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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Blu-ray
Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, “Benjamin Button,” is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
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The Wrestler

The Wrestler Blu-ray
Watching Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler” it almost seems as though one is watching a very intimate documentary detailing many of the less then glamorous realities of life on the mat. Read More...
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Doubt

Doubt Blu-ray cover
Meryl Streep is my first lady of cinema. Anytime she gets screen time, movie lovers would be fools not to relish her in action. She does not disappoint in Doubt, her most recent Academy Award nominated role as Sister Aloysius Beauvier. Read More...
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No Country For Old Men: Collector's Edition

No Country For Old Men: Collector's Edition
The 2007 Oscar winner for best picture gets a mediocre treatment in its second round on the Blu-ray format. The movie has the two-headed directorial dragon known as the Coen brothers offering an existential take on author Cormac McCarthy's best selling novel of the same name. Read More...
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The Secret Life of Bees

The Secret Life of Bees dvd cover
Dakota Fanning is still technically a child actress, but she can more than hold her own alongside the likes of an Oscar winner (Jennifer Hudson) and an Oscar nominee and hip hop diva (Queen Latifah) in The Secret Life of Bees. Read More...
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The Women

The Women movie
"The Women" comes on the heels of "Mamma Mia!" and "Sex and the City," two films which brazenly courted female viewers. The film, a remake of the 1939 classic, goes one big step further by keeping the original's key conceit. It's all women, all the time. No men show up as co-stars, supporting players - even extras. Read More...
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Bonneville

Bonneville
Who wouldn't want to go on a road trip with Jessica Lange, Joan Allen and Kathy Bates? The new to DVD "Bonneville" puts these great actresses on the open road in a girl-power quest like we haven't seen since Thelma met Louise.
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Walk the Line: Extended Cut

Walk the Line: Extended Cut
If you don't get chills watching the opening scene in "Walk the Line," well, then, you've never heard Johnny Cash's inimitable baritone before. The biopic earned plenty of accolades following its 2005 release, including a Best Actress Oscar for Reese Witherspoon's turn as June Carter Cash. Read More...
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12 Angry Men: 50th Anniversary Edition

12 Angry Men: 50th Anniversary Edition
Feeling blue about the U.S. legal system? Then it's the perfect time to revisit "12 Angry Men," the 1957 classic which serves up an imperfect valentine to law and order, American style. Henry Fonda leads a sterling cast in this courtroom-free drama which earned an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Read More...
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Damages: The Complete First Season

Damages: The Complete First Season
Glenn Close brings her incredible acting talents to the smaller screen as lethal lawyer Patty Hewes in the episodic thriller “Damages.” If you missed it then, or just want to enjoy it again before settling in for the second season, the series first season arrives in a three disc Blu-ray set on Tuesday, January 29th. Read More...
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