Sep 30

Amazon is not only price matching Best Buy with a number of titles at $9.99, they have gone a little further with some as low as $7.99.

Titles $9.49 or less include Blazing Saddles, In the Valley of Elah, Black Mask, Bullitt and 2001: A Space Odyssey.

There are a vast number of titles for $9.99 right now, including Babel, The Kingdom, U-571, Trans-Siberian, Risky Business, Memoirs of a Geisha and The Continue reading »

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Sep 29

Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past is the latest romantic comedy to be released by New Line Home Entertainment, hitting the shelves in a September 22nd 2009 release.

Ghosts of Girlfriends past features the story of Connor Meads, a star photographer who uses his charms to win the heart of any woman he chooses, only to break it at the next opportunity.

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Sep 29

Cover Art Gallery for the week of 27th of September 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sep 26

The last of four martial arts movies released on September 15th by Miramax is the movie Iron Monkey.

The movie plays out almost like a cross between Hero and a Jackie Chan movie, with Kung Fu rather than sword play, though with the surreal style afforded by wire work.

The story of the movie follow the exploits of the Iron Monkey, a mystical character who is like a Chinese version of Batman crossed Continue reading »

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Sep 25

The Japanese contribution to the martial arts movie collection released on September 15th by Miramax is The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi.

The Zatoichi character featured in a very long running series of movies that started in the 1960s and ran through to the eighties with over 25 movies produced.

Throughout these films the nomadic swordsman would wander from village to village, often helping the less Continue reading »

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Sep 25

The Legend Of Drunken Master is Jackie Chan’s contribution to the martial arts movie collection released by Dimension and Miramax through Disney on Blu-ray Disc September 15th.

This movie is almost the polar opposite of the Hero movie, with a strong focus on the actual true life Kung Fu capabilities of the star Jackie Chan.

Legend of the Drunken Master is a Kung Fu movie in the true sense, with Continue reading »

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Sep 24

Warner has made some interesting new announcements recently, including a new ‘ultimate cut’ for the Watchmen movie, scheduled for November 3rd 2009.

The new version of the movie weaves Watchmen: Tales from the Black Freighter, the animated story-within-a-story, into the Director’s Cut of the film.

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Sep 22

Cover Art Gallery for the week of 20th of September 2009:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Sep 21

The well known Chinese sword play movie Hero is is one of four martial arts movies released on Blu-ray on September 15th by Miramax through Disney.

The movie itself highlights the ‘art’ side of martial arts and takes the genre to a whole new level.

As noted the movie is based largely around sword play, and tends towards the surreal rather than reality, with a lot of wire work being used Continue reading »

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Sep 16

The Sony Style store has an interesting offer right now – a free Blu-ray drive upgrade ($80 value) when you purchase a customizable Sony FW series notebook (VGNFW490).

It is interesting to see that a Blu-ray playback is only an additional $80 these days…!

Alternatively you can also add a Blu-ray burner for $100, saving $80.

In any case, this offer is valid through October 3rd.

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