) – 7.5/10
Starring Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Laura Linney
During a summer in 1975, Dave Boyle and two friends, Jimmy and Sean, are playing on a sidewalk in Boston when Dave is abducted by two men and subjected to sexual abuse over a period of several days. Eventually escaping, but haunted into adulthood by his trauma, Dave becomes a primary suspect when Jimmy’s daughter, Katie, is found murdered. Sean, assigned to investigate the crime, finds himself facing both demons from the past and demons in the present as the circumstances surrounding Katie’s death are uncovered.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Commentary with Tim Robbins and Kevin Bacon
Dennis Lehane tours the Boston neighborhood setting of his novel
Mystic River: From Page to Screen
“The Charlie Rose Show”
Trailers

Recommendation: Rent

The Music Man (Blu-ray) – 8/10
Starring Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Ron Howard
Confidence man Harold Hill arrives at staid River City intending to cheat the community with his standard scam of offering to equip and train a boy’s marching band, then skip town with the money since he has no music skill anyway. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
Intro by Shirley Jones
Featurette: “Right Here in River City”
Trailer

Recommendation: Rent

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Batman: The Brave and the Bold (Volume 3) – DVD
Beverly Hills, 90210 (Complete 9th Season) – DVD
Dynasty (Season 4 vol 2) – DVD
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (Complete 6th Season) – DVD
Murder, She Wrote (Complete 11th Season) – DVD
Spectacular Spider-Man (Volume 6 and Volume 7) – DVD
Tom and Jerry (Greatest Chases: Vol 4) – DVD
Wolverine & The X-Men (Volume 4) – DVD

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 26th, 2009

Trevor — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 04:00:40 +0000

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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RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 19th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:00:42 +0000

New Releases

Gamer – 5.3/10 - Trailer
Starring Gerard Butler, Michael C Hall, Amber Valletta, Logan Lerman, Terry Crews, Ludacris, Kyra Sedgwick
Set in a future-world where humans can control other humans in mass-scale, multi-player online gaming environments, a star player from a game called “Slayers” looks to regain his independence while taking down the game’s mastermind.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Cast and Crew
“Inside the Game” The Making of
First Person Shooter: The Evolution of Red
Trailer

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
I-Con Mode (visual commentary)
Cheat Codes
Lionsgate Live enabled
Metamenu Remote enabled
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

The Invention of Lying – 7/10 – Trailer
Starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Jonah Hill, Louis CK, Christopher Guest, Rob Lowe, Tina Fey
A comedy set in a world where no one has ever lied, until a writer seizes the opportunity for personal gain.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
“Prequel: The Dawn of Lying”
“A Truly Honest Making-of Featurette”
“Meet Karl Pilkington”
Ricky and Matt’s video podcasts
Additional Scenes
Corpsing and Outtakes

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Rent

Pandorum – 7.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster
Two crew members are stranded on a spacecraft and quickly – and horrifically – realize they are not alone. Two astronauts awaken in a hyper-sleep chamber aboard a seemingly abandoned spacecraft. It’s pitch black, they are disoriented, and the only sound is a low rumble and creak from the belly of the ship. They can’t remember anything: Who are they? What is their mission? With Lt. Payton staying behind to guide him via radio transmitter, Cpl. Bower ventures deep into the ship and begins to uncover a terrifying reality. Slowly the spacecraft’s shocking, deadly secrets are revealed…and the astronauts find their own survival is more important than they could ever have imagined.

Special Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
The World of Elysium: Behind-the-Scenes
What Happened to Nadia’s Team
Flight Team Training Video
Commentary with Christian Alvard and Jeremy Bolt
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Still Galleries

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 Widescreen with Dolby TrueHD 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent

Whiteout – 4.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt
U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Additional Scenes

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
“The Coldest Thriller Ever”
“Whiteout: From Page to Screen”
Additional Scenes
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

Che (Criterion Collection) – 7.2/10
Starring Benicio del Toro, Franka Potente, Catalina Sandino Moreno
Far from a conventional biopic, Steven Soderbergh’s film about Che Guevara is a fascinating exploration of the revolutionary as icon. Daring in its refusal to make the socialist leader into an easy martyr or hero, Che paints a vivid, naturalistic portrait of the man himself (Benicio del Toro, in a stunning, Cannes-award-winning performance), from his overthrow of the Batista dictatorship to his 1964 United Nations trip to the end of his short life. Composed of two parts, the first a kaleidoscopic view of the Cuban Revolution and the second an all-action dramatization of Che’s failed campaign in Bolivia, Che is Soderbergh’s most epic vision.

