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Nim's Island Nim's Island
David Vaughn  |  Aug 11, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/nimsisland.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Nim (Abigail Breslin) lives on a remote tropical island with her scientist father (Gerard Bulter) and her faithful animal pals&#151;Fred the lizard, Galileo the pelican, and Selki the seal. When her father gets lost at sea and the island is "invaded" by tourists, Nim enlists the help of her favorite author, Alex Rover (Jodie Foster), to help her out of her predicament.

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Smart People
David Vaughn  |  Aug 11, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/smartpeople.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Lawrence Wetherhold (Dennis Quaid), a once-idealistic and ambitious academic, lost all zest for teaching when his wife passed away. His coworkers avoid any interaction, and his students abhor the boredom of his classes. Then, a freak accident lands him in the emergency room under the care of a former student, Janet Hartigan (Sarah Jessica Parker), whose student-teacher crush is rekindled despite Lawrence's intolerable behavior.

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The Jack Ryan Collection—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  | 
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
”The Sum of All Fears” - America's Cold War fears are rekindled after the President of Russia dies and is succeeded by a man with a cryptic past. But East-West tensions erupt when the CIA suspects that renegade Russian scientists are developing more nuclear weapons. Mobilized into action by CIA Director William Cabot , Jack Ryan follows a danger-ridden trail to a shocking conclusion: terrorists plan to provoke a war between the U.S. and Russia - by detonating a nuclear bomb at a championship football game!
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Sleepwalking—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 2/5
Jolene Reedy is a disillusioned single mother prone to bad men and reckless behavior. Her younger brother James is a weak-willed underachiever who can't hold a job. But when Jolene abandons her 12-year-old daughter with James, uncle and niece make a fateful decision to flee to the farm of James and Jolene's abusive father. In a past plagued by dark secrets, can family prove to be the most desperate bond of all?
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Terminator – The Sarah Connor Chronicles—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3/5
The mother of all destiny. Her son, the future leader of mankind. Their protector, a Terminator from the future. Together they must take back the future as Sarah Connor prepares her son to fight the war against machines determined to annihilate the human race. The clock is ticking. Can they stop Judgment Day.
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Mad Men: Season One—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  | 
Video: 3.5/5
Audio: 3.25/5
Extras: 3.25/5
Set in 1960 New York City, "Mad Men" explores the glamorous and ego-driven "Golden Age" of advertising, where everyone is selling something and nothing is ever what it seems. And no one plays the game better than Don Draper, Madison Avenue's biggest ad man - and ladies man - in the business.
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Shine a Light—Paramount Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Aug 07, 2008  | 
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 4.5/5
Extras: 3/5
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese and the world’s greatest rock-n-roll band, The Rolling Stones, unite to bring audiences the year’s most extraordinary film event “Shine A Light”. With special appearances by Christina Aguilera, Jack White and Buddy Guy and four Rolling Stones performances not seen in theaters, Shine A Light is a must-own for rock-n-roll fans across generations.
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The Jack Ryan Collection
David Vaughn  |  Aug 03, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/redoctober.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Jack Ryan is the central character in 12 of Tom Clancy's novels about the CIA analyst. When the debut book, <i>The Hunt for Red October</i>, hit the silver screen in 1990, a relatively unknown actor, Alec Baldwin, starred as Ryan in what was to become the first of many adaptations from the successful literary series. But a combination of factors&#151;a new studio head at Paramount, some bad press about Baldwin and Kim Basinger on the set of <i>Marrying Man</i>, and the availability of superstar Harrison Ford, led to the replacement of Baldwin in <i>Patriot Games</i> and <i>Clear and Present Danger</i> with Ford in the lead role.

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Doomsday
David Vaughn  |  Aug 03, 2008  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/doomsday.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>A deadly plague known as the Reaper Virus attacks Scotland, killing thousands and infecting millions more. To contain the disease, England constructs a wall along the border to keep out infected citizens from the north. Twenty-five years later, the virus reappears, forcing the government to dispatch a military team to search out a Scottish researcher (Malcolm McDowell) who was close to finding a cure during the first outbreak.

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The Kite Runner
Rad Bennett  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
DreamWorks
Movie •••½ Picture •••½ Sound •••• Extras •••

In Kabul, before the Russians invad

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Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle—New Line Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Video: 3.25/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Two guys that are high as a kite and on a quest to satisfy their cravings for burgers find themselves on a hilarious all-night adventure as they run into one screwy obstacle after another.
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Urban Legend—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2/5
When New England college student Natalie finds herself at the center of a series of sadistic murders seemingly inspired by urban legends she resolves to find the truth about Pendleton's own legend a twenty-five-year-old story of a student massacre at the hands of an Abnormal Psych professor. As the fraternities prepare to celebrate the macabre anniversary Natalie discovers that she is the focus of the crazed killer's intentions in the ultimate urban legend-- the story of her own horrific murder.
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Beowulf—Dreamworks Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Video: 4.75/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 4/5
In the age of heroes comes the mightiest warrior of them all Beowulf. After destroying the overpowering demon Grendel he incurs the undying wrath of the beast’s ruthlessly seductive mother who will use any means possible to ensure revenge. The ensuing epic battle throughout the ages immortalizes the name Beowulf. Academy Award winner director Robert Zemeckis tells the oldest epic tale in the English language with the most modern technology advancing the cinematic forum through the magic of digitally enhanced live action.
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Top Gun—Paramount Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.75/5
Extras: 2.75/5
Top Gun takes a look at the danger and excitement that awaits every pilot at the Navy's prestigious fighter weapons school. Tom Cruise is superb as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell, a daring young flyer whose out to become the best of the best. And Kelly McGillis sizzles as the civilian instructor who teaches Maverick a few things you can't learn in a classroom.
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The Exorcism of Emily Rose—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 31, 2008  | 
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 2.5/5
A thrilling horror film based on a true story about a single lawyer who takes on the church and the state when she fights for the life of a priest who has performed a deadly exorcism on a young woman. She must battle the cocky state lawyer as well as her own demons as she realizes that her career so far has not led her to fulfillment.
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