12 ROUNDS
(PG-13/Unrated)
MOVIE: *** (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)
STARRING
John Cena as DANNY FISHER
Aidan Gillen as MILES JACKSON
Ashley Scott as MOLLY PORTER
Steve Harris as GEORGE AIKEN
Brian J. White as HANK CARVER
Gonzalo Menendez as RAY SANTIAGO
Studio: Fox Atomic
Directed by: Renny Harlin
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Fat Guy Kevin Carr reviews Blu-rays of 3 Days of the Condor, Changing Lanes, Enemy at the Gates, The Machinist, Paycheck, Black Sheep, Fargo, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Licence to Kill, Major League, The Man with the Golden Gun, Waynes World, Waynes World 2, Without a Paddle, Big and There’s Something About Mary.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Tom & Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection, Confessions of a Shopaholic, Waltz with Bashir, Inkheart and Pink Panther 2.
Stinker of the week: The Girls Next Door: Season Five.
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Fat Guy Kevin Carr reviews DVD and Blu-rays of 24, Army Wives, Prison Break, The Closer, True Blood, Two and a Half Men, Penn & Teller Bullshit!, Gavin & Stacey and October Road.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Friday the 13th grab bag, Burn Notice: Season Two, Nature’s Most Amazing Events on Blu-ray, Madea Goes to Jail and seasons two of The Secret Life of the American Teenager and Everwood.
Stinker of the week: The Cell 2.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Gran Torino, Fired Up, The International, The Shield: Season Seven and The Best of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.
Stinker of the week: Nobel Son.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Defiance, Revolutionary Road, He’s Just Not That Into You, Army Wives: Season Two and Spring Breakdown.
Stinker of the week: Silent Venom.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Mega Shark vs. Giant Octopus, The Closer: The Complete Fourth Season, Falling Down: Deluxe Edition, Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s and 1970s and Land of the Lost: The Complete Series.
Stinker of the week: Designing Women: The Complete First Season.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: 24: Season 7, True Blood: The Complete First Season, My Bloody Valentine 3D, Valkyrie and Paul Blart: Mall Cop.
Stinker of the week: Driven to Kill with Steven Segal.
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24: SEASON 7
(not rated)
MOVIE: ****1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: ***** (out of 5)
STARRING
Kiefer Sutherland as JACK BAUER
Cherry Jones as PRESIDENT ALLISON TAYLOR
Annie Wersching as RENEE WALKER
Carlos Bernard as TONY ALMEIDA
Colm Feore as HENRY TAYLOR
Bob Gunton as ETHAN KANIN
Jeffrey Nordling as LARRY MOSS
Mary Lynn Rajskub as CHLOE O’BRIAN
James Morrison as BILL BUCHANAN
Janeane Garofalo as JANIS GOLD
Jon Voight as JONAS HODGES
Studio: FOX
Created by: Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran
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3 DAYS OF THE CONDOR
(R)
MOVIE: ** (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: * (out of 5)
STARRING
Robert Redford as JOSEPH TURNER
Faye Dunaway as KATHY HALE
Cliff Robertson as J. HIGGINS
Max von Sydow as G. JOUBERT
John Houseman as MR. WABASH
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Directed by: Sydney Pollack
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This year marks the 25th anniversary of the appearance of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in Mirage Comics. To help celebrate this, Lionsgate is releasing the seventh season of the original animated television show in four collectible boxes, which together make its own nice action scene.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Taken, Galaxy Quest: Deluxe Edition, Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, Two and a Half Men: Season Five and Underworld: Rise of the Lycans.
Stinker of the week: No Stinker this week… the pickings were just too good.
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WILL & GRACE: BEST OF LOVE & MARRIAGE
(Not Rated)
MOVIE: ***1/2 (out of 5)
DVD EXPERIENCE: ** (out of 5)
STARRING
Eric McCormack as WILL TRUMAN
Debra Messing as GRACE ADLER
Megan Mullally as KAREN WALKER
Sean Hayes as JACK MCFARLAND
Studio: Lionsgate
Created by: David Kohan & Max Mutchnick
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WILL & GRACE: BEST OF FRIENDS & FOES
(Not Rated)
MOVIE: **** (out of 5)
DVD EXPERIENCE: ** (out of 5)
STARRING
Eric McCormack as WILL TRUMAN
Debra Messing as GRACE ADLER
Megan Mullally as KAREN WALKER
Sean Hayes as JACK MCFARLAND
Studio: Lionsgate
Created by: David Kohan & Max Mutchnick
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