Special Features:

2.35:1 (Part 1) and 1.78:1 (Part 2) Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
HD digital masters supervised by Steven Soderbergh
Commentary with Jon Lee Anderson
Making ‘Che’
Interviews with participants and historians of the Cuban Revolution and Che’s Bolivian campaign
“End of a Revolution”
“Che” and the Digital Cinema Revolution
Deleted Scenes
Theatrical Trailer
Booklet featuring an essay by Amy Taubin
Criterion Collection

Blu-ray Features:

2.35:1 (Part 1) and 1.78:1 (Part 2) Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent (Buy if you’re a Criterion collector)

Boogie Nights (Blu-ray) – 7.3/10
Starring Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly, Heather Graham, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Don Cheadle, William H Macy, Thomas Jane
Eddie Adams, a young man working in a nightclub, is discovered by porn director Jack Horner, who soon puts Eddie, renamed Dirk Diggler, and his “talent” on the top of the pornography industry. But when the 1980s arrive, Dirk and his colleagues in the porn industry have to cope with a new era as well as the baggage they bring with them from the 1970s.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Paul Thomas Anderson, Don Cheadle, Heather Graham, Luis Guzman, William H Macy, Julianne Moore, John C Reilly, Mark Wahlberg and Melora Walters
Additional Scenes
Music video: “Try” with Michael Penn
“The John C Reilly Files”
Trailer

Recommendation: Rent

Magnolia (Blu-ray) - 7.5/10
Starring John C Reilly, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, April Grace, Luis Guzman, Philip Baker Hall, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, William H Macy, Alfred Molina, Jason Robards, Melora Walters
24 hours in L.A.; it’s raining cats and dogs. Two parallel and intercut stories dramatize men about to die: both are estranged from a grown child, both want to make contact, and neither child wants anything to do with dad. Earl Partridge’s son is a charismatic misogynist; Jimmy Gator’s daughter is a cokehead and waif. A mild and caring nurse intercedes for Earl, reaching the son; a prayerful and upright beat cop meets the daughter, is attracted to her, and leads her toward a new calm. Meanwhile, guilt consumes Earl’s young wife, while two whiz kids, one grown and a loser and the other young and pressured, face their situations. The weather, too, is quirky.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and Dolby Digital 5.1
“Magnolia Video Diary”
“Frank TJ Mackey Seminar”
“Seduce and Destroy”
Music Video: “Save Me” by Aimee Mann
Trailers

Recommendation: Rent

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

Dallas (Complete 12th Season) – DVD
Damages (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD
Law & Order (Complete 7th Season) – DVD
thirtysomething (Complete 2nd Season) – DVD
Weeds (Complete 5th Season) – DVD/Blu-ray

Coming Soon:

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RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 12th, 2010

Trevor — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:00:40 +0000

New Releases

The Hurt Locker – 8/10 – Trailer
Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty
An intense portrayal of elite soldiers who have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: disarming bombs in the heat of combat. When a new sergeant, James, takes over a highly trained bomb disposal team amidst violent conflict, he surprises his two subordinates, Sanborn and Eldridge, by recklessly plunging them into a deadly game of urban combat. James behaves as if he’s indifferent to death. As the men struggle to control their wild new leader, the city explodes into chaos, and James’ true character reveals itself in a way that will change each man forever.

Special Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal
The Hurt Locker: Behind the Scenes
Image Gallery

Blu-ray Features:

1.78:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 and Dolby Digital 2.0
Commentary with Kathryn Bigelow and Mark Boal
The Hurt Locker: Behind the Scenes
Image Gallery

