New Releases
RA: Renters Anonymous – March 16th, 2010
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 [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – March 9th, 2010
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. [...]
New Release Review: “The Crazies”
Review: The Crazies (2010)
7 / 10 stars
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Starring: Timothy Olyphant, Radha Mitchell, Joe Anderson
Rating: R
Zombie movies are a dime a dozen these days. There is a plethora of films in which the walking dead return to munch on the living, and it’s a rare occasion when a horror flick of this type stands out [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – March 2nd, 2010
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 [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 23rd, 2010
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 [...]
DVD Review: Fame (1980) on Blu-ray
Fame (1980) on Blu-Ray
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Runtime: 133 minutes
Rating: ‘R’
Starring: Irene Cara, Maureen Teefy, Barry Miller, Paul McCrane
Director: Alan Parker
DVD Release Date: January 26, 2010
If you’re sick of seeing modernized dance flicks such as Step Up (2006) and Stomp the Yard (2007) that seemingly plague theaters each year, then the [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 16th, 2010
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 [...]
DVD Review: Southland Season One
Southland Season One Review
by Ryan Taljonick
Warner Brothers Television
Starring: Kevin Alejandro, Michael Cudlitz, Ben McKenzie, Shawn Hatosy, Regina King
Writer Ann Biderman’s Southland is a new police drama television series that is unlike any other – and that’s a good thing. Personally, I’m not a fan of police shows. There are a plethora of different police [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – February 9th, 2010
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 [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – Feb 2nd, 2010
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 [...]
DVD Reviews: TopGear Seasons 11 and 12
TopGear (Seasons 11 and 12)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
If you’re big into luxury vehicles, then you have undoubtedly heard of the popular BBC series TopGear. Jeremy Clarkson and his co-hosts, Richard Hammond and James May, present the pros and cons of luxury vehicles as well as some “average” cars. These hour-long episodes include plenty of playful bantering [...]
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
DVD Review: Chuck Season 2
Chuck (Season 2)
Warner Brothers Entertainment
Starring: Zachary Levi (Chuck), Yvonne Strahovski (Sarah), Joshua Gomez (Morgan), Adam Baldwin (John Casey)
Everyone’s favorite nerd-turned-spy is available again on DVD with the deluxe six-disc season two box set. The season two set contains 22 episodes filled with action, hot scantily-clad women, and enough nerd culture references to make an eleven [...]
DVD Review: Facing Ali
Facing Ali
Lionsgate
Runtime: 100 minutes
Rating: R for some language
Genre: Documentary
Directed by: Pete McCormack
Format: Widescreen
Subtitles: English and Spanish
DVD Audio: 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital
The first thing you should know about Facing Ali before viewing it is that it is a documentary style film. Knowing little about the most famous boxer [...]
RA: Renters Anonymous – Jan 19th, 2010
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.
