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DVD Pick: Waltz With Bashir

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:29:14 +0000

Waltz With Bashir is a strange documentary in both style and content. In it Israeli filmmaker Ari Folman reconstructs memories, fantasies and hallucinations resulting from wartime experiences of more than two decades earlier. Read more: Waltz With Bashir DVD Review

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New DVD Releases - June 30, 2009

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:26:26 +0000

The new DVD releases include 12 Rounds, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience and Two Lovers. You can also take a look at additional releases of interest and a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD.

More About This Week's New DVD Movies:

12 Rounds DVD
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience DVD
Two Lovers DVD

More About What's Coming to DVD Soon:

Knowing DVD
Push DVD
The Unborn DVD

^{12 Rounds DVD - � Fox Home Entertainment}

Top Kurosawa Films

Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:19:49 +0000

Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) made about 30 movies over a period of 50 years, and he was a major influence on the Spielberg-Coppola-Lucas-Scorsese generation of filmmakers. Read more: Top Kurosawa Films

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DVD Pick: Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition)

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:54:00 +0000

Spike Lee wrote, directed and produced Do the Right Thing. His earnest, daring vision gave the movie great emotional and intellectual power, and he avoided making a boring political tract. Do the Right Thing comes to DVD on June 30, 2009. Read more: Do the Right Thing DVD Review

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^{Do the Right Thing (20th Anniversary Edition) DVD Cover Art - � Universal Studios Home Entertainment}

New DVD Releases - June 23, 2009

Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:14:46 +0000

The new DVD releases include Confessions of a Shopaholic, Inkheart and The Pink Panther 2. We'll also take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD. In addition, you can share your voice and tell us about the new DVDs you want to watch.

More About This Week's New DVD Movies:

Confessions of a Shopaholic DVD
Inkheart DVD
The Pink Panther 2 DVD

More About What's Coming to DVD Soon:

12 Rounds DVD
Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience DVD
Two Lovers DVD

^{Confessions of a Shopaholic DVD - � Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment}

Memorable Movie Dads

Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:12:42 +0000

Here's a brief look at some of my favorite movies that all have memorable fathers as characters. All these movies have touched my heart and have made me think about the relationships between fathers and their children in different ways. Read more

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Memorable Movie Moms
Memorable Movies About Grads

Defiance DVD Review

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 03:24:38 +0000

Defiance is an honorable and earnest film that does many things right. It has powerful individual scenes, but fails to deliver strong emotional resonance. Nevertheless, the movie brings to a wide audience a deserving story. Read more: Defiance DVD Review

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New DVD Releases - June 16, 2009

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:22:00 +0000

The new DVD releases include Friday the 13th, Morning Light and Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail. We'll also take a sneak peek at next week's movies on video/DVD. In addition, you can share your voice and tell us about the new DVDs you want to watch.

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^{Tyler Perry's Madea Goes to Jail DVD - � Lionsgate}

Coming to DVD: 12 Rounds

Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:57:27 +0000

World Wrestling Entertainment's John Cena stars in this frenetic actioner directed by Renny Harlan. Danny Fisher (Cena) is a New Orleans police officer who catches criminal mastermind Miles Jackson (Aidan Gillen), but in the process the villain's girlfriend is killed. A year later, Jackson breaks out of prison and kidnaps Fisher's girlfriend Molly (Ashley Scott). Find out more about the 12 Rounds DVD.

^{12 Rounds DVD Cover - � Fox Home Entertainment}

DVD Pick: Gran Torino

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:06:46 +0000

"Get off my lawn," snarls Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) in the highly entertaining Gran Torino. Walt is a lonely, alienated, cantankerous retired autoworker whose prize possession is a 1972 Gran Torino, a car he helped build when he worked at Ford. Eastwood creates an unforgettable character in this movie. Read more: Gran�Torino DVD Review

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^{Gran Torino DVD Cover Art - � Warner Bros. Entertainment}