Product DescriptionSTREET-FIGHTER LEGEND OF CHUN-LI (BLU-RAY/DC/R/UR/Amazon. ComThe story of the origins of popular game characters from Capcom Street Fighter video is detailed in The Legend of Chun-Li, a live-action martial arts Thriller from director Andrzej Bartkowiak Doom. Smallville Kristin Kreuk gives an animated tour in the title role, a concert pianist turned crime fighter the world cracks from the head while in pursuit of criminals who have kidnapped his father. Neal McDonough and Michael Clarke Duncan Glower effective than the buffalo, the mastermind behind the kidnapping abject, and his sidekick, Balrog, respectively. offbeat film cast that includes Chris Klein and Moon Bloodgood as Detective, Black Eyed Peas Taboo as the claw-wielding Vega, and Hong Kong star Cheng Pei Pei, Josie Ho and Edmund Chen in supporting roles, is the most inspired film, which too often relies on a well worn and action kung fu movie clichés to fill time between fight sequences, targets film audience - fans of the game - may find it less engaging than younger, less demanding moviegoers with a yen for the full flavor of punch-ups. - Paul Gaita Stills from Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (Click for larger image)
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Wanted
Product DescriptionGenre: Action / AdventureRating: RRelease Date: 2-Dec-2008Media Type: Blu-RayAmazon. comas impresario behind gravity-defying Russian blockbuster Night Watch, it is inevitable that Hollywood would come calling for Timur Bekmambetov. With a studio budget and an international cast, including two Oscar winners, Timur cooks up Hong Kong style action film bursting with fast cars and big guns. Our unlikely hero is mild-mannered Chicago accountant Wesley Gibson (Atonement James McAvoy), whose father died when he was a tot. Wesley never learned to fight for himself and his girlfriend, his boss and best buddy all take advantage until the seductive Fox (Angelina Jolie) saves him from a sniper named Cross (The Pianist, Thomas Kretschmann). Afterwards, she carries away to a mansion on the edge of town to meet other members of the Fraternity, where leader Sloan (Morgan Freeman) informs that the Cross-Wesley, a rogue agent, executed his father . Sloan believes that Wesley has the goods to leave, so he undergoes brutal training regime of the Brotherhood (Marc Warren and Common dish some abuse). When he’s ready, Sloan sends him to perform his duty, but things become complicated when Wesley discovers someone is not telling the truth, the head of our former milquetoast to require a complex revenge. For those who have followed career to date McAvoy, Wanted will surely come as a surprise. By adapting comic series by Mark Millar, Timur offers buckets of blood and a bit of depth, but fans of the Matrix and Mr. and Mrs. Smith will want to give it a look. - Kathleen C. Fennessy Stills from Wanted (Click for larger image) Click to learn more about the BD-Live Experience
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Hancock
Product DescriptionAcademy Award ® nominee Will Smith (Best Actor, The Pursuit of Happyness, 2006) stars in this action-packed comedy as Hancock, sarcastic, hard living and misunderstood superhero who has fallen out of favor with the public. When Hancock grudgingly agrees to an extreme makeover from idealistic publicist Ray Embrey (Jason Bateman, Juno), his life and reputation rise from the ashes and all seems right again - until he meets a woman (2003 Academy Award ® winner Charlize Theron, Best Actress, Monster) with similar powers to his and the key to his secret past. Amazon. comHancock shooting the movie superhero standard inside-out: The main character (Will Smith) can fly, has superstrength, and is invulnerable, but it is also a sloppy, alcoholic jerk who causes millions of dollars in damage whenever he bothers to fight crime. When he saves the life of a PR agent named Ray (Jason Bateman, Arrested Development), Ray decides to improve Hancock’s image - starting by having Hancock surrender to the authorities and go to jail for his behavior anarchic. The idea is that once he is in prison, the crime rate will increase, and people will start realizing Hancock might be useful after all. This is only the first act of Hancock - from there the film takes several turns of mind that should not be revealed. Hancock is not a great movie (among other things, director Peter Berg abuse closeups with a portable device to a degree that may cause motion sickness), but it is extremely entertaining. The script, which is much better than most films of super-hero, has a propulsive plot, good dialogue, some compassion for his characters, and even an actual idea or two. The spectacular action at least gestures towards obeying the laws of physics, which actually makes the special effects more vivid. The three leads (Smith, Bateman and Charlize Theron as Ray’s wife, Mary) deftly balance mixture of film comedy, action and drama. Overall, a touch of subversion chip on a genre that too often takes itself too seriously. - Bret Fetzer Stills from Hancock (click for larger image)
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Planet Hulk
Product DescriptionPLANET HULK (BLU RAY) (WS / ENG / ENG SUB / SPAN / SPAN SUAmazon. Coma whole new world of hurt! He was a monster, uncontrollable, too dangerous to ignore. So most powerful hero Earth exiled to outer space. But now the crash INCREDIBLE HULK-SAKAAR lands on the distant planet ruled by the tyrannical king sun. sold into slavery, Hulk becomes more powerful gladiators on the planet, but his new masters get more than they bargained for when he forges a bond of brotherhood with his fellow fighters: Crafty insectoid Miek, Korg rock ruthless man, ex-pirest shadow Hiroim, and the noble-born rebel Ello. Unlike Earth, the people Sakaar desperate to believe a monster is exactly what they need. But the Hulk be the one to save their world … or destroy it?
