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Amelia

Amelia Box
Amelia, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, puts actress Hillary Swank into the role of the aviatrix Amelia Earhart and the Oscar winner ably manages to bring the woman we know through Movietone and press reels to life. Read More...
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Whip It - Be Your Own Hero

Whip It (Be Your Own Hero)
With Whip It (Be Your Own Hero,) nascent director Drew Barrymore asks the question “What would happen if we followed our passions, instead of our obligations.”
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Touched By An Angel Inspiration Collection

Touched By An Angel Inspiration Collection
The Touched By An Angel Inspiration Collection by Paramount Home Video; $14.99 each) brings sixteen of the shows episodes on four discs. For nine seasons fans of the drama series Touched by an Angel found messages of faith, love and belief in oneself and those around them. Read More...
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The Mel Brooks Collection

The Mel Brooks Collection
Recent Kennedy Center honoree and one of the premiere comedic minds of the twentieth century, the Mel Brooks, gets a high definition tribute to his career in this nine disk, Blu-ray gift set. Read More...
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Inglorious Basterds

Blu-ray Inglorious Basterds
Tarantino’s redo of the 1978’s Italian film “Quel Maledetto Rreno Blindato” (Enzo G. Castellari), is a WWII revisionist tale in which individuals take actions that under other circumstances would have been unthinkable. Read More...
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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian

Night at the Museum Box
For those who have not been able to visit our National Mall and tour the Smithsonian Institute’s museums and galleries, Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian provides a gleeful romp through a few of the more popular buildings that are our nation’s “attic.” Read More...
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Fight Club: 10th Anniversary Edition

Fight Club: 10 Anniversary Edition
Fight Club is like a big building on fire. You don’t want to watch the carnage, but it is oddly serene in its destructive power. Its just one of those movies that lives within you. Read More...
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Up

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With a ten-year-old child in the house, my Disney immersion has been thorough. And predictable. Until Up (Disney Pixar; Blu Ray 4 Disc Combo Pack $19.99). I will admit that I did not expect the beautifully crafted love story that I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Monsters, Inc.

Monsters, Inc.
Out of all the films I most looked forward to enjoying in high definition... well, “Monsters Inc." (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Rated G, $39.99) was always near the top of the list. The movie, originally released in 2001 not only helped cement Pixar Animation Studios as the leader of digital cartoons in the 21 century and beyond but it had multiple levels of humor to appeal to viewers of all ages. Read More...
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Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure

Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure
For Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure the feisty fairy first seen in Peter Pan in 1953, has a new look and mission. No longer the silent girl pining for her ‘fella, this Tinker Fairy has come into her own in this learn-your-lesson driven story. Read More...
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The Proposal

The Proposal
The Proposal is not quite up there with Bo Goldman’s 1992 screenplay based on the novel by Giovanni Arpino, it does show that if we don’t like an unlikeable lead character the movie dies before the popcorn is gone. Read More...
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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

X-Men Origins: Wolverine
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a 107 minute romp that is breathtakingly fun. But then I am an X-Men fan. The first X-Men comic I purchased was Number 1, signed by that Marvel of comic creations Stan Lee.
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