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Brilliant performances make PUBLIC ENEMIES a must have DVD

Dec 8th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures | 2009 | Rated R | 140 minutes | List price: $34.98 | Get it for less at Amazon

The first thing that you will notice about Michael Mann’s film PUBLIC ENEMIES, new on DVD and Blu-ray today, is how he is able to contain the larger than life mythology that has become John [...]



Universal releases two-disc Collector’s Edition for Apatow’s FUNNY PEOPLE

Nov 24th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures | 2009 | Rated R | 146 minutes | List price: $29.98 | Get it for less at Amazon

FUNNY PEOPLE, the third feature film from writer and director Judd Apatow, whose last two outings, THE 40 YEAR OLD VIRGIN and KNOCKED UP, solidified his status as a comedic hit-maker, has unfortunately fallen short, [...]



Even adorable puppies cannot save the travesty of SANTA BUDDIES: THE LEGEND OF SANTA PAWS

Nov 24th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment | 2009 | Rated G | 88 minutes | List price: $39.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

The next movie in the wildly successful live-action, talking dog series, AIR BUD and the subsequent AIR BUDDIES movies, SANTA BUDDIES: THE LEGEND OF SANTA PAWS, follows the adventures of Puppy Paws, [...]



You can’t keep a good comedy down: “SCRUBS” comes to blu-ray

Nov 17th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

ABC Studios | 2009 | 414 minutes | List price: $54.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

“Scrubs,” the innovative and quirky comedy from Bill Lawrence and starring Zach Braff (GARDEN STATE), has been tested time and time again as it has been threatened with cancellation, cancelled but then renewed, and finally, juggled from one [...]



Three films of Kevin Smith are highlighted in a new blu-ray box set

Nov 17th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Buena Vista Home Entertainment | 2009 | List price: $89.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

With his directorial debut with CLERKS in 1994, Kevin Smith helped define the independent film genre and introduced fans to his trademark rapid fire dialogue with its numerous pop culture references and his small ensemble casts that serve to [...]



Now on DVD, Bruno still a no go

Nov 17th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Universal Pictures | 2009 | Rated R | 83 minutes | List price: $29.98 | Get it for less at Amazon

“Vas up? I’m Brüno!” proudly proclaims Sacha Baron Cohen’s flamboyant fashionista to open the comedian’s latest film, BRUNO. Brüno, the extravagantly gay Austrian fashion reporter, sets out to seek his fame in America, [...]



One of the best movies of the year, Pixar’s UP, soars onto Blu-ray

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios | 2009 | Rated PG | 96 minutes | List price: $45.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

Continuing their unparalleled ability to produce hit film after hit film, Pixar has once again demonstrated that at the heart of any great story remains first and foremost the characters. With such varied [...]



MONSTERS, INC. has an unrivaled release on Blu-ray that is chock full of bonus material

Nov 10th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Pixar Animation Studios | 2001 | Rated G | 92 minutes | List price: $40.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

Pixar’s 2001 hit, MONSTERS, INC., continued the studio’s tradition of creating wonderfully fantastical worlds of incredible imagination in design utilizing the very best in computer animation. What is the hallmark though of a [...]



TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE proves to be great family fun

Oct 28th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Walt Disney Studios | 2009 | Rated G | 81 minutes | List price: $39.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

The second film to be released in the new “Disney Fairies” movie series, TINKER BELL AND THE LOST TREASURE finds all of the fairies of Pixie Hollow preparing for the great Autumn Revelry festival [...]



THE PROPOSAL proves to be one of the funnier romantic comedies in years

Oct 13th, 2009 | By Allan Given | Category: Home Entertainment

Touchstone | 2009 | Rated PG-13 | 108 minutes | List price: $44.99 | Get it for less at Amazon

While for many, the romantic comedy genre can be nothing more than formulaic, following a standard “boy meets girl / boy and girl fall in love / boy loses girl / boy and girl live happily [...]