June 29th, 2010
Dvd release date: 06/29/2010
Starring: Paul Bettany,Jennifer Connelly
Director: Jon Amiel
Category: Drama
Rated: PG-13
From director Jon Amiel (“The Singing Detective”, “Entrapment”) and writer John Collee (“Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World”) comes “Creation”. A psychological, heart-wrenching love story starring Paul Bettany (“A Beautiful Mind”, “Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World”) as Charles Darwin, the film is based on “Annie’s Box”, a biography penned by Darwin’s great-great-grandson Randal Keynes using personal letters and diaries of the Darwin family. We take a unique and inside look at Darwin, his family and his love for his deeply religious wife, played by Jennifer Connelly (“A Beautiful Mind”, “Requiem For A Dream”), as, torn between faith and science, Darwin struggles to finish his legendary book “On the Origin of Species”, which goes on to become the foundation for evolutionary biology. The film co-stars Toby Jones (“Frost/Nixon”, “Infamous”, and Jeremy Northam (“Gosford Park”, “Amistad”), and was produced by Jeremy Thomas (“Sexy Beast”) at Recorded Picture Company with BBC Films and Ocean Pictures. (Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
New York Post: ** (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)
Overall: **1/2 (out of four)
Tags: jennifer connelly, jon amiel, paul bettany, toby jones
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June 29th, 2010
Dvd release date: 06/29/2010
Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson
Director: Chris Columbus
Category: Children & Family
Rated: PG
Trouble-prone Percy Jackson is having problems in high school – but that’s the least of his challenges. It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus seem to have walked out of the pages of Percy’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. Percy has learned that his real father is Poseidon, god of the sea, which means Percy is a demigod – half human / half god. At the same time, Zeus, the king of all gods, has accused Percy of stealing Zeus’ lightning bolt… the original weapon of mass destruction. Now Percy must prepare for the adventure of a lifetime, and the stakes couldn’t be higher. With ominous storm clouds brewing over the planet and his own life now in peril, Percy travels to a special enclave called Camp Half Blood, where he trains to harness his newly discovered powers and prevent a devastating war among the gods. There, Percy meets two fellow demigods – the warrior Annabeth, who is searching for her mother, the goddess Athena; and his childhood friend and protector, Grover, who is actually a brave but untested Satyr. Grover and Annabeth then join Percy on an incredible transcontinental odyssey that takes them six hundred stories above New York City (the portal to Mount Olympus) and to the iconic Hollywood sign, under which burn the fires of the Underworld. At journey’s end rests the fate of the world – and the life of Percy’s mother Sally, whom Percy must rescue from the depths of Hell itself. Percy Jackson: Half human. Half god. All hero. (Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Overall: ** (out of four)
Tags: brandon t. jackson, chris columbus, logan lerman
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June 22nd, 2010
Dvd release date: 06/22/2010
Starring: Matt Damon, Amy Ryan
Director: Paul Greengrass
Category: Action & Adventure
Rated: R
Academy Award nominees Matt Damon reteam with director Paul Greengrass (“The Bourne Supremacy”, “The Bourne Ultimatum”) in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, “Green Zone” is “one hell of a thriller” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times). (Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: **1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)
Overall: **1/2 (out of four)
Tags: amy ryan, greg kinnear, matt damon, paul greengrass
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June 22nd, 2010
Dvd release date: 06/22/2010
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin
Director: Allen Coulter
Category: Drama
Rated: PG-13
A moving love story about redemption, discovery and the value of life, “Remember Me” tells the unforgettable story about two wounded people brave enough to try again. Its emotionally stirring ending reminds us just how important it is to grab hold of what’s important, to love passionately – and live loudly – every day of one’s life. (Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)
Rolling Stone: * (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)
Overall: *1/2 (out of four)
Tags: allen coulter, emilie de ravin, robert pattinson
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June 22nd, 2010
Dvd release date: 06/22/2010
Starring: Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve
Director: Jim Field Smith
Category: Comedy
Rated: R
In the comedy “She’s Out of My League”, Kirk (Jay Baruchel, “Knocked Up”, “Tropic Thunder”), an average Joe, can’t believe his luck. Though he’s stuck in a seemingly dead-end job as an airport security agent, against all odds, Molly (Alice Eve), a successful and outrageously gorgeous babe, falls for him. Kirk is stunned. So are his friends, his family and even his ex-girlfriend. Now he has to figure out how to make the relationship work, even though he’s be the first to admit she’s totally out of his league. (Publisher)
Summary of critic reviews:
Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: **1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)
Overall: ** (out of four)
Tags: alice eve, jay baruchel, jim field smith
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