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Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition
DescriptionInspired the best-selling graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and produced by multiple Emmy Award ® Animation legend Bruce Timm The New Frontier is the epic story of the founding of the Justice League. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all here of course, and so are Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash - whose incredible origins will be told for the first time. Strangers at first, these very different heroes must overcome fear and suspicion to forge an alliance against a monster so formidable, even the mighty Superman can not stop. If they fail, the entire planet will be “cleansed” of humanity.
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor
Product DescriptionMUMMY-Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (BLU RAY) (2DISCS/Amazon. ComThe third film in The Mummy series freshens the franchise up by setting the action in China. Here, the discovery of the tomb to prepare a former Emperor proves a feather in the cap of Alex O’Connell (Luke Ford), a young archaeologist and son of Rick O’Connell (Brendan Fraser) and his wife Evelyn (Maria Bello, taking over the role from Rachel Weisz). Unfortunately a curse that turned the emperor (Jet Li) and his army of terracotta warriors buried for centuries is lifted, and the old guy prepares for world domination by seeking immortality at Shangri La. the O ‘Connell barely stay a step ahead of him (climbing through the Himalaya mountains with apparent ease), but the action inevitably leads to a confrontation between two armies of mummies in a Chinese desert. The Mummy : Tomb of the Dragon Emperor has a lot to offer: a supporting cast that includes the elegant Michelle Yeoh, Russell Wong, Liam Cunningham, the unexpected appearance of several Yeti and a climactic battle sequence that is terrifying is bizarre but convincing. On the downside, the charm so desperately sought in romantic relationships, as well as curves drawn by John Hannah (as Evelyn’s brother Rascal), is not only absent but often annoying. Rarely witty asides in the heart the battle been more unwelcome in a movie executive. Rob Cohen is largely crisp if sometimes curious (a fight between Fraser and Jet Li keeps varying in speed for some reason), but his vision of Shangri La, in the Hollywood tradition, is certainly attractive. - Tom Keoghbr > Stills of The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Click for larger image) Click to learn more about the BD-Live Experience
300: The Complete Experience
- 2 HOURS OF EXCLUSIVE EXTRA CONTENT - Prepare for Blu-ray glory and immerse yourself in the 300 experience as never before possible.THE COMPLETE 300: A COMPREHENSIVE IMMERSION - This NEW interactive picture-in-picture experience provides 3 unique perspectives to explore while you watch the film: * CREATING A LEGEND: Frank Miller and Zack Snyder Interpret a Classic Tale - Holding true to Frank Mill
Description2 HOURS OF EXTRA EXCLUSIVE CONTENT - Prepare the glory for the Blu-ray and dive into the experience of 300 like never before. Amazon. comLike Sin City before it, 300 brings Frank Miller and Lynn Varley’s graphic novel vividly to life. Gerard Butler (Beowulf and Grendel, The Phantom of the Opera) radiates pure power and charisma as Leonidas, the Greek king of Sparta who leads 300 of his compatriots (including David Wenham of The Lord of the Rings, Michael Fassbender, and Andrew Pleavin) in a battle against the overwhelming force of Persian invaders. Their only hope is to neutralize the numerical advantage by confronting the Persians, led by King Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro), at the narrow pass of Thermopylae. More engaging than Troy, the epic warm and somewhat similar to ancient Greece, 300 is also comparable to Sin City in that the actors were shot on green screen, then added to digitally created backgrounds. The effort pays off in a very stylish look and immense battle scenes large. However, it is not as literally faithful to the source material Miller’s Sin City was. The plot is the same, and many images of the book are represented almost perfectly. But some extra material has been added, including new villains (who would be considered “bosses” if this were a video game, and it often feels like one) and a political subplot involving new characters and a significantly expanded role for the queen of Sparta (Lena Headey). While this subplot by director Zack Snyder (Dawn of the Dead) and his fellow co-authors do not break the violence, most fans would probably dismiss it as filler if it did not include the sexy Headey. Other viewers, of course, will be turned off by the waves of spurting blood, flying body parts, and surging testosterone. (The six-pack abs are also relentless, and the film has more or less nudity - more female, less male - than the graphic novel.) However, as a representation of Miller’s work and as an old film of action with the theme of a modern edge, 300 delivers. - David Horiuchi
