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Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray releases this week (Feb 10, 2009)
2009-02-09 06:30:00 These movies are coming out on DVD and Blu-Ray disks the week of February 10, 2009. W. (a.k.a. Bush) (2008) PG-13 Academy Award winner Oliver Stone directs an all-star cast in this satiric retrospective of the life and political career of George W. Bush (Josh Brolin), from his troubles as a young adult through his governorship of Texas ... More About: Movies , Week
Stream Netflix to your TV or HDTV with PlayOn Media Server
2009-02-03 05:09:00 On February 1, 2009 Media Mall released the first production version of their PlayOn media server. It works like any other media server, but also provides capability to stream movies from Netflix ’s Watch Instantly queue (Netflix subscription is required), as well as videos from Hulu and media companies like CNN, CBS, EPSN and more media sources ... More About: Hardware , Home Theater , Server
Hot new DVD and Blu-Ray Releases this week (Feb 3, 2009)
2009-02-01 22:28:00 These movies come out on DVD and Blu-Ray disks the week of February 3, 2009: The Secret Life of Bees (2008) PG-13 Haunted by the death of her mother, 14-year-old Lily (Dakota Fanning) escapes the dreary life she lives on her father’s farm and heads to Tiburon, S.C., with her friend and caregiver, Rosaleen (Jennifer Hudson), setting off ... More About: Movies , Week
Taken (2008) PG-13 93min
2009-02-01 08:39:00 Taken (2008 ) This action thriller is directed by Pierre Morel, who is mostly known for his work as cinematographer (War (2007), Love and other disasters (2006), The Transporter (2002)). Of course, a French director could not make an action movie without the best French action director Luc Besson (directed the Transporter movies, The Professional (1994) - ...
Review: Taxi To The Dark Side (2007) R 106min
2008-11-07 08:09:00 Taxi To The Dark Side (2007) Director Alex Gibney’s “Taxi To The Dark Side” won 2008 Oscar for Best Documentary. The plot: “Taxi To The Dark Side” focuses on the story of an innocent Afghani taxi driver who was tortured to death by U.S. forces in Bagram airbase in Iraq in 2002. But his story is just ... More About: Review , Taxi
Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases this week (Nov 4, 2008)
2008-11-03 18:18:00 These movies come out on DVD and Blu-Ray this week: Kung Fu Panda (2008 ) PG When China’s Valley of Peace is threatened, lazy Po the panda (voiced by Jack Black) discovers his destiny as the “chosen one” and trains to become a kung fu hero. Master Monkey (Jackie Chan) and Master Viper (Lucy Liu) impart their knowledge to ... More About: Movies , Week
Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) R 102min
2008-11-01 08:03:00 Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008) Written and directed by Kevin Smith (”Catch and Release“, “Dogma“) this romantic comedy starring Seth Rogen (Pineapple Express, Superbad, Knocked up etc.) and Elizabeth Banks (”Definitely, Maybe“, “The 40 Year Old Virgin“, “Catch me if you can“ and more), albeit R-rated, is a good movie to see on Friday ... More About: Comedy , Movies , Review , Romance
Netflix: Roku, LG, Samsung, now TiVo! What?s next?
2008-10-30 07:51:00 On Thursday Netflix and TiVo are expected to announce partnership to deliver Netflix’s “Watch Instantly” movie streaming service to TiVo digital video recorders with HD capability. Netflix has recently gained significant ground in streaming video services via numerous partnerships hardware and content providers. For example, the alliance with LG and Samsung has resulted in firmware ... More About: Hardware , Home Theater , Tivo
Religulous (2008) R 101min
2008-10-27 08:15:00 Religulous (2008 ) Stand-up comedian Bill Maher, who now works at HBO, has had this documentary in mind for many years and finally it seems he could not keep his thoughts to himself anymore. He spoke about religion and absurdity of it and all the problems that come with it for a long time on his stand-up ...
