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RT on DVD: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen ( comment)
This week, the little movie that could: celebrated arthouse auteur Michael Bay overcomes funding difficulties and triumphs over the studio system with his moving, personal vision in 'Tranformers: Revenge of the Fallen'. Plus, Harrison Ford gets back to playing old grouches in earnest political dramas, Jennifer Aniston gets stalked (go figure) and Ethan Hawke and Mark Ruffalo play brothers of the non-'Bloom' variety.
RT on DVD: Star Trek Beams In (4 comments)
This week, J.J. Abrams' critically-acclaimed hit Star Trek reboot arrives on DVD, plus we look at a Halloween treat that's earning some strong reviews.
Win Stellar Star Trek Prize Packs (5 comments)
To celebrate the release of 'Star Trek' on DVD and Blu-ray in Australia, we're giving you the chance to win one of five Star Trek prize packs -- which include the new film, all 10 previous films, a Scene It game and USB port.
RT on DVD: Land of the Lost and Hannah Montana (5 comments)
This week, Will Ferrell and Danny McBride's bizarro comedy Land of the Lost arrives on DVD (surely bound for a possible cult following among stoners), as does Miley Cyrus' first big screen adventure as Disney songstress Hannah Montana. Plus, John Malkovich heads to South Africa for Disgrace and an Oscar-winning stop-motion animator cranks up the quirk for his feature debut Mary and Max -- starring Philip Seymour Hoffman in puppet form.
RT on DVD: Top 10 Angels & Demons (3 comments)
This week sees Tom Hanks return to the role of author Dan Brown's most famous son, Robert Langdon, as the box-office hit Angels & Demons arrives on Blu-ray and DVD. While Langdon does battle with scheming Illuminati, ponderous popes and parachuting pontiffs, we celebrate with our list of the most angelic and devilish heroes of cinema...
RT on DVD: Defiance, Entourage and Heroes (2 comments)
This week, Holocaust drama in The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and Holocaust action in Defiance; but are they a match for the evils of Hollywood in Entourage?
RT on DVD: Invite Let the Right One In (2 comments)
This week we welcome the arrival of a certified modern classic -- Tomas Alfredson's Let the Right One In, a chilling and beautiful vampire movie turned coming-of-age tale; and one of the most moving love stories in recent memory. Meanwhile, erstwhile comedy writer Richard Curtis (he used to by funny -- ask your grandfather) delivers the waterlogged pirate radio flick, The Boat That Rocked, and erstwhile movie star Renee Zellweger (she used to be, er, something) sinks into the abyss of cliche with New In Town.
RT on DVD: A Sweet I Love You, Man Deleted Scene, Zooey Deschanel's Latest, and More (11 comments)
You're in for some sweet, sweet movie watching this week, starting with the latest in bromantic comedies (I Love You, Man, starring Paul Rudd and Jason Segel). Those with a High School Musical fetish should check out Zac Efron's more grown-up vehicle (17 Again), while you twee cineastes have a new reason to worship Zooey Deschanel (Gigantic, also starring Paul Dano). Go European with a few highly rated imports (Oscar nominee The Class; Paris 36; London to Brighton) or go lowbrow with a direct-to-DVD college comedy sequel (Road Trip: Beer Pong). Lastly, check out everyone's favorite heroes on a half-shell (the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 25th Anniversary set) and a few sci-fi throwbacks (the retro spoof Alien Trespass; Starman on Blu-ray).
RT on DVD: Confessions of Shopaholic and Paul Blart (2 comments)
Maxed-out credit card! What's a girl to do? This week, Isla Fisher faces that age-old dilemma in 2009's powerful exploration of retail existentialism, Confessions of Shopaholic -- from director P.J. Hogan (My Best Friend's Wedding), the man often cited as the Tarkovsky of rom-coms. Another poignant social treatise arrives on DVD this week in the form of fat-joke auteur Kevin James' Paul Blart: Mall Cop, an elegant reverie on the economic plight of the working class subversively disguised as a series of cheap-seats pratfalls. Modern cinema at its finest, folks. Plus, Boston Legal comes to an end, releasing Shatner to do more productive things like blog-rant against Star Trek producers and publicly bicker with Mr Sulu.
RT on DVD: Race to Witch Mountain, The Soloist, Delgo (12 comments)
We know it's shaping up to be quite a disappointing week for DVD, but we promise at least a little light at the end of the tunnel. If fantasy is your thing, you've got the latest family flick from the artist formerly known as The Rock (Race to Witch Mountain), an otherworldly animated flop (Delgo), and Thomas Jane's strange sci-fi actioner based on a role-playing game (Mutant Chronicles). Joe Wright delivers an Oscar would-be (The Soloist, starring Jamie Foxx and Robert Downey Jr.) while the likes of Sienna Miller, Peter Sarsgaard, Forest Whitaker, Dakota Fanning and others languish in poorly-reviewed indie pics (The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Fragments). Only Blu-ray owners truly have something to celebrate (Big Trouble in Little China on Blu-ray)! Read on for more.