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& Harold Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
- On their flight to Amsterdam Harold and Kumar are mistaken for terrorists and sent to Guantanamo Bay. but not for long. They bust out and go on a cross-country road trip to clear their names and win over their hotties! But first they’ll have to outsmart the Feds outrun the Klan and enlist the help of a hallucinating Neil Patrick Harris. It’s one wild ride with America’s most wanted - and most was
Product DescriptionBluray DiscAmazon. comBeginning & precisely where Harold Kumar Go To White Castle left, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay takes the film franchise in a more rustic and false news management. Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) take an unfortunate flight in Amsterdam, during which Kumar suspiciously bong is mistaken for a bomb. Their arrest causes a wild-eyed, racist Homeland Security nut (Rob Corddry) to send the boys closed indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay, where beefy guards sexually subjugate “enemy combatants”. The duo manage to escape and return to the United States, hoping that the well-connected fiance (Eric Winter) of Kumar former girlfriend Vanessa (Danneel Harris), can leave their mess. In a grotesque and dangerous journey to Texas (where Vanessa is marrying her boyfriend rich and vain, to Kumar’s dismay), Harold and Kumar have episodic encounters with the Ku Klux Klan, a one-eyed, inbred monster, and old friend Neil Patrick Harris (as himself), who swallows fistfuls of magic mushrooms and leads the boys to a brothel stop that goes terribly wrong. The desultory comedy strikes a lowbrow tone from its opening scene (Harold takes a shower while Kumar has a diarrhea attack) and do not get much more interesting than that. If there is a bodily fluid that does not classify a joke in Guantanamo Bay, no. The persistent sight gags about weed (including a smoked visit with President Bush) never reach the kind of dizzying heights that pot humor requires, leaving much of the comedy film hanging like dead space . The following attempt to say something, albeit in a crude manner, on the condition of the country during the Bush years is obvious and empty. Really, there’s not much reason to Guantanamo Bay to have been made except to print money. - Tom Keogh
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
DescriptionNo film product in history has captured the imagination of worlds like Walt Disney’s first full-length masterpiece of animation. With astonishing Blu-ray high definition experience this timeless classic in its most spectacular ever! With a brand-new, state of the art digital restoration of Disney Enhanced and High Definition sound, animation, breathtaking and unforgettable music of Disney’s most revered of all time will captivate you as never before! Join the beautiful princess, Snow White as she escapes her jealous stepmother, the queen, and befriends a group of friendly dwarfs. But when she falls in love wicked queens, only true love kiss can save her Bonus Features Include: Snow White Returns Storyboard Featurette Walt was planning a sequel to Snow White? With newly discovered storyboards Disney animators show how this result would have played, Princess and the Frog Sneak Peek Exclusive Sneak Peek at the 1st 5 minutes before it hits theaters, the One who started the process Featurette This featurette in Hyperion Studios reveals how Snow White forever changed the world of cinema and the world in general, all new Tiffany Thornton Music Video Someday My Prince Will Come, Audio Commentary with Walt DisneyAmazon. com videoOne essential nuggets brightest of the golden age of Disney, this 1937 film is almost dizzying in its meticulous construction of an enchanted world, with scores of major and minor characters (including fauna and fowl ), each with a distinct identity. When you watch Snow White’s complex, graceful movements of fingers, arms and head in one fell swoop, this is not the technical brilliance of Disney’s artists that leaps out of you, but the spirit his character endearing, girl, woman. When Apple has poisoned the evil queen turns a killer green to rose red, the effect of knowing something so beautiful can be so terrible is absolutely elemental, so pure it forces to surrender to the horror . From the Brothers Grimm, Snow White is probably the best family film ever to deal, in mythic terms, with the psychological foundation for growing up. It is a coronation, and should not be missed. - Tom Keogh Stills from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Click for larger image)
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A Christmas Story
Bigger Than Life
