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Latest DVD/Blu-ray Reviews |  |  | | The Change-Up | | Release date: Jan 05, 2012 | | The old body-swap comedy device is dusted off for The Change-Up. Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are best buddies living totally different lives. Dave (Bateman) is a lawyer who’s married with kids, while party boy bachelor Mitch (Reynolds) is a wannabe actor living... more |
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|  | | Final Destination 5 | | Release date: Jan 11, 2012 | | | The teen horror franchise returns, despite the previous instalment declaring itself to be The Final Destination. A spectacular suspension bridge collapse – which ranks among the series' best opening sequences – leaves a group of survivors waiting for death to come... more |
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|  | | The Smurfs | | Release date: Jan 05, 2012 | | | Blue fantasy critters from an enchanted forest are big again this summer – and we’re not talking about a sequel to Avatar! The Smurfs is set to introduce the characters of Belgium creator Peyo to a whole new generation, while grownups who collected the titular... more |
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|  | | Horrible Bosses | | Release date: Jan 11, 2012 | | | A title expressing an all too common theme, Horrible Bosses concerns three friends, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day and Jason Bateman, who conspire to kill their respective superiors. Taking on their titular roles with over-the-top relish are Colin Farrell as a coke-hound... more |
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|  | | The Zookeeper | | Release date: Jan 11, 2012 | | | Paul Blart: Mall Cop star Kevin James switches professions for this talking critter comedy. While he loves caring for the animals, there’s a great big hole inside his heart, leading James to contemplate leaving his dream job to find true love.
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|  | | Abduction | | Release date: Jan 20, 2012 | | | The blockbuster Twilight Saga may soon be setting, but fear not, its teen heartthrobs are busy moving onwards with their Hollywood careers. The enterprising Taylor Lautner has even formed his own production company for the solo action vehicle, Abduction. Lautner plays... more |
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|  | | Flypaper | | Release date: Jan 05, 2012 | | | The unlikely collaboration between the writers of The Hangover, the director of The Lion King and the star of Grey's Anatomy has produced a film that's part crime comedy, part murder mystery. A bank is held up by two different sets of bandits, simultaneously.... more |
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|  | | Super | | Release date: Jan 05, 2012 | | | The latest entry in the 'ordinary guy becomes DIY superhero' subgenre that includes Kick-Ass and Griff the Invisible, Super is from writer-director James Gunn, whose previous film was the 2006 monster movie homage Slither. Fry cook Frank (Rainn... more |
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|  | | Set Up | | Release date: Jan 04, 2012 | | | In SetUp, former high school buddies Ryan Phillipe, 50 Cent and Brett Greenstaff plan a brazen diamond heist. After scoring the loot, Phillipe betrays his two friends, leaving Greenstaff dead and 50 Cent out for revenge – even if it means teaming up with the city’s... more |
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|  | | Johnny English Reborn | | Release date: Jan 12, 2012 | | | Like Big Momma’s House 2, Johnny English Reborn is a sequel featuring a comedy creation that few probably expected to return. Not only is Rowan Atkinson’s bumbling superspy back after eight years, but he quickly became a favourite with local moviegoers, turning... more |
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|  | | Spy Kids 4 | | Release date: Jan 19, 2012 | | | Robert Rodriguez’s DIY family franchise reaches its fourth installment following an eight-year sabbatical. Jessica Alba plays a spy aiming for a maternal break. So when power-hungry villain Jeremy Piven (Entourage) starts robbing society of time, Alba’s stepkids (Rowan... more |
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|  | | Boardwalk Empire | | Release date: Jan 11, 2012 | | | Martin Scorsese lends himself to television for the first time in over a decade, to direct the pilot episode of Boardwalk Empire and serve as executive producer on this new HBO series. Boardwalk Empire is the fictionalised retelling of the rise of Enoch “Nucky”... more |
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|  | | Arena | | Release date: Jan 11, 2012 | | | Arena offers a deadly new twist on the Ultimate Fighting phenomenon. Kidnapped contestants are forced to play gladiators in an underground fighting tournament, which also throws in a number of Saw-like death traps to make things interesting. These extreme UFC-style... more |
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|  | | Hanna | | Release date: Dec 01, 2011 | | | Hanna is a terrific espionage action-thriller with a kick-ass female protagonist, played by Saoirse Ronan (The Lovely Bones). Living in isolation, 16-year-old Hanna is trained in the art of assassination by her father (Eric Bana), a former CIA operative. Sent... more |
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|  | | Super 8 | | Release date: Nov 17, 2011 | | | Super 8 is another triumph for director J.J. Abrams following his Star Trek reboot. It's a throwback to the kind of films that Steven Spielberg and Joe Dante were making in the early '80s – E.T., Explorers, The Goonies et al – involving... more |
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|  | | Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | | Release date: Oct 26, 2011 | | | The fourth film in the blockbuster series – inspired by a Disney theme park ride – shows no signs of franchise fatigue. This is despite the director of the first three Pirates of the Caribbean films, Gore Verbinski, surrendering duties to Rob Marshall (Chicago).