RocknRolla (2008) R 114min
2008-10-26 09:04:00 RocknRolla (2008) This is the first installment of director Guy Ritchie’s trilogy, also written by him. The plot: When Russian mobster sets up a real-estate scam in London, all the underworld characters appear to get their share of the multi-million euro deal up for grabs. Some of those characters are small-time crooks like One-Two (Gerard Butler), ... More About: Comedy , Movies , Action , Crime
Samsung?s new Blu-Ray players to stream Netflix
2008-10-23 10:58:00 Samsung and Netflix today announced the deal that will allow Samsung to add streaming capabilities to their new Blu-Ray players and possibly expand the deal to include other electronics, possibly embed Netflix streaming in future Samsung TV models. The deal will help Netflix to expand delivery of movies and TV episodes over the Internet in a ... More About: Hardware , Players , Xbox , Samsung
Hot new DVD and Blu-Ray releases this week (Oct 21, 2008)
2008-10-20 03:52:00 Incredible Hulk (2008 ) PG-13 Edward Norton stars as Bruce Banner in this version of the classic comic book tale about a doctor who searches for a cure for his exotic condition, which causes him to transform into a huge green monster when under duress. Drawing closer to finding a remedy, Dr. Banner becomes sidetracked as he’s pursued ... More About: Johnny Depp , Week , Ben Stein
Review: W. (2008) PG-13 133min
2008-10-19 10:46:00 W. (2008 ) Oliver Stone (Platoon (1986), The Doors (1991), JFK (1991), Natural Born Killers (1994), Nixon (1995), Alexander (2004)) directed this biographical dramedy about the current US president, George W. Bush. Written by Stanley Weiser. Starring Josh Brolin (American Gangster, In The Valley of Elah, No Country for Old Men, Hollow Man etc.) and Elizabeth ... More About: Review
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (1984)
2008-10-16 10:15:00 Talking Heads : Stop Making Sense (1984) Director Jonathan Demma very creatively crafted this film from the footage of several Talking Heads concerts at Los Angeles’ Pantages Theater. The plot: The staging concept was developed by the lead vocalist of the Talking Heads, David Byrne, the band’s front-man. It begins with him walking out on an absolutely empty stage ... More About: Talking
Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases This Week (Oct 14, 2008)
2008-10-12 18:59:00 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of Crytal Skull (2008 ) PG-13 Hollywood icon Harrison Ford returns to the role of the adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones nearly 20 years after he last donned the famous fedora and bullwhip to save the world from imminent peril. Joining Ford for this latest installment of the Steven Spielberg-George Lucas collaboration are Academy ... More About: Week
Review: Body of Lies (2008) R 128min
2008-10-12 10:00:00 Body of Lies (2008 ) R This spy/action flick is directed by Ridley Scott (American Gangster (2007), Num3rs, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), Kingdom of Heaven (2005), Matchstick Men (2003), Black Hawk Down (2001)). It’s based on Washington Post columnist David Ignatius’s 2007 novel “Body of Lies”. The plot: CIA operative, Roger ... More About: Body , Review
Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray releases this week (October 7, 2008)
2008-10-06 05:14:00 The Happening (2008 ) R In this thriller from M. Night Shyamalan, a deadly airborne virus threatens to wipe out the northeastern United States. Fleeing from contaminated cities into the remote countryside, science teacher Elliott Moore (Mark Wahlberg) and his wife, Alma (Zooey Deschanel), fight to survive and discover the truth: is it terrorism, the accidental release of ... More About: Week , October
The Prisoner or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2006) PG-13 72min
2008-10-05 09:25:00 The Prisoner or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair (2006) This is a documentary about Yunnis Abbas, Iraq i journalist and reporter, who was once tortured by Uday Hussein for writing an article about the embargo. 5 years later as he was returning from a dance party he was arrested by American troops for allegedly planning the assassination ... More About: Movies , Documentary
Miracle at St. Anna (2008) R 160min
2008-10-05 08:59:00 Miracle at St. Anna (2008) A.k.a. Miracolo a Sant’Anna is directed Spike Lee (Malcolm X (1992), The Original Kings of Comedy (2000), 25th Hour (2002)) based on James McBride’s novel who also wrote the screenplay for this movie. The plot: Miracle at St. Anna is loosly based on actual massacre at Sant’Anna di Stazzema in August of ... More About: Movies , Drama , Action , Germany , Adventure
Coffee And Cigarettes (2003) R 95min
2008-10-04 23:24:00 Coffee And Cigarettes (2003) Jim Jarmusch (Year of the Horse, Dead Man, Mystery Train) has shot this collage of short films over a long period of time. The first episode, “Coffee and Cigarettes I”, came out in 1986. In this full feature-length film he combined all the episodes he shot in Black and White over the years, surprising ... More About: Comedy , Movies , Drama , Coffee , Cate Blanchett