DescriptionThough ignored upon its release, Nicholas Ray Bigger Than Life is now recognized as one of the great American films of the 1950s. When a friendly match, a professor of suburban successfully and father (James Mason in one of his most indelible roles) is prescribed cortisone for a painful affliction, possibly fatal, it grows dangerously addicted to experimental drugs, causing its transformation in psychotic and, finally, households violent despot. The Eisenhower-throat-grabber ERA, shot in Cinemascope expressive, is an excoriating take on the nuclear family, it came on the day of Father Knows Best makes all the more shocking and extremely entertaining. Stills of Bigger Than Life
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Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
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DescriptionVoldemort tightens its grip on the worlds of muggle and wizards and Hogwarts is no longer the refuge it once was. Harry suspects that dangers may even lie within the castle, but Dumbledore is more willing to prepare for the final battle that he knows is fast approaching. Together they work to find the key to unlock Voldemort’s defenses and, to this end, Dumbledore recruits his old friend and colleague, Professor Horace Slughorn, whom he believes holds crucial information. Even as the decisive showdown looms, flowers of romance for Harry, Ron, Hermione and their classmates. Love is in the air, but the danger lies ahead and Hogwarts May never be the same. The Blu-ray Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince will feature films from Warner Bros. Movie Max, an interactive viewing experience that covers the entire film with features such as discussion points, Picture-in - Picture, photo galleries and more. Max Fashion film includes comments from director David Yates, producer David Heyman and David Barron, and stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson and Tom Felton. The disc also includes Warner Bros. BD-Live ™, which allows users with Web-enabled Blu-ray players to access exciting additional content and connect and share with other BD-Live users via the comment and My Live Community Screening characteristics. Another feature of interactive BD-Live is Facebook Connect which allows users to interact with their Facebook friends, update their Facebook status while in BD-Live and invite their Facebook friends to a control Real Community. Amazon. comThe sixth installment of the Harry Potter series starts right where the Order of the Phoenix left. The wizarding world is rocked by the news that “he who can not be named has really returned, and the public finally knows that Harry is” the Chosen One “- the only magician who can defeat Lord Voldemort in the end. The dark forces loom around every corner, and now regularly attempt to penetrate the walls are protected from the school of Hogwarts. This is more fun and fascinating world of magic of the first books that some of it is dark, dangerous and frightening. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) suspects Draco Malfoy (Tom Felton) to be a new recruit Death Eater on a special mission for the Dark Lord. Meanwhile, Professor Dumbledore (Michael Gambon) seems to have finally lifted the veil of secrecy about Harry the dark path ahead of us, and gives private lessons instead to get prepared. In these scenes intriguing that the dark past of Tom Riddle (aka Voldemort) is finally revealed. The actors often cast as the young versions of Riddle (Hero Fiennes-Tiffin and Frank Dillane) do a fantastic job of portraying the strangely wicked as a child. While previous films many new characters could be a bit overwhelming, one key character is introduced this time: Professor Horace Slughorn (with a spot on performance by Jim Broadbent). Inside his mind, he holds a secret key in the battle to defeat the Dark Lord, and Harry is instructed by Dumbledore to find a memory about weapons darkest Voldemort - the Horcrux. Despite the long list of distractions, Harry, Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) are still trying to focus on adolescents to be, and the public will appreciate the budding romances awkward. All players have developed well, giving their most convincing performance so far. More important things and more meaningful to go into this film than any of his predecessors, and the stakes are higher than ever. The designers were tasked with a challenge almost impossible, that fans of the series beloved JK Rowling book desperately want the movies to capture the magic of books as closely as possible. Alas, the point where we accept that these two mediums are very different is the point where we can really enjoy these brilliant adaptations. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is no exception: it may be the best movie yet. For those who have not read the book, nail biting entertainment is assured. For those who have the film that does justice. The key dramatic scenes, including the cave and the shocking twist in the last chapter, are executed very well. It does a perfect job of setting up of two parts grand finale that follows. - Jordan Thompson











