Starring: Geena Davis, Frank Langella Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested). From The New Yorker — Director Renny Harlin’s high-seas adventure has some good things going for it: Geena Davis makes a swashbucklingly alluring pirate, and the megabudget provides huge explosions. But this plot-heavy rollick is as badly constructed and overwhelmingly inflated as Spielberg’s “Hook.” Harlin’s earlier films, “Die Hard 2″ and “Cliffhanger,” had their fair share of muscular action, and he doesn’t disappoint here: his winds blow and his seas roil. Matthew Modine, though-with whom Davis is teamed in a race for hidden treasure-is less than inspired. The movie gamely attempts to capture the fire of the old Errol Flynn pictures, but it’s harsh and imposing, and there’s no romance to it. — Bruce Diones. Copyright
Cutthroat Island [Blu-ray]
October 24th, 2009The International [Blu-ray]
October 24th, 2009Starring: Clive Owen, Naomi Watts Director: Tom Tykwer Rating: R (Restricted). Interpol agent Louis Salinger (Clive Owen) is determined to expose an arms dealing ring responsible for facilitating acts of terrorism around the globe. But as his investigation leads Salinger and his partner, Manhattan Assistant District Attorney Eleanor Whitman (Naomi Watts), deeper into the secret world of greed, corruption and murder, they become targets of a deadly conspiracy so vast, they soon find the only people left to trust are each other. This pulse-pounding thriller plays a high-stakes game of suspense, intrigue and explosive action. [List Price $39.95]
Duplicity [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Julia Roberts, Clive Owen, Tom Wilkinson Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested). Oscar
Surveillance [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Julia Ormond, Bill Pullman Director: Jennifer Chambers Lynch Rating: R (Restricted). This title will be released on August 18, 2009. [List Price $34.98]
Godzilla, King of the Monsters [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Akihiko Hirata, Momoko Kochi Director: Ishiro Honda Rating: NR (Not Rated). [List Price $29.95]
The Searchers [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: John Wayne, Ward Bond Rating: NR (Not Rated). Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, a believer more in bullets than in words. He’s seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won’t surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive, five-year quest, Ethan encounters something he didn’t expect to find: his own humanity. [List Price $16.99]
I, Robot [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Will Smith, Bruce Greenwood Director: Alex Proyas Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested). In the year 2035, technology and robots are a trusted part of everyday life. But that trust is broken when a scientist is found dead and a skeptical detective (Smith) believes that a robot is responsible. Bridget Moynahan co-stars in this high-tech action thriller that questions whether technology will ultimately lead to mankind’s salvation… or annihilation. [List Price $29.99]
Fast & Furious [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker Director: Justin Lin Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested). Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam with Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed! From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, Fast & Furious takes you back into the high-octane world to race through crowded city streets and across international lines! [List Price $39.98]
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Nick Stahl Rating: R (Restricted). A decade has passed since John Connor (NICK STAHL) helped prevent Judgment Day and save mankind from mass destruction. Now 25, Connor lives “off the grid” – no home, no credit cards, no cell phone and no job. No record of his existence. No way he can be traced by Skynet – the highly developed network of machines that once tried to kill him and wage war on humanity. Until, out of the shadows of the future steps the T-X (KRISTANNA LOKEN), Skynet’s most sophisticated cyborg killing machine yet. Sent back through time to complete the job left unfinished by her predecessor, the T-1000, this machine is as relentless as her human guise is beautiful. Now Connor’s only hope for survival is the Terminator (ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER), his mysterious former assassin. Together, they must triumph over the technologically superior T-X and forestall the looming threat of Judgment Day – or face the apocalypse and the fall of civilization as we know it. [List Price $28.99]
Pale Rider [Blu-ray]
February 9th, 2010Starring: Clint Eastwood, Richard Dysart Director: Clint Eastwood Rating: R (Restricted). Widescreen/ Blu Ray of Pale Rider, the classic Clint Eastwood album. A mysterious stranger comes to the aid of gold miners who are being driven off their claims. [List Price $28.99]
