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  This Week on DVD: The Re-release of Pulp Fiction, The Crow, No Country for Old Men, Good Will Hunting, Gangs of New York and Kill Bill: Vol. 1

  April 26, 2011 at 11:26 am / Play It Again, Sam

  There’s a wonderful crop of films that are being re-released to DVD this week, although it’s likely that you’ve seen most of these Hollywood gems. If you haven’t, then take the time to check a few of them out. There’s too many good one’s here, but my personal favorite is No Country for Old Men.

  Pulp Fiction (1994)

  Director Quentin Tarantino makes movie modern history with Pulp Fiction popularizing the out-of-order segmented style of nonlinear narrative where the story is told out [...]

  

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  Play it again, Sam This Week on DVD: The King’s Speech, Somewhere, Rabbithole, The Way Back and Gulliver’s Travels

  April 19, 2011 at 8:48 am / Action, Biography, Comedy, Drama, Family, Play It Again, Sam, Trailer

  The King’s Speech documents the true story of King George VI’s rise to the top as Britain’s top monarchist and the speech difficulties he endured at the start of World War II. Viewing Colin Firth (Love Actually) on film – he played King George VI – is well worth the watch, even if this isn’t normally your “cup of tea”. The scenes with Firth and Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End) , who stars as speech therapist [...]

  

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  This Week on Netflix Instant Streaming – New Arrivals: Toy Story 3, Hot Tub Time Machine and Disney’s Oceans.

  April 12, 2011 at 9:00 am / Animated, Comedy, Documentary, Netflix Streaming, Play It Again, Sam

  Usually the first place I head to when I’m looking for a Netflix movie to watch instantly is the New Arrivals section. Here you’ll find fairly new releases to video, such as Toy Story 3 (2010 – Tom Hanks, Tim Allen) and Hot Tub Time Machine (2010 – John Cusack, Clark Duke). Plus, there are many others that hit the New Arrivals section, including older films like Practical Magic (1998 – Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock) and the timeless classic Gone [...]

  

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  Play it Again, Sam: Inside Job – this years Oscar doc now on DVD

  March 22, 2011 at 8:53 am / Documentary, New to DVD March 2011, Oscars 2011, Play It Again, Sam

  Who would’ve thought that the American Dream of buying a home would be the basis of a global financial crisis in 2008? Unbeknownst to most average Americans, getting into a dream home with little or no money down meant that banks didn’t care about the qualification process.  Deregulation of American banks and the market system itself put the country in a major predicament fiscally, while lining the pockets of many high ranking officers at major financial institutions. The stock market [...]

  

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  Play It Again Sam; S.W.A.T: Firefight DVD review

  March 1, 2011 at 12:35 pm / Action, New to DVD March 2011, Play It Again, Sam, Thriller

  This week our very own Morgan Rojas sat down with Gabriel Macht and Benny Boom to talk about S.W.A.T.: Firefight their latest movie available in DVD March 1st. In addition to interview (video posting soon) Morgan shares her insight on the film as a guest reviewer for our “Play It Again, Sm” column.

  S.W.A.T.: Firefight

  Los Angeles S.W.A.T. Sgt. Paul Cutler is sent to Detroit, Michigan to certify the local S.W.A.T. team in anti-terrorism and defensive techniques.  What starts out as routine [...]

  

  

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