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Viva Las Vegas on Blu-ray
It’s pretty tough to beat Jailhouse Rock in terms of sheer entertainment, but Elvis lovers are particularly fond of this 1964 hit. The Big E plays race-car driver Lucky Jackson, who arrives in Las Vegas for an upcoming Grand Prix race. Lucky’s car needs a new engine, so he gets a waiter [...]
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay (Unrated Special Edition) on Blu-ray
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Beginning precisely where Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle left off, Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay takes the film franchise in a more boorish and spuriously topical direction. Harold (John Cho) and Kumar (Kal Penn) take an ill-fated flight to Amsterdam, during which Kumar’s [...]
Friday the 13th (Extended Killer Cut and Theatrical Cut) on Blu-ray
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If you thought a bigger budget and an A-list producer (Michael Bay) would go to Jason’s head, well, forget it. The indestructible villain of so many bottom-of-the-barrel shockers isn’t about to change his shtick, and the 2009 Friday the 13th proves it. This, the umpteenth sequel (nope, [...]
Live from Texas 2007 on Blu-ray
Clear/Blu-Ray. DTS 5.1-Channel Surround Sound. Live From Texas 2007 is a Live DVD by ZZ Top with 18 crowd pleasing rip roaring tracks includes “Got Me Under Pressure”, “Waitin’ For The Bus”, “I’m Bad, I’m Nationwide”, “Cheap Sunglasses”, “Pearl Necklace”, “Heard It On The X”, “Just Got Paid”, “Blue Jean Blues”, [...]
Recount on Blu-ray
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At the height of the 2000 election season, CBS anchor Dan Rather quipped, “The presidential race is crackling like a hickory fire.” Director Jay Roach (Austin Powers) recaptures that blaze in his smart HBO docudrama about the thriller in Palm Beach County. Written by actor Danny Strong, [...]
Lonesome Dove on Blu-ray
Robert Duvall and Tommy Lee Jones star as Gus McCrae and Woodrow Call, aging cowboys and former Texas rangers and who organize a 2,500 mile cattle drive for one last great adventure in this excellent 1989 miniseries adaptation of Larry McMurtry’s novel. The best friends, who steal the herd from a gang of [...]
The Wild Bunch on Blu-ray
One of the best action movies ever made, in a cleaned-up print restoring crucial parts of the story. No cavalry ever rode in with more epochal impact than the Wild Bunch in the legendary opening scene. Their steel-eyed leader, Pike (William Holden), and his robbers in stolen army uniforms help an old lady [...]
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Blu-ray
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The 2003 version of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre adheres to the pure and simple slasher movie formula: Introduce a gaggle of sexy young people, make vague gestures to distinguish them–Jessica Biel (Summer Catch) wants to get married and doesn’t like pot, so she’s our moral compass–then start [...]
The Searchers on Blu-ray (1956)
A favorite film of some of the world’s greatest filmmakers, including Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg, John Ford’s The Searchers has earned its place in the legacy of great American films for a variety of reasons. Perhaps most notably, it’s the definitive role for John Wayne as an icon of the classic Western–the [...]
Girls Gone Wild: Hottest Texas Coeds on Blu-ray
The hottest girls in America come from Texas. No doubt about it. Watch as these Lone Star state hotties strip down to their cowboy boots, ride mechanical bulls and flaunt their ten-gallon breasts. Giddy-up! Maybe it s something in the water (or the beer), but Texas turns out the hottest, wildest girls we [...]