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Horror-meister John Carpenter (Halloween Escape from New York) teams Kurt Russell’s outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing.In the winter of 1982 a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100000 years. Once unfrozen the form-changing alien wreaks havoc creates terror and becomes one of them.System Requirements:Run Time: 109 minsFormat: DVD HD Genre: HORROR Rating: R UPC: 025192778223 Manufacturer No: 27782

Director: 
John Carpenter

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AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Pictures 

(2006-10-24)

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Nominated for 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and winner of 3, The Pianist stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody in the true-life story of brilliant pianist and composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the most acclaimed young musician of his time until his promising career was interrupted by the onset of World War II. This powerful, triumphant film follows Szpilman’s heroic and inspirational journey, an unforgettable opeic testifying to both the power of hope and the resiliency of the human spirit. Brought to life by visionary filmmaker Roman Polanski, The Pianist is his most personal movie ever.

Director: 
Roman Polanski

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2008-01-08)

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Robert De Niro, Sharon Stone and Joe Pesci star in director Martin Scorsese’s riveting look at how blind ambition, white-hot passion and 24-karat greed toppled an empire. Las Vegas, 1973, is the setting for this fact-based story about the Mob’s multimillion-dollar casino operation, where fortunes and lives were made and lost with a roll of the dice.

Director: 
Martin Scorsese

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2006-12-19)

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Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 01/16/2007 Run time: 130 minutes Rating: Pg13

Director: 
Stephen Sommers

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2007-01-16)

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Bigger isn’t always better, but for anyone who enjoyed Pitch Black, a nominal sequel like The Chronicles of Riddick should prove adequately entertaining. Writer-director David Twohy returns with expansive sets, detailed costumes, an army of CGI effects artists, and the star he helped launch–Vin Diesel–bearing his franchise burden quite nicely as he reprises his title role. The Furian renegade Riddick has another bounty on his head, but when he escapes from his mercenary captors, he’s plunged into an epic-scale war waged by the Necromongers. A fascist master race led by Lord Marshal (Colm Feore), they’re determined to conquer all enemies in their quest for the Underverse, the appeal of which is largely unexplained (since Twohy is presumably reserving details for subsequent “chronicles”). With tissue-thin plotting, scant character development, and skimpy roles that waste the talents of Thandie Newton (as a Necromonger conspirator) and Judi Dench (as a wispy “Elemental” priestess), Twohy’s back in the B-movie territory he started in (with The Arrival), brought to vivid life on a vast digital landscape with the conceptual allure of a lavish graphic novel. But does Riddick have leadership skills on his resumé? To get an answer to that question, sci-fi fans will welcome another sequel. –Jeff Shannon

Director: 
David Twohy

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Subtitled

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2006-05-23)

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Universal The Bourne Identity - HD-DVD
Academy Award Winner Matt Damon stars in this explosive, action-packed hit filled with incredible fight sequences. Found with two bullets in his back, Jason Bourne discovers he has the skills of a very dangerous man and no memory of his violent past. Racing to unlock the secret of his own identity, he discovers the deadly truth: he’s an elite government agent, a 30 million dollar weapon the government no longer trusts. Now this top operative is the government’s number one target in this super-charged, thrill-a-minute spectacular loaded with “Non-stop action!” (Bill Zwecker, FOX-TV).

Director: 
Doug Liman

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2007-07-24)

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Universal The Mummy (1999) HD-DVD
Deep in the Egyptian desert, a handful of people searching for a long-lost treasure have just unearthed a 3,000 year old legacy of terror. Combining the thrills of a rousingadventure with the suspense of Universal’s legendary 1932 horror classic “The Mummy,” Starring Brendan Fraser, is a true nonstop action epic, filled with dazzling visual effects, top-notch talent andsuperb storytelling.

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2006-11-28)

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Good enough to suggest long-term franchise potential, The Bourne Supremacy is a thriller fans will appreciate for its well-crafted suspense, and for its triumph of competence over logic (or lack thereof). Picking up where The Bourne Identity left off, the action begins when CIA assassin and partial amnesiac Jason Bourne (a role reprised with efficient intensity by Matt Damon) is framed for a murder in Berlin, setting off a chain reaction of pursuits involving CIA handlers (led by Joan Allen and the duplicitous Brian Cox, with Julia Stiles returning from the previous film) and a shadowy Russian oil magnate. The fast-paced action hurtles from India to Berlin, Moscow, and Italy, and as he did with the critically acclaimed Bloody Sunday, director Paul Greengrass puts you right in the thick of it with split-second editing (too much of it, actually) and a knack for well-sustained tension. It doesn’t all make sense, and bears little resemblance to Robert Ludlum’s novel, but with Damon proving to be an appealingly unconventional action hero, there’s plenty to look forward to. –Jeff Shannon

Director: 
Paul Greengrass

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2006-05-23)

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You asked for it and here it is…the ultimate collection of the wildest and sexiest footage we’ve ever caught on tape! It’s the best of the best–it’s Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Moments Ever 2. Sexiest Moments Ever 2 takes you to the hottest beaches bars and college dormrooms for all the naughtiness that you’ve come to love from Girls Gone Wild! This show has it all including Krysta a Freshman from Florida who might just have the sexiest body we’ve ever seen and 18-year-old Jana who throws a sex party in celebration of her first Spring Break…and our cameras are there to capture it all! It’s real raw and completely uncensored! It’s Girls Gone Wild: Sexiest Moments Ever 2.Format: DVD HD Genre: MATURE/ADULT UPC: 655587976233 Manufacturer No: 97623