Recommendation: Rent

Moon – 7.8/10 – Trailer
Starring Sam Rockwell, Kevin Spacey, Dominique McElligott
With only three weeks left in his three year contract, Sam Bell is getting anxious to finally return to Earth. He is the only occupant of a Moon-based manufacturing facility along with his computer and assistant, GERTY. The long period of time alone however has resulted in him talking to himself for the most part, or to his plants. Direct communication with Earth is not possible due to a long-standing communication malfunction but he does get an occasional message from his wife Tess. When he has an accident however, he wakens to find that he is not alone. He also comes to realize that his world is not what he thought it was.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Duncan Jones, Gary Shaw, Gavin Rothery, Tony Noble and Stuart Fenegan
Featurettes: “The Making of Moon”, “Creating the Visual Effects”, “Science Center Q&A”, “Flimmaker’s Q&A at Sundance”

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Rent

Fame – 5.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Naturi Naughton, Collins Pennie, Kay Panabaker, Asher Book, Kherington Payne, Walter Perez, Anna Maria Perez de Tagle, Paul Iacono, Kristy Flores
An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

Special Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Theatrical and Extended Cuts of the Film
Deleted Scenes
Fame Music Video
Remember My Name
Fame National Talent Search Finalist
The Dances of Fame

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release

Recommendation: Pass

Halloween II – 4.6/10 – Trailer
Starring Malcolm McDowell, Tyler Mane, Sheri Moon Zombie, Brad Dourif, Danielle Harris, Scout Taylor-Compton
Michael Myers is still at large and no less dangerous than ever. After a failed reunion to reach his baby sister at their old home, Laurie Strode is immediately taken to a hospital to be treated by the wounds that had been afflicted by her brother a few hours ago. However, Michael isn’t too far off and will continue his murdering ‘Halloween’ rampage until he gets his sister all to himself.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Commentary with Rob Zombie
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Blooper Reel
Audition Footage
Make-Up Test Footage
Uncle Seymour Coffins’ Stand-Up Routines
Captain Clegg and the Night Creatures music videos

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
movie IQ
BD-Live

Recommendation: Pass

Post Grad – 6.3/10 – Trailer
Starring Alexis Bledel, Carol Burnett, Jane Lynch, Michael Keaton
Ryden Malby graduates from college and is forced to move back into her childhood home with her eccentric family, while she attempts to find a job, the right guy, and just a hint of where her life is headed.

Special Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen with Dolby Digital 5.1
Deleted and Alternate Scenes
Real Life Advice with Alexis Bledel and Zach Gilford
Know Your Strengths
How Not to Get a Job
A Guide to Moving Back Home
Dress for Success
Find Your Match
What Not to Wear
Post Grad Confidential
Music Videos “Over and Over” and “One Day”

Blu-ray Features:

1.85:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
All of the features of the DVD release, plus:
Digital Copy of the Film

Recommendation: Pass

Re-Releases

Cliffhanger (Blu-ray) – 5.2/10
Starring Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker, Janine Turner, Leon, Paul Winfield, Ralph Waite
Whilst crossing a ledge, 4000 feet above the earth, Gabe’s friend’s equiptment fails to work and she slips out of his hand, falling to the ground. Almost a year later, Gabe is asked to go back to the same mountain range and rescue a group of ’stranded’ people. The only catch is that these so called ’stranded’ people are infact looking for three boxes filled with $100,000,000 and they need mountain ranger to lead them to them.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
movieIQ
Commentary with Renny Harlin and Sylvester Stallone
Deleted Scenes
“Stallone on the Edge: The Making of Cliffhanger”
Special Effects Featurettes
Storyboard Comparisons
Trailer

Recommendation: Pass

Last Action Hero – 5.2/10
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, F Murray Abraham, Charles Dance, Tom Noonan, Austin O’Brien, Art Carney, Anthony Quinn, Bridgette Wilson
Young Danny Madigan is a big fan of Jack Slater, a larger-than-life action hero played by Arnold Schwarzenegger. When his best friend, Nick the projectionist, gives him a magic ticket to the new Jack Slater film, Danny is transported into Slater’s world, where the good guys always win. One of Slater’s enemies, Benedict the hitman, gets hold of the ticket and ends up in Danny’s world, where he realises that if he can kill Schwarzenegger, Slater will be no more. Slater and Danny must travel back and stop him.

Blu-ray Features:

2.40:1 Widescreen 1080p with DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
BD Live

Recommendation: Pass

TV on DVD/Blu-ray

ER (Complete 12th Season) – DVD
Robin Hood (Complete 3rd Season) – DVD
The Simpsons (Complete 20th Season) – DVD/Blu-ray

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