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Five years after its 2007 SD release by Criterion Mathiew Kassovitz's brutal, intense social drama La Haine is issued in 1080p. The supplemental material is the same as that earlier version, but the image transfer does offer some subtle improvements over the previous offering. Enough to double dip? Not necessarily.
Release Date: May 08, 2012 from The Criterion Collection

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - May 13, 2012, 7:05 am - DVD Review
Keywords: kassovitz, urban cinema

A challenging travelogue walks in the footsteps of Russia's biggest troublemaker.
Release Date: February 28, 2012 from Kultur

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - May 8, 2012, 11:48 am - DVD Review
Keywords: art, documentary

In this anniversary year, there has been more than the normal amount of material about Titanic in popular culture including a new mini-series and a re-release of James Cameron's popular Titanic film remastered in 3D. Titanic: The Complete Story is a fine dvd set and for those who have dreamt of and wondered about this ship. They will enjoy learning just a little bit more of this doomed journey and the people who you never get to hear about that died that fated night on April 15th one hundred years ago.
Release Date: March 13, 2012 from A&E

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - May 7, 2012, 6:25 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: history, documentary

I tried to watch this movie 10 years or so ago and simply couldn't get through it. Now, with Synapse responsible for this new Blu-ray treatment I'm more than willing to give the film another shot.
Release Date: April 10, 2012 from Synapse

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - May 5, 2012, 7:52 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: war, hell, cult, crazed

One of the stars of the hilarious NBC show Community, Glover is sure to be just as funny on the stand-up stage. It's nice that we finally have a DVD excuse to find out if this is, indeed, the case.
Release Date: April 10, 2012 from E1 Entertainment

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - April 29, 2012, 9:38 am - DVD Review
Keywords: unique, hysterical, smart, hip

A century after the disaster, this 1958 masterpiece remains the most thoughtful and accurate account of the Titanic's final night, as well as a gripping film in its own right.
Release Date: March 27, 2012 from The Criterion Collection

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - April 25, 2012, 12:30 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: titanic

The great Werner Herzog is at it again, this time giving us a heralded documentary about one of our more controversial subject, the death penalty.
Release Date: April 10, 2012 from IFC Films

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - April 22, 2012, 1:04 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: executioner, death row, ominous

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TW LW Title Studio Gross($Mill)
1 1 Marvel's The Avengers Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $103,163,000 $373.2M
2 * Dark Shadows Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $28,805,000 $28.8M
3 2 Think Like A Man Screen Gems $6,300,000 $81.9M
4 3 The Hunger Games Lionsgate $4,400,000 $386.9M
5 5 The Lucky One Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution $4,055,000 $53.7M
6 4 The Pirates! Band of Misfits $3,200,000 $23.1M
7 6 The Five-Year Engagement Universal Pictures $3,095,645 $24.4M
8 16 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Fox Searchlight Pictures $2,650,000 $3.7M
9 9 Chimpanzee Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures $1,624,000 $25.6M
10 * Girl In Progress Lionsgate $1,350,000 $1.4M
11 8 The Raven Relativity Media Distribution Group $1,300,000 $14.6M
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Posted by: News Editor - May 14, 2012, 7:59 am - Article
Keywords: movies, box office

It's good to have a few shows littered around the week to look forward to for their reasonably compelling entertainment value. HBO is serving up two on Sunday night with old pro Julia Louis-Dreyfus on Veep and those madcap Girls who are taking the Internet by storm. How did this jaded writer who hates everything, get obsessed with
Girls. It might just be their charm.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - May 14, 2012, 7:57 am - Article
Keywords: girls, hbo

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Chronicles the chaotic aftermath of an alien attack that leaves most of the world completely incapacitated. In the six months since the initial invasion, survivors band together to begin the difficult task of fighting back against the aggressive aliens. Outside of Boston, history professor Tom Mason (Noah Wyle) helps lead a small army named 2nd Massachusetts in the battle of their lives to preserve their families and what's left of humanity.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 16, 2012, 7:21 am - PR
Keywords: sci-fi, television

At the height of his sitcom's popularity, Ray Romano revisited his stand-up roots, hitting the road with long-time friend and opening act, Tom Caltabiano, who decided to film the tour. Thus was born 95 MILES TO GO, an ultimate fly-on-the-wall documentary that came about when Romano rejected the idea of a large camera crew, and instead, Tom plucked a wide-eyed USC student, Roger Lay, Jr., out of Filmmaking 101 and dropped him into the back seat of the duo's rental car.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 16, 2012, 7:13 am - PR
Keywords: comedy

An ambitious young film student takes a daring step for his thesis, but his bold idea may be his undoing - and may cost a life in an eye-opening film from director Daniel Stamm and starring G.J. Echternkamp and Matt Tilley.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 16, 2012, 7:07 am - PR
Keywords: thriller

In 1989, emergency responders received a 9-1-1 call from Maria Rossi confessing to three brutal murders. Twenty years later, her daughter Isabella (Fernanda Andrade) seeks to understand what really happened that night, traveling to the Centrino Hospital for the Criminally Insane in Italy where her mother has been locked away. When Isabella recruits two young men to cure her mother using unconventional methods, they discover the horrifying truth. Now Isabella must face pure evil or forsake her soul.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 15, 2012, 6:44 pm - PR
Keywords: horror

The Season 1 and 2 Combo Doggy Blu-Ray includes all 20 uncensored episodes from the first two seasons and an outstanding selection of bonus features: New Season 1 Behind-the-Scenes - Countdown to V-Town: Lead-Up to the Series Premiere; Behind the Scenes in the Writers' Room; Cast Interviews; Bloopers; Alternate Takes and Deleted Scenes; Live at Bonnaroo; Drunkmentary on all episodes; and more.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 15, 2012, 7:38 am - PR
Keywords: comedy, television

Stars a group of active-duty U.S. Navy SEALs, alongside actors Roselyn Sanchez, Alex Veadov, Jason Cottle and Nester Serrano, in a film like no other in Hollywood's history. A fictionalized account of real life Navy SEAL operation features a riveting story that takes audiences on an adrenaline-fueled, edge-of-their-seat journey. Combines stunning combat sequences, up-to-the-minute battlefield technology, and heart-pumping emotion for the ultimate action adventure film-showcasing the skills, training and tenacity of the greatest action heroes of them all: real Navy SEALs.

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Posted by: News Editor - May 15, 2012, 7:32 am - PR
Keywords: action, war

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