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French Fields - Complete Collection: DVD Review

This sweet, fluffy British sitcom's TV-ond-DVD edition with Julia McKenzie and Anton Rodgers isn't exactly mandatory viewing, but it's difficult avoiding getting a giggle or two out of the thing....

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The Organizer: BD Review

The Marcello Mastroianni labor drama is technically magnificent on Criterion Blu-ray, but is it worth its $30 price tag....?

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New Year's Eve: BD Review

Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ice Cube, Halle Berry, Ashton Kutcher, Hilary Swank - with a cast this strong, New Year's Eve should at least be watchable, right....?

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History of the World in Two Hours: 3D BD Review

3D, two hours, one unfortunately uncompelling history doc....

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Shock Labyrinth: 3D BD Review

It's a hospital! It's a death maze! It's a hospital and a death maze....!

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Dragon Age - Dawn of the Seeker: BD Review

It's a knockout in terms of high-def technical quality, but Dawn of the Seeker doesn't exactly wow as an anime actioner....

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Project X: BD Review

Even for a dumb-ass teen comedy, Project X is vacuous and uninspired....

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A Thousand Words: BD Review

Linda Cook of KWQC-TV Iowa has this rave for this new Eddie Murphy flick: "A Thousand Words is not unspeakably awful." High praise, indeed....

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Maverick - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

If you love TV westerns, this Maverick set is really gonna whet your whistle....

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Fairly Legal - Season One: DVD Review

It's definitely factory-made conveyor belt television, but L Word alum Sarah Shahi's new series is nevertheless pretty darned addictive....

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George Gently - Series 4: BD Review

...in which Gently and Bacchus investigate the swinging world of British TV rock and roll shows aas well as the unexplained disappearance of an old informant....

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Damages - The Complete Fourth Season: DVD Review

This latest TV-on-DVD set of Damages proves one thing: never trust John Goodman....

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Civilization - The West and the Rest With Niall Ferguson: DVD Review

Newsweek columnist Niall Ferguson takes us on a journey through the modern world that is as thought-provoking as it is ultimately unconvincing....

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Brad Meltzer's Decoded - Season Two: DVD Review

I didn't even know there was a conspiracy around the building of Mount Rushmore. Thanks, Brad Meltzer...!

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Spawn - Director's Cut: BD Review

If you suffer from a fear of clowns, we recommend you stay five feet away from this new Spawn BD....

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Bullhead: BD Review

The admirable but dramatically tricky Best Foreign Language Film nominee from Belgium gets a solid high-def edition....

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Trial and Retribution - Set 5: DVD Review

The David Hayman/Victoria Smurfit crime drama import sees a new standard-def set hit shelves....

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Leverage - The Fourth Season: DVD Review

The Timothy Hutton drama series' senior year is as solid as ever....

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Rosetta: BD Review

The Palme d'Or-winning drama by the Dardenne brothers gets a superb high-def Criterion release....

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The Dictator: BD Review

"If you go to the bathroom after Osama, you will realize the true meaning of terrorism."

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ATM: BD Review

Looking for a dumb-shit horror flick that's as dull as it is preposterous? Boy, do we have the movie for you....

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Dexter - The Sixth Season: BD Review

As a season-long release, Dexter: The Sixth Season is a swing and a miss, but that doesn't mean you won't quickly marathon through this TV-on-BD set....

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A Separation: BD Review

This Oscar-winning melodrama from Iran will punch a hole right through your heart....

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Being Flynn: BD Review

With a cast like this one - De Niro, Julianne Moore, Lili Taylor - Being Flynn should be better than it is, but there are bursts of movie magic here, nonetheless....

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Chimpanzee: BD Review

This latest DisneyNature documentary isn't perfect, but it's nevertheless pretty darned irresistible....

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Sacred Blacksmith - The Complete Series: DVD Review

Another year, another re-release of Sacred Blacksmith - but is this one worth double-dipping for....?

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4:44 Last Day on Earth: BD Review

Yes, the world ends in this Willem Dafoe drama, but unfortunately, the apocalypse doesn't come soon enough....

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The Inbetweeners - The Complete Series: DVD Review

"You've had an eventful day - bunking off school, buying alcohol illegally, defacing Carli's drive and insulting Neil's dad. Have I missed anything?" "We also hit a spastic with a Frisbee."

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NCIS - The Ninth Season: DVD Review

TV's number one crime drama proves its moxie on this Ninth Season set, even without a bump to high-def....

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Darling Companion: BD Review

This new Lawrence Kasdan melodrama has enough starpower and narrative control to almost successfull counter its innate cheesiness....

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Megacities: DVD Review

This doc series goes beyond 'bright lights, big city' and really investigates the very fabric of modern international urbanism....

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Injustice: DVD Review

This new British import crime drama from the mind behind Foyle's War fails to connect....

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Avatar: 3D BD Review

The biggest movie of all time is a technical marvel in high-def 3D, but this is by no means a complete edition...

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Young James Herriot: DVD Review

The legendary veterinarian gets a solid biopic treatment by this miniseries import....

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Madagascar 3 - Europe's Most Wanted: BD Review

"Ooooh - you have a very hairy back. I like that in a woman...."

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Lola Versus: BD Review

Greta Gerwig headliens this mopey indie that you'll probably want to avoid....

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Brave New World: DVD Review

The new Stephen Hawking documentary series is no Brief History of Time, that's for sure....

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Shadow of a Doubt: BD Review

Alfred Hitchcock: Masterpiece Edition Vol. 2: Joseph Cotten unleashes his inner madman in the terrifying Shadow of a Doubt....

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The Amazing Spider-Man: BD Review

This franchise reboot with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone is signficantly more exciting than it has any right to be...

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Thomas & Sarah: DVD Review

This Upstairs Downstairs spinoff doesn't quite capture its source series' brashly inspired social commentary....

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Kidnap & Ransom - Complete Series 1 and 2: DVD Review

This hostage crisis TV drama has moments of greatness, but doesn't completely make a case for itself....

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General Education: BD Review

This teen comedy with Larry Miller and Janeane Garofalo has a solid pedigree, but falters in its delivery....

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Happy Endings - The Complete Second Season: DVD Review

There's nothing of particular note on this Happy Endings DVD set, but at times this series can be pretty damned funny....

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Up: 3D BD Review

Leave it to Pixar to deliver what just might be the best 3D Blu-ray title of the year....

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Chained: BD Review

This piece of torture porn starring Vincent D'Onofrio is often intriguing, but ultimately way too brutal for its own good....

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The Lina Wertmuller Collection: BD Review

This arthouse trilogy will try the consistutions of even the most hardened cinephiles....

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The Lucy Show - The Official Sixth and Final Season: DVD Review

TV's favorite redhead is in fine form here, but this collection doesn't have the punch of other Lucy comedy offerings....

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Narrow Escapes of WWII: DVD Review

If you're a hardcore history buff, prepare to be seriously intrigued by this TV-on-DVD documentary set....

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Kill 'Em All: BD Review

It's Saw meets The Bourne Identity meets The Hunger Games, only without the Metallica soundtrack you'd expect....

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Total Recall: BD Review

Colin Farrell doesn't get his ass to Mars the way Arnold did, but even overly possessive 1990s film geeks might find some good things here....

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