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We Need to Talk About Kevin: BD Review

This emotionally brutal Tilda Swinton/John C. Reilly drama makes for a rough but unforgettable high-definition experience....

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Vega$ - The Third Season, Vol. 1: DVD Review

"Get in, or I blow your pretty little face off!" "You got a lousy sense of humor, lady."

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The Woman in Black: DVD Review

Spoiler Alert: Daniel Radcliffe doesn't use the Expelliarmus curse even once in The Woman in Black (and trust me - it would have come in handy)....

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Bill Moyers - Capitol Crimes: DVD Review

Tired of current Bain- and Kenya-oriented political scandals from Washington? Why not join Bill Moyers as he turns his focused gaze to Jack Abramoff and parties like it's 2006....?

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Let the Bullets Fly: BD Review

This hugely successful Chinese import starring Jiang Wen and Chow Yun-fat is one of the more enjoyably entertaining neo-westerns in recent memory....

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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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Journey 2 - The Mysterious Island: BD Review

Alas, Steve Perry does not have a cameo in this latest Dwayne Johnson kiddie flick....

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Hell on Wheels - The Complete First Season: BD Review

This new revenge-fueled western makes for dumb, bloody fun....

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Hazel - The Complete Third Season: DVD Review

Oh, that wacky Hazel....

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Shallow Grave: BD Review

This early Danny Boyle thriller starring Ewan McGregor is a trusty, almost giddily Hitchcockian treat in high-def....

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New Tricks - Season Seven: DVD Review

The New Tricks team is back for another round, and you're unlikely to find a more ass-kicking set of retirees....

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Washington - Behind Closed Doors: DVD Review

Can Jason Robards, Andy Griffith, and Robert Vaughn fix circa-1977 American politics at large....?

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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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Curb Your Enthusiasm: The Complete Eighth Season: DVD Review

Larry David and company prove with this latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm that with the right comic timing, even a bitter, devastating divorce can be laugh-out-loud funny....

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Murdoch Mysteries - Season 4: BD Review

Murdoch builds a sonar device? What could possibly be more exciting than that....?!

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Pretty Little Liars - The Complete Second Season: DVD Review

...in which the identity of the mysterious 'A' is revealed. LOL - BRB....

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American Reunion: BD Review

The American Pie folks are back - and yes, this new installment delivers in terms of masturbation gags, embarrassment nudity, and topless chicks....

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The Big Bang Theory - The Complete First Season: BD Review

"I don't know how, but she is cheating! Nobody can be that attractive and this skilled at a video game."

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The Code: DVD Review

A three-hour documentary about math and science shouldn't be nearly this entertaining....

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Coma: BD Review

Genevieve Bujold and Michael Douglas show those ER pikers how it's done on this BD debut of Michael Crichton's hospital thriller....

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Margaret: BD Review

After sitting on the shelf for five years, this Anna Paquin/Matt Damon drama finally gets the release it deserves....

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The River - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

No one knows what happened to Bruce Greenwood after he got lost down-river, but the question here is: will be the fate of those who head to the Amazon to retrieve him....?

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Scandal - The Ccomplete First Season: DVD Review

Paris from Gilmore Girls returns to TV with this tale of a PR super-squad that can handle all the gossipy controversy you can throw at them....

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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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GCB - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

"I've been though too much to cry. My husband's death, family trauma, democratic administrations. Don't worry - I got this...."

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Tales of Vesperia - The First Strike: BD Review

We can't speak about the video game it's based on, but this prequel (of sorts) is a visual stunner....

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Midsomer Murders - Set 20: BD Review

...in which Tom Barnaby (John Nettles) hands things over to his cousin John (Neil Dudgeon)....

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Wilfred - The Complete First Season: DVD Review

"I'm not crazy!" "Said the man to the dog..."

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Strike Back - Cinemax Season One: BD Review

Strike Back's three most important aspects: Ass-kicking, ass-kicking, and ass-kicking....

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Garrow's Law - Series 3: DVD Review

The acclaimed Rupert Graves British legal drama comes to a harsh, brittle end....

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The Hunger Games: BD Review

Katniss and friends roar into high-def on a particularly killer Blu-ray edition....

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Madame Bovary: DVD Review

Kiss or Kill alum Frances O'Connor nails her performance as the eponymous heroine in this umpteenth Flaubert TV update....

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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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A Separation: BD Review

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

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Vega$ - The Third Season, Vol. 2: DVD Review

The beloved Robert Urich series comes to a neon-lit finale....

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Romy and Michele's High School Reunion: BD Review

"You look so good with blonde hair and black roots its, like, not even funny...."

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Sebastiane: BD Review

Derek Jarman's surprisingly dull - and clothing-optional - third-century opus gets a movie-only Blu-ray edition....

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Kill List: BD Review

It connect the dots as a crime drama, but Kill List never really comes to life....

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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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Quill - The Life of a Guide Dog: DVD Review

The doggie dream sequence in Quill is worth the price of admission, but this standard-def edition might not merit a full adoption....

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Brake: BD Review

Stephen Dorff gets stuck in a car trunk. And - surprise, surprise - it actually kind of works....

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Ghosts of the Abyss: 3D BD Review

James Cameron heads toward the bottom of the ocean with more than a few nifty 3D gadgets to record the ride....

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Cabin in the Woods: BD Review

This Joss Whedon horror flick is gory, fun, unpredictable - just don't let anybody ruin the ending for you if you haven't seen it....

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The Sinking of the Laconia: DVD Review

This Birtish miniseries doesn't get an air-tight standard-def presentation on DVD, but there's no denying it offers a compelling basic scenario....

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The Avengers: BD Review

Captain America and company thunder onto Blu-ray with this first must-have high-def edition of the fall season....

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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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The Game: BD Review

Michael Douglas goes through the ringer on this irresistible new Criterion Blu-ray edition of the David Fincher thriller....

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Grosse Pointe Blank: BD Review

Don't get too excited, John Cusack fans - the high-def upgrade of this mid-90s cult hit disappoints across the board....

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Grimm - Season One: BD Review

It's like Columbo, only with things that go bump in the night. Really...?

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Dial M For Murder: 3D BD Review

It's neat to finally see the Grace Kelly thriller in 3D, but even the added dimension can't help Dial M For Murder be anything more than ho-hum Hitchcock at best...

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