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|  | | The Lion King | | Release date: Oct 12, 2011 | | | The wait is finally over. One of Disney’s greatest modern animated features – and a children’s all-time favourite – is released in High Definition for the very first time. This 1994 classic is much loved for the Oscar-winning song “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” by Elton... more |
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|  | | Thor | | Release date: Oct 06, 2011 | | | In a year packed with comic book heroes, Thor stands out from the crowd. Blonde Aussie Chris Hemsworth (Star Trek) plays the eponymous hammer-wielding warrior, who falls to Earth from the mythical realm of Asgard. Stripped of his powers, Thor must learn to live amongst... more |
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|  | | X-Men: First Class | | Release date: Oct 19, 2011 | | | Following the exhilarating escapades of Kick- Ass, director Matthew Vaughn is back in the superhero world, recreating the ground zero myth of the X-Men. Pivotal to X-Men: First Class is the relationship between Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) and Eric Lehnsherr... more |
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|  | | Jurassic Park: Ultimate Trilogy | | Release date: Oct 26, 2011 | | | Hot on the heels of the Star Wars Blu-ray release comes another coveted film franchise, remastered in High Definition. Based on the books by Michael Crichton, Steven Spielberg helmed Jurassic Park and The Lost World before Captain America director Joe... more |
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|  | | I Love You Phillip Morris | | Release date: Aug 04, 2011 | | | Jim Carrey's most recent film won't appeal to Ace Ventura fans, but it is one of the best and most bizarre roles he's had in years. I Love You Phillip Morris isn't about an infatuation with the tobacco giant; it's an unconventional love story that casts Carrey as... more |
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|  | | Fast + Furious Five | | Release date: Aug 24, 2011 | | | It’s business as usual for Vin Diesel and Paul Walker in Fast & Furious 5, only this time the pair find themselves in Rio de Janeiro attempting to relieve a crime lord of the sum of $100 million. Federal agent Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is hot on their tail, instigating... more |
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|  | | Hop | | Release date: Aug 04, 2011 | | | A live action comedy boasting a CGI bunny in the lead role, Hop features the character design of Peter Séve of Finding Nemo and Ice Age fame. Russell Brand (also in this month's Arthur) voices E.B., a rabbit who’s meant to be the next Easter Bunny,... more |
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|  | | Arthur | | Release date: Aug 24, 2011 | | | Remaking a Dudley Moore comedy classic with Russell Brand might not sound like a good idea, but thankfully Arthur also features the great Helen Mirren. This 2011 update basically follows the plot of the 1981 original – Arthur (Brand) is a boozing playboy and heir... more |
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| The Change-Up (Jason Bateman, Ryan Reynolds) | | Super 8 (Kyle Chandler, Elle Fanning, Joel Courtney, Gabriel Basso, Noah Emmerich, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, Zach Mills) | | X-Men: First Class (James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender) | | The Smurfs (Hank Azaria, Neil Patrick Harris, Sofía Vergara, Jayma Mays, Jonathan Winters, Alan Cumming, Katy Perry, George Lopez, Jeff Foxworthy, B.J. Novak) | | Abduction (Taylor Lautner) | | Boardwalk Empire (Steve Buscemi, Michael Pitt, Paz de la Huerta, Jack Huston, Stephen Graham ) | | Super (Rainn Wilson, Ellen Page, Liv Tyler, Kevin Bacon) | | Johnny English Reborn (Rowan Atkinson) | | The Ward (Amber Heard) | | Due Date (Zach Galifianakis, Robert Downey Jr) |
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