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Atonement (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 25, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/atonementbd.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT><i>When a young girl catches her sister in a passionate embrace with a childhood friend, her jealousy drives her to tell a lie that will change the course of their lives forever. </i>

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Pride and Prejudice (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 25, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/pridebd.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>During the Georgian period in England the Bennet family is in dire financial shape. Mr. Bennet (Donald Sutherland) has five daughters and an overbearing wife (Brenda Blethyn), but if the old man keels over, the family estate passes to a distant cousin and the girls would be at his mercy. In order to have a better grasp on her future, Mrs. Bennet prepares her daughter to marry into suitable families with one requirement&#151;money. However, when Mr. Darcy (Matthew Macfadyen) comes to town for the summer things may not go according to plan.

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The Bourne Trilogy (Dual-format)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 25, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/bourne1.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>After being pulled from the sea with two bullets in his back, Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) awakens on a fishing boat with no memory of his involvement in a top-secret, black-ops arm of the CIA called Treadstone. The only clue to his identity is the number of a Swiss safe-deposit box in which he discovers an array of passports, weapons, and cash. As he struggles to unlock the secret of his own identity, Bourne has to deal with his past in order to ensure his own future.

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Boogie Nights (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 22, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/boogienights.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>During the 1970s, the San Fernando Vally in Southern California became the porn capital of the world. It’s here that Eddie Adams, aka Dirk Diggler (Mark Wahlberg), enters the industry seduced by the glamour and has the ultimate tool to become a superstar. Under the tutelage of porn director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) and his extended “family,” Eddie wants to elevate the industry from smut to an art form.

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Smokin’ Aces & Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 21, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/smokinaces.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Magician turned gangster Buddy “Aces” Israel (Jeremy Piven) is in a load of trouble by turning states evidence against the mob. When the jilted mob boss finds out he’s holding-up in Lake Tahoe, he offers a $1 million bounty on his head and every lowlife thug is out to earn a quick buck and it’s up to a couple of FBI agents to try and protect their key witness before one of the fortune seekers hits pay dirt.

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The Simpsons: The Complete Twentieth Season (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 15, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/simpsons20.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>When <i>The Simpsons</i> first appeared on "The Tracey Ullman Show" in 1987 I doubt anyone would have thought it would win 25 Emmy awards, become the longest-running American sitcom, and eventually surpass <i>Gunsmoke</i> as the longest running primetime series with over 450 episodes.

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Moon (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 15, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/moon.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Sometime in the future, Lunar Industries becomes the Earth's dominant supplier of clean energy that's harvested from the lunar soil and sent back to our planet. Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) has been stationed on the dark side of the moon for nearly three years and has only two weeks to go before he can rejoin his wife and young daughter back home, but his extended isolation is beginning to take its toll. He starts to hallucinate and question his sanity when he discovers he may not be the only human at the facility.

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Blu-ray Disc Review: Gone With The Wind
Josef Krebs  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
I do declare, doesn't this 1939 film look dashing wrapped up in its new set of Blu-ray Discs - its 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector's Edition, to be precise.
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Pandorum—Anchor Bay (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
Movie: 2.75
Picture/Sound: 4.5/4.5
Extras: 3.5
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The Invention of Lying—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
Movie: 2.5
Picture/Sound: 3/4
Extras: 3
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Jennifer’s Body—20th Century Fox (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
Movie: 3.5
Picture/Sound: 4/4.5
Extras: 3.5
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The Burning Plain—Magnolia (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
Movie: 4
Picture/Sound: 4/4
Extras: 2.5
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World’s Greatest Dad—Magnolia (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 
Movie: 2.5
Picture/Sound: 3/4
Extras: 3
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The Invention of Lying (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 13, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/invention.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>In an alternate reality in which lying doesn't exist and everyone speaks the truth and nothing but the truth with no worry of hurt feelings. When one man (Ricky Gervais) suddenly develops the ability to lie, he finds it has its rewards. A new world of fame and fortune opens up but he steadfastly refuses to fib his way into the heart of the woman he loves. Can he get the girl on his own merits?

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Last Action Hero (Blu-ray)
David Vaughn  |  Jan 12, 2010  | 

<IMG SRC="/images/archivesart/lastaction.jpg" WIDTH=200 BORDER=0 ALIGN=RIGHT>Movie lover Danny Madigan (Austin O'Brien) finds himself transported into the latest Jack Slater (Arnold Schwarzenegger) action film when he's given a magic movie ticket by an elderly theater owner (Art Carney). Danny tried to convince Jack he's a fictional character but he doesn't buy it. His perspective changes when his arch nemesis, Benedict (Charles Dance), steals the ticket and enters the "real world" in order to kill Arnold Schwarzenegger, thus taking out Slater.

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