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The Time Traveler’s Wife DVD

DVDs on Sale — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 20:59:40 +0000

A genuinely old-fashioned Hollywood romance with a science fiction angle, The Time Traveler's Wife stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time involuntarily.

The screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin (My Life), based on a novel by Audrey Niffenegger, incorporates some of those crazy paradoxes that are a part of time-travel fiction, but without beating one over the head. Take Henry's introduction to his future wife, Clare (Rachel McAdams), who tells him they've already met even though they haven't actually met.

Brain teasers, however, are not what The Time Traveler's Wife is about. In a quite haunting way, the story really concerns what it means to know and love someone at every phase of his or her life. The fact that Henry's life, from Clare's perspective, is hardly linear--he can disappear and turn back up again at different ages--means that she must cherish what is essential about him. Which doesn't mean the couple is immune to periods of unhappiness, including a painful sequence about trying to bear a child--perhaps a child that might also carry the time-traveling gene.

While there is nothing particularly exciting stylistically about The Time Traveler's Wife, in many ways it has the simple charms and clear emotions of a 1940s weepie assigned by a studio to one of its journeyman, contract directors. (The film was directed by Flightplan's Robert Schwentke.) A couple of supporting players, Arliss Howard (as Henry's father) and Ron Livingston (as Henry's friend), provide even more reason to recommend this movie as a satisfying experience. --Tom Keogh

A genuinely old-fashioned Hollywood romance with a science fiction angle, The Time Traveler's Wife stars Eric Bana as Henry DeTamble, a Chicago librarian with a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time involuntarily. The screenplay by Bruce Joel Rubin (My Life), based on a novel by Audrey Niffenegger, incorporates some of those crazy paradoxes that are a part of time-travel fiction, but without beating one over the head. Take Henry's introduction to his future wife, Clare (Rachel McAdams), who tells him they've already met even though they haven't actually met. Brain teasers, however, are not what The Time Traveler's Wife is about. In a quite haunting way, the story really concerns what it means to know and love someone at every phase of his or her life. The fact that Henry's life, from Clare's perspective, is hardly linear--he can disappear and turn back up again at different ages--means that she must cherish what is essential about him. Which doesn't mean the couple is immune to periods of unhappiness, including a painful sequence about trying to bear a child--perhaps a child that might also carry the time-traveling gene. While there is nothing particularly exciting stylistically about The Time Traveler's Wife, in many ways it has the simple charms and clear emotions of a 1940s weepie assigned by a studio to one of its journeyman, contract directors. (The film was directed by Flightplan's Robert Schwentke.) A couple of supporting players, Arliss Howard (as Henry's father) and Ron Livingston (as Henry's friend), provide even more reason to recommend this movie as a satisfying experience. --Tom Keogh

Black Hawk Down Deluxe Edition DVD

DVDs on Sale — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 19:38:47 +0000

Black Hawk Down is hands down one of the best recent war movies. It shows how things can go terribly, violently and fatally wrong in a matter of minutes, even in situations where you would think that you have the upper hand. It's a tragic, true story, and it is remarkably accurate to the true events of what took place in Somalia back in 1993.

Things change from routine into mayhem when an American helicopter is shot down. A "black hawk down" is the code for such an incident, and as the hostile locales swarm to overtake the downed ship, a rash rescue mission is undertaken.

The Black Hawk Down deluxe edition DVD is extremely entertaining but conversely can also be hard to watch because of how brutal the violence really is. It's something that really happened, it's the story of real American loss of life, of real American courage and much more.

The Black Hawk Down deluxe edition is loaded with fun and informational features. You'll learn more about the making of the movie as well as the real events. The movie took great care to make sure that everything shown is as realistic and true to form as possible, so you'll see a great deal abut how that was pulled off and all of the players behind the scene who made it happen.

So if you're looking for a great recent war movie, the Black Hawk Down deluxe edition DVD is one you have to pick up. Great acting with a strong cast all the way around, fantastic film making and a harrowing, true life story.

Ridley Scott's Black Hawk Down conveys the raw, chaotic urgency of ground-force battle in a worst-case scenario. With exacting detail, the film re-creates the American siege of the Somalian city of Mogadishu in October 1993, when a 45-minute mission turned into a 16-hour ordeal of bloody urban warfare. Helicopter-borne U.S. Rangers were assigned to capture key lieutenants of Somali warlord Muhammad Farrah Aidid, but when two Black Hawk choppers were felled by rocket-propelled grenades, the U.S. soldiers were forced to fend for themselves in the battle-torn streets of Mogadishu, attacked from all sides by armed Aidid supporters. Based on author Mark Bowden's bestselling account of the battle, Scott's riveting, action-packed film follows a sharp ensemble cast in some of the most authentic battle sequences ever filmed. The loss of 18 soldiers turned American opinion against further involvement in Somalia, but Black Hawk Down makes it clear that the men involved were undeniably heroic. --Jeff Shannon

Troy The Director’s Cut on Blu Ray

DVDs on Sale — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:25:24 +0000

The Director's Cut of Troy on Blu-Ray is an absolute must own for both action fans and history buffs. The original film was met with an underwhelming response, however this is a new and improved addition which really adds depth to the characters and the entire plot.

But most importantly for most people who will pick up the Director's Cut of Troy on Blu-Ray is that this movie is the perfect example of what Blu-Ray quality can do for a movie. Troy on Blu-Ray is a masterpiece, with amazing, vivid action scenes and backdrops. This is what having a Blu-Ray player is all about, and you will really notice the difference in terms of the visual quality and overall brilliance of the effects in the film.

Of course Troy stars Brad Pitt as Achilles, and Orlando Bloom and Eric Bana play his nemesis's and rivals, Hector and Paris. The brutal Trojan War is underway, and which of these great warriors will win the day, uphold his pride and reputation and become legendary in status? It's the classic story of the Iliad, and it's brought to life as never before with the Blu-Ray version of Troy and the Director's Cut edition.

To really put your new Blu-Ray player to great use, and to relive his epic story in more dramatic and compelling fashion than ever before, pick up your copy of Troy on Blu-Ray today.

No doubt about it, the 196-minute unrated director's cut of Troy represents a significant improvement over the film's original 162-minute theatrical release--and not just because it has more sex and violence. As director Wolfgang Petersen notes in his new "Troy Revisited" video introduction to this 2-disc special edition, he didn't have the time or directorial discretion (prior to Troy's release in 2004) to present a cut that more closely matched his vision for the film. Three years later, Petersen approached the film with a more relaxed perspective, and the result is a well-crafted expansion on a film that was previously underrated, with 30 minutes of previously unseen material. Character dynamics have been improved and intensified; the epic-scale narrative is now easier to follow, with greater emphasis on the inner turmoil of Achilles (well played by Brad Pitt) and his rivalry with Hector (Eric Bana); and viewers will feel a more satisfying escalation of tension and suspense from battle to battle. The film's enormous battle scenes (impressively enhanced with CGI) are bloodier and gorier, but they're also more effectively integrated into the political story, which goes beyond Homer's The Iliad and the death of Hector to incorporate elements of Virgil and a more revealing study of the differences between Trojan king Priam (Peter O'Toole) and his megalomanical Greek rival, king Agamemnon (Brian Cox), whose lust for revenge is now one of the film's most powerful ingredients. Some of Troy's original weaknesses remain (such