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Bolt - DVD Review

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BoltMPAA Rating: PG for some mild action and peril.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Byron Howard and Chris Williams
Writer: Dan Fogelman and Chris Williams
Cast: John Travolta; Miley Cyrus; Mark Walton; Malcolm McDowell ... complete cast
Tagline: A hero is unleashed 2008.
Genre: Animation | Comedy | Family
Memorable Quote: "Yes, so if you want to keep it inside your body, where it belongs, you should stop jumping off trucks doing eighty on the interstate! " ... more quotes
Release Date: November 21, 2008
DVD Release Date: March 24, 2009

5 Stars

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Burn After Reading - DVD Review

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Burn After ReadingRated: R for pervasive language, some sexual content and violence.
Runtime: 96 mins.
Director: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Writer: Ethan Coen; Joel Coen
Cast: George Clooney; Frances McDormand; John Malkovich; Brad Pitt ... complete cast
Tagline: Intelligence is relative.
Genre: Comedy | Crim
Memorable Quote: "No, no. God no. Burn the body. Get rid of it. " ... more quotes
Release Date: September 12, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 21, 2008

4 stars

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Changeling - DVD Review

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ChangelingMPAA Rating: R for some violent and disturbing content, and language.
Runtime: 140 mins.
Director: Clint Eastwood
Writer: J. Michael Straczynski
Cast: Angelina Jolie; John Malkovich ... complete cast
Tagline: To find her son, she did what no one else dared.
Genre: Biography | Crime | Drama | Mystery
Memorable Quote: "The boy they brought back is not my son." ... more quotes
Release Date: Ocotber 24, 2008
DVD Release Date: February 17, 2009.

5 Stars

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Charlie Bartlett - DVD Review

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Charlie BartlettRated: R for language, drug content and brief nudity.
Runtime: 97 mins.
Director: Jon Poll
Writer: Gustin Nash
Cast: Anton Yelchin; Robert Downey, Jr., Hope Davis
Tagline: Popularity is a state of mind.
Genre: Comedy/Drama
Memorable Quote: "I'll see you in the sequel, bitch! "
Release Date: February 22, 2008
DVD Release Date: June 24, 2008

2 stars

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A Christmas Story - Blu-ray Review

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A Christmas StoryMPAA Rating: PG.
Runtime: 94 mins.
Director: Bob Clark
Writer: Jean Shepherd (novel and screenplay)
Cast: Darren Mcgavin; Peter Billingsley; Melinda Dillon ... complete cast
Tagline: A Tribute to the Original, Traditional, One-Hundred-Percent, Red-Blooded, Two-Fisted, All-American Christmas.
Genre: Comedy | Family
Memorable Quote: "I want an official Red Ryder, carbine action, two-hundred shot range model air rifle!" ... more quotes
Theatrical release Date: November 18, 1983
Blu-Ray Release Date: November 4, 2008

5 Stars

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Cloverfield - DVD Review

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CloverfiledRated: PG-13 for violence, terror and disturbing images.
Runtime: 84 mins.
Director: Matt Reeves
Writer: Drew Goddard
Cast: T.J. Miller; Mike Vogel; Michael Stahl-David ... complete cast
Tagline: Some Thing Has Found Us.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I don't know, but whatever it is, it's winning." ... more quotes
Release Date: January 18, 2008

4 stars

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Cool Hand Luke - DVD Review

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Cool Hand LukeMPAA Rating: GP (re-rating - 1970)
Runtime: 126 mins.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Donn Pearce and Frank Pierson
Cast: Paul Newman; George Kennedy; J.D. Cannon ... complete cast
Tagline: "What we've got here, is failure to communicate."
Genre: Crime | Drama
Memorable Quote: "My Lord, whatever I done, don't strike me blind for another couple of minutes. " ... more quotes
Theatrical Release Date: November 1, 1967
Available on DVD and Blu-Ray Hi-Def: September 9, 2008

4 stars

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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - DVD Review

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The Curious Case of Banjamin Button MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Runtime: 166 mins.
Director: David Fincher
Writer: Eric Roth
Cast: Brad Pitt; Cate Blanchett; Taraji P. Henson
Tagline: Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments
Genre: Drama
Memorable Quote: "Would you still love ME if I were young and had acne? When I'm afraid of what's under the bed? Or if I end up wetting the bed? "
Release Date: December 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: May 5, 2009.

4 stars

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The Dark Knight - DVD Review

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The Dark KnightRated: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.
Runtime: 142 mins.
Director: Christopher Nolan
Writer: Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan
Cast: Christian Bale; Heath Ledger; Aaron Eckhart; Michael Caine ... complete cast
Tagline: Why So Serious?
Genre: Action | Crime | Drama
Memorable Quote: "Nothing. No name, no other alias. Clothing is... custom. Nothing in his pockets but knives and lint." ... more quotes
Release Date: July 18, 2008
DVD Release Date: December 16, 2008

5 Stars

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Diary of the Dead - DVD Review

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Diary of the DeadRated: R for strong horror violence and gore, and pervasive language.
Runtime: 95 mins.
Director: George A. Romero
Writer: George A. Romero
Cast: Michelle Morgan; Joshua Close; Shawn Roberts
Tagline: Shoot the Dead.
Genre: Horror
Memorable Quote: "Hye, I'm just trying to make a movie here"
Release Date: February 15, 2008

4 stars

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The Day the Earth Stood Still - DVD Review

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The Day the Earth Stood StillMPAA Rating: Not rated by the MPAA.
Runtime: 92 mins.
Director: Robert Wise
Writer: Edmund H. North
Cast: Michael Rennie; Patricia Neal; Hugh Marlowe ... complete cast
Tagline: A robot and a man . . . hold the world spellbound with new and startling powers from another planet!
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller
Memorable Quote: "I'm worried about Gort. I'm afraid of what he might do if anything should happen to me. " ... more quotes
Release Date: September 25, 1951
DVD Release Date: December 2, 2008

3 Stars

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Deception - DVD Review

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DeceptionRated: R for sexual content, language, brief violence and some drug use.
Runtime: 108 mins.
Director: Marcel Langenegger
Writer: Mark Bomback
Cast: Hugh jackman; Ewan McGregor; Michelle Williams ... complete cast
Tagline: Deception
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Memorable Quote: "Are you free tonight" ... more quotes
Release Date: April 25, 2008
DVD Release Date: September 23, 2008

2 stars

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