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Color

Company: Mantra Films 

(2007-12-11)

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Universal Fear & Loathing In Las Vegas - HD-DVD
Terry Gilliam (”Brazil,” “Twelve Monkeys”) directed this colorful, stylized, pseudo-psychedelic $21-million adaptation of the 1971 Hunter S. Thompson classic, “Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas”: A Savage Journeyinto the Heart of the American Dream, about stoned sportswriter Raoul Duke, Thompson’s alter ego, on a wild drug-crazed road trip, a paranoid plummetinto the belly of the beast, with his pal, lawyerOscar Zeta Acosta. Originally serialized in Rolling Stone (November 1971), the book catapulted Thompson headfirst toward the Kerouac-Mailer-Capote pantheon and jump-started the entire movement of “gonzo journalism.” Carrying a suitcase of drugs, Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp with shaved pate) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio Del Toro) drive a red convertible across the Mojave from L.A. to Vegas, where Duke has an assignment to cover the Mint 400 desert motorcycle race. As the drugs kick in, Duke ventures into voiceover, filling in the blank spotsand narrative gaps. “This is not a good town for psychedelic drugs,” says Duke, but even so, they consume vast quantities, eventually escalating to ether. Duke notes that with ether “you can actuallywatch yourself behaving this terrible way, but you can’t control it.” The two trash their hotel room, and Gonzo goes back to L.A. Thinking the hotel room holocaust will lead to an arrest, Duke beginsa drive back to L.A., but after an odd encounter with a highway patrolman (Gary Busey) and a telephone conversation with Gonzo, he returns to Vegas to cover the District Attorney Convention on Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in the glitzy Flamingo Hotel. This time the drugged-out duo trash their Flamingo room. The crazed carnival atmosphere segues into a carney casino, Bazooko’s Circus, where a barker (Penn Jillette) spiels amid aerialists, clowns, and a rotating carousel bar. Gonzo worries over runaway teen Lucy (Christina Ricci), who paints por

Director: 
Terry Gilliam

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 

(2006-09-26)

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Warner Brothers The Ultimate Matrix Collection (HD-DVD)
The definitive ten-disc DVD set, The “Ultimate Matrix Collection” features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever with a newly remastered picture and sound for “The Matrix.” Also included is the companion piece “The Matrix Revisited” and the best-selling “The Animatrix,” plus five entirely new DVDs packed solid with brand-new supplemental materials that encompass every aspect of the Matrix universe, including two new audio commentaries on each film, Enter the Matrix video game footage, 106 deep-delving featurettes/ documentaries and much more!

Director: 
Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

HD DVD: 
Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Warner Home Video 

(2007-05-22)

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From the unique vantage point of 200 miles above Earth’s surface we see how natural forces - volcanoes earthquakes and hurricanes - affect our world and how a powerful new force - humankind - has begun to alter the face of the planet. From Amazon rain forests to Serengeti grasslands Blue Planet inspires a new appreciation of life on Earth our only home.Running Time: 42 min.Format: DVD HD Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST UPC: 794051815026 Manufacturer No: X8150

Director: 
Ben Burtt

HD DVD: 
AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen

Company: Warner Brothers 

(2007-07-31)

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HDScape discs transform your television and home theater system into breathtaking High Definition environments - capturing the world’s most beautiful scenery by award-winning cinematographers with musical accompaniments and natural sounds. Each two-sided HDScape disc includes one HD DVD side and one standard definition DVD side that plays on all existing DVD players. Planning to upgrade to an HD DVD player in the future? Dual-sided HDScape discs are ready when you are!Titles include Exotic Saltwater Aquarium HD Fireplace HD Visions Of The Sea: Explorations Antarctica Dreaming Serenity: Southern Seas HD Window: Hawaii HD Window: The Great Southwest Stargaze II HD.Also includes Digital Video Essentials HD Test Materials and a sample of Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet Op. 57 presented in True HD.System Requirements:Run Time: 59 minsFormat: DVD HD Genre: MISCELLANEOUS/SPECIAL INTEREST Rating: NR UPC: 647715399922 Manufacturer No: 3999

Director: 
not applicable

HD DVD: 
Color, Widescreen

Company: DVD International 

(2007-04-24)

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The three films from Steven Soderbergh’s OCEAN’S franchise are collected here with Brad Pitt and George Clooney ably supported by a glittering cast in each film. Please see individual titles for synopsis information.Format: DVD HD Genre: COMEDY/CONS & SCAMS UPC: 085391182344 Manufacturer No: 118234

Director: 
Steven Soderbergh

HD DVD: 
Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen

Company: Warner Home Video 

(2007-11-13)

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The inspiration for Darwin’s theory of evolution, the Galapagos Islands are a living laboratory, a geological conveyor belt that has given birth to and seen the death of many species of plants and animals. As the western islands rise up from the sea offering a chance of life, the eastern islands sink back beneath the waves guaranteeing only death. Between the two are the middle islands; fertile, lush land in its prime that contains an incredible diversity of life. Nowhere else on the Earth are the twin processes of creation and extinction of species so starkly apparent… see it all unfold before your eyes in this stunning series filmed entirely in high definition from the BBC and the National Geographic Channel.

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Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen

Company: BBC Warner 

(2007-10-02)

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