Mad Money (2008) PG-13 1h 44min
2008-10-01 07:18:00 Mad Money (2008) Diane Keaton, Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes star in this comedy inspired by real events about janitors who stole money from Federal Reserve Bank. Directed by Callie Khouri. The plot: Bridget Cardigan (Diane Keaton) is close to retirement and when her husband (Ted Danson) gets downsized they are two hundred thousand dollars in debt. ... More About: Comedy , Movies , Marriage , Crime
Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray Releases This Week (Sep 30, 2008)
2008-09-28 23:45:00 These movies come out on DVD and Blu-Ray this week. Iron Man (2008 ) PG-13 After ultrarich inventor and weapons maker Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) escapes from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, he turns his invention to good by using it to fight crime. But when he must face the evil Iron Monger, his skills are stretched to ... More About: Week
Eagle Eye (2008) PG-13 118min
2008-09-28 08:53:00 Eagle Eye (2008) Eagle Eye is the new product of Steven Spielberg’s Dreamworks studio, starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson , Michael Chiklis and Billy Bob Thornton. The plot: Two unrelated people, a copy shop clerk Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) and a young single mom Rachel Holloman (Monaghan) are thrown together by a phone call from a mysterious ... More About: Movies , Action , Intelligence , Thrillers
Apocalypto (2006) R 139min
2008-09-25 08:06:00 Apocalypto (2006) Apocalypto, 3-Oscar-nominated drama is written and directed by Mel Gibson and produced by his company, ICON Productions and distributed by Touchstone Pictures. The plot: Before conquistadors arrived in America, the Mayan culture was already in decline. The priests convinced people that the solution to their problem is in building more temples and performing more human ... More About: Apocalypto
In Bruges (2008) R 107min
2008-09-24 07:20:00 In Bruges (2008) In Bruges is Martin McDonagh’s (2006 Oscar winner for script for ”Six Shooter”) directorial debut, starring Colin Farrell , Brendan Gleeson and Ralph Fiennes. The plot: At Christmas time two Irish hit men are hiding after they did a job that didn’t go as planned - they are sent by their employer Harry to Bruges, Belgium , to lie low. There they ... More About: Confession , Thrillers , Integrity
Foyle?s War (2002-2008) TV-PG
2008-09-09 07:27:00 Foyle’s War (2002-2008) “Foyle’s War” is British TV drama series that marry history of World War I I and detective mystery. The plot: English Channel is the only thing that separates Britain from the Nazi invasion. In a small town of Hastings in the vulnerable Southern coast. While the whole Europe is at war, people of Hastings do ... More About: Movies , Drama , Foreign , V Series
Hot New DVD and Blu-Ray releases this week (Sep 9, 2008)
2008-09-07 08:11:00 These movies come out on DVD and Blu-Ray the week of September 9, 2008 . The Forbidden Kingdom (2008) PG-13 Kung fu legends Jackie Chan and Jet Li star in this exciting adventure about a martial arts movie fanatic named Jason (Michael Angarano) who discovers a mystical Chinese staff in a local pawnshop that transports him to war-torn ancient ... More About: Week
More media servers support Netflix
2008-09-04 23:40:00 Recently Media Mall Technologies announced Beta 3 version of its Play On media server. MediaMall currently bundles its ActiveTV media server with several networking media players, including D-Link DSM 520 and DSM 720. Both ActiveTV and PlayOn servers come with default configuration containing several hundred “channels”, includng CNN, Hulu, Reuters, NPR, Yahoo!, VH1, MTV, ESPN, BBC News, ... More About: Hardware , Media Player , Servers
?Traitor? is this year?s ?Departed?
2008-09-02 20:17:00 Traitor (2008) PG-13 I did not have high expectations for this movie, but I knew that given right material and direction, Don Cheadle can perform miracles on screen. His roles in “Hotel Rwanda” and “Crash” won him Best Actor nominations. This time he also showed himself as very talented producer. Guess who else produced this movie? Steve ... More About: Year , Departed , Traitor
Hot new Blu-Ray and DVD releases this week (September 2, 2008)
More articles from this author:2008-09-01 08:48:00 This week is big on releases of various TV series on DVD. But the highlight of the week is… Transformers - Two Disc Special Edition (2007) PG-13 Based on the popular toys that transform from machines into giant robots, this live-action movie from Pearl Harbor director Michael Bay finds the planet Cybertron inhabitants engaging in a secret war ... More About: Movies , Week , September , 2008 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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