Kris Deering

Blu-ray Movie Reviews
Step Up 2 The Streets—Touchstone Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 25, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
When rebellious street dancer Andie teams up with a hot modern dancer, Chase, to compete in the biggest, toughest street dance-off ever, "The Streets," sparks fly both on and off the underground dance stage.
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The Doors—Lionsgate (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 25, 2008
Video: 3/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 3/5
Jim Morrison, one of the most sensual and exciting figures in the history of rock and roll, explodes on the screen in "The Doors", the electrifying movie about a time called the sixties and a legendary outlaw who rocked America's consciousness-forever.
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The Counterfeiters—Sony Pictures Classics (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 21, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3.5/5
The Counterfeiters is the true story of the largest counterfeiting operation in history, set up by the Nazis in 1936. Salomon "Sally" Sorowitsch is the king of counterfeiters. When thrown into a concentration camp, Salomon must decide whether his actions, which could prolong the war and risk the lives of fellow prisoners, are ultimately the right ones.
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Batman Gotham Knight—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 21, 2008
Video: 2.75/5
Audio: 3/5
Extras: 3.5/5
Acclaimed screenwriters join forces with revered animation filmmakers on six spellbinding chapters chronicling Batman’s transition from novice crime fighter to Dark Knight. These globe-spanning adventures pit Batman against the fearsome Scarecrow, the freakish Killer Croc and the unerring marksman Deadshot. Using an arsenal of high-tech gadgetry from Wayne Industries, Batman’s ethical boundaries exist only where he chooses to place them leaving some fearful of his power. The sharp storytelling complemented by stylish art from some of the world’s most visionary animators masterfully depicts the blurred lines of Batman as man myth and legend.
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Tell No One—Europa (Blu-ray Import)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 21, 2008
Video: 4.25/5
Audio: 4/5
Extras: 2.5/5
Pediatrician Alexandre Beck still grieves the murder of his beloved wife, Margot, eight years earlier. When two bodies are found near the scene of the crime, the police reopen the case and Alex becomes a suspect again. The mystery deepens when Alex receives an anonymous e-mail with a link to a video clip that seems to suggest Margot is somehow still alive and a message to "Tell No One."
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I Know What You Did Last Summer—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 21, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 3.5/5
Extras: 3.25/5
After an accident on a winding road four teens make the fatal mistake of dumping their victim’s body into the sea. But exactly one year later the dead man returns from his watery grave and he's looking for more than an apology.
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest—Warner Bros. (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 3.75/5
Audio: 2.5/5
Extras: 3.25/5
A nice rest in a state mental hospital beats a stretch in the pen right? Randle P. McMurphy, a free-spirited con with lightning in his veins and glib on his tongue, fakes insanity and moves in with what he calls the "nuts." Immediately his contagious sense of disorder runs up against numbing routine. No way should guys pickled on sedatives shuffle around in bathrobes when the World Series is on. This means war! On one side is McMurphy. On the other is soft-spoken Nurse Ratched, among the most coldly monstrous villains in film history. At stake is the fate of every patient on the ward. Based on Ken Kesey's acclaimed bestseller One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest swept all five major 1975 Academy Awards.
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21—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3/5
Inspired by the true story of MIT students who mastered the art of card counting and took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Looking for a way to pay for tuition, Ben Campbell finds himself quietly recruited by MIT's most gifted students in a daring plot to break Vegas. With the help of a brilliant statistics professor and armed with fake IDs, intelligence and a complicated system of counting cards, Ben and his friends succeed in breaking the impenetrable casinos. Now, his challenge is keeping the numbers straight and staying one step ahead of the casinos before it all spirals out of control.
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In The Line of Fire—Columbia Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 4.5/5
Audio: 3.75/5
Extras: 3/5
Eastwood stars as Frank Horrigan, a veteran Secret Service agent haunted by his failure to protect John F. Kennedy from assassination. Thirty years later, he gets a chance to redeem himself when a brilliant psychopath threatens to kill the current president and take Horrigan with him. Taunting him by phone and tantalizing him with clues, the assassin lures Horrigan into an electrifying battle of wits and will that only one man can survive.
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The Ruins—Dreamworks Pictures (Blu-ray)
Kris Deering  |  Jul 17, 2008
Video: 4/5
Audio: 4.25/5
Extras: 3/5
Based on the terrifying best-seller by Scott Smith, The Ruins follows a group of friends who become entangled in a brutal struggle for survival after visiting a remote archaeological dig in the Mexican jungle where they discover something deadly living among the ruins.
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