RT on DVD: We're Watching The Watchmen (3 comments)
This week -- much to Alan Moore's delight -- history's most notoriously "unfilmable" graphic novel Watchmen arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, while Nicolas Cage's hairpiece consorts with conspiracy theories and cosmic rabbits (no, really!) in Knowing, the IMDb-approved masterpiece The Shawshank Redemption returns in a special edition (spoiler alert: he doesn't escape prison this time) and Battlestar Galactica's Season 2 joins Merlin in TV releases.
RT on DVD: The International, Dexter, Mad Men and more (9 comments)
This week, Rotten Tomatoes' round up of the best new films and TV shows on DVD is packed with thrills, drama, comedy and some fine small-screen series. Clive Owen and Naomi Watts go on the run in the tense thriller The International; Ben Kingsley romances Penelope Cruz in Elegy; Steve Martin bumbles back into The Pink Panther 2; and Alan Rickman quaffs chardonnay (with Chris Pine) in Bottle Shock. Plus, we catch season three of Dexter in the act, find more cheer than loathing in America with Stephen Fry, and enjoy season two of Mad Men.
RT on DVD: Fast & Furious, Dragonball: Evolution, Battlestar Galactica (33 comments)
If you missed last weekend's Comic-Con (see RT's full coverage here), you're in luck; it's a particularly geeky week for DVD. Kicking things off are Fox's live-action adaptation of one of Japan's best loved mangas (the disappointing adventure Dragonball: Evolution), the fourth in a franchise for car lovers (Fast & Furious, starring Vin Diesel and Paul Walker), and DC's latest animated feature (Green Lantern: First Flight). But what could be nerdier than this week's new TV series on DVD? Pick from Battlestar Galactica Season 4.5, Battlestar Galactica The Complete Series, Dr. Who, Torchwood, and Joss Whedon's Dollhouse Season One! Read on.
RT on DVD: Watchmen Director's Cut, Coraline, Animated GI Joe (55 comments)
As the entire combined forces of North American geek culture descend on San Diego's Comic-Con this week, fear not; geekiness galore is to be found in this week's new releases! First up, pick up the eagerly anticipated extended version of a superhero fan favorite (Watchmen: Director's Cut), and watch as Henry Selick brings a Neil Gaiman fairytale to life -- in three dimensions (Coraline)! Sci-fi nerds should like the recut, feature-length pilot of a long-running series (Stargate SG-1: Children of the Gods), while French New Wave enthusiasts have a Jean-Luc Godard double feature, courtesy of Criterion (Made in USA, Two or Three Things I Know About Her). Finally, hearken back to the '80s with a hearty, "Yo, Joe!" (GI Joe: Season 1.1).
RT on DVD: Haunting in Connecticut, Grey Gardens, The State (23 comments)
This week in horror, we've got good news and bad news. Here's the bad news first: The Haunting in Connecticut, a much ballyhooed flick "based on a true story," didn't really happen. The good news? You can find much fresher scares in a newly released Spanish import (2007's REC, which was remade into last year's Quarantine). Also new to shelves is a long-awaited comedy show (The State: The Complete Series), HBO's fabulous, fictionalized Grey Gardens (starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange), Mark Webber's directorial debut (Explicit Ills), and a Sienna Miller-Keira Knightley love triangle (The Edge of Love). And to top it off, a direct-to-DVD bonanza (National Lampoon's Van Wilder: Freshman Year, the Dennis Quaid vehicle Horsemen, and more)!
The Couch Tomato: Rachel Getting Married, W. (6 comments)
This week, we look at the Anne Hathaway's Best Actress-nominated drama Rachel Getting Married, Oliver Stone's tepid take on Dubya, W. and Samuel L. Jackson going psychotic (you know, just for a change) in Lakeview Terrace. Plus, Weeds: Season 3 and The Tudors: Season 2 arrive on DVD.
RT on DVD: Knowing, Push, The Unborn Unleashed (28 comments)
It's a genre lover's feast this week on DVD, but don't say we didn't warn you about those pesky rotten Tomatometers. First up? Alex Proyas's latest science fiction thriller, starring Nicolas Cage in a doomsday scenario (Knowing). Also new is a would-be franchise about super-powered humans on the lam from shady government types (Push, starring Chris Evans and Dakota Fanning). David S. Goyer tries his hand at an original story, resulting in silly, PG-13 horror (The Unborn), while one of our favorite '90s rappers gives directing a shot (A Day in The Life, filmed entirely in rhyme!). If all else fails, look backward to a handful of older titles getting a shiny new polish (Beau Geste, The Deep on Blu-ray). Dig in!
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