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DVD Reviews
So you only spent a few bucks to rent the DVD: We are your guide to help you save your money, and more importantly, your time.
The Blind Side
Touching film full of life lessons, with more than its share of unforced humor, “The Blind Side” was easily one of the best films of 2009.
May 20th, 2010
Food, Inc.
Altogether, Food, Inc. is a must-see for anyone who wants to know a little bit more about where the food they eat actually comes from and the conditions under which it is produced.
March 29th, 2010
UP
The Brainchild of Peter Docter, Bob Peterson and Tom McCarthy, Up is a poignant parody on the adventure of life.
March 22nd, 2010
The Hurt Locker
The Hurt Locker, awarded the Oscar for the Best Picture of the Year, is an important film that will be remembered as a perfunctory exposition of the occupation of Iraq in the War on Terror.
March 18th, 2010
Funny People
Inorder to rediscover his comedy, Adam Sandler reverted to the worst within the ego of an overindulged former stand-up comedian turned low-brow actor
February 11th, 2010
Julie & Julia
Julia Child was the most influential culinary author of all time. Julie Powell respected that fact and piggy-backed her ambition on the shoulders of a very big woman.
February 11th, 2010
Extract
Mike Judge, the personafication of hit or miss, writes and directs what will become a comedy classic.
January 28th, 2010
Inglourious Basterds
For all of you, and your descendents, there is the extreme Jewish fantasy film, "Inglourious Basterds," to quell your immediate hunger for the ultimate revenge for that ultimate transgression.
January 18th, 2010
Angels and Demons
Tom Hanks reprises his role as symbologist Robert Langdon as he struggles against all odds to save what he has little reverence for - the Vatican.
January 5th, 2010
A Christmas Story
Jean Shepherd's humorist view a of one family's Christmas skewed toward the bizarre in a very cold northern Indiana - very industrial, very middleclass, and of course, very funny.
January 1st, 2010
Inkheart
Fairy tales do come true, but oh what a winding and precarious road they can take.
January 1st, 2010
John Adams
"John Adams survives" were the final words of John Adams' nemesis turned enduring confidant, Thomas Jefferson, while the genius Virginian was on his deathbed.
January 1st, 2010
Public Enemies
The government named these bank robbers "public enemies," with John Dillinger as "Public Enemy No. 1." Ironically, the public saw the government, not the robbers as the real enemy.
January 1st, 2010
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
In this prequel to the X-Men series, we learn the origin of Logan (Wolverine) and his brother, Victor Creed, and what happens as their similar fates diverge.
January 1st, 2010
The Proposal
Finally, a romantic comedy that works. I generally do not like romantic comedies. Often they exhibit too little comedy, and are too unbelievable.
January 1st, 2010
Coraline
Director Henry Selick used 450 animators / technicians and over 50 separate sets to produce an innovative animated film,
December 31st, 2009
Camille
Camille was possibly one of the sweetest girls in Kentucky, but she was also possibly the most naive. And don't naive girls deserve some measure of happiness too.
December 31st, 2009
The Merry Gentleman
Michael Keaton directs his first film and uses the old formula of substance over style to present the quirky fellowship between a hitman and a sweet girl.
December 31st, 2009
Cadillac Records
Polish immigrant Leonard Chess wanted a better life, and he built it on the talented backs of some pretty good musicians, like Muddy Waters, Etta James, Howl'n Wolfe, Willie Dixon and Chuck Berry.
December 31st, 2009
Sunshine Cleaning
Wonderfully acted, with a story that matters about people that matter, as they struggle against the odds to survive with their dignity intact.
December 31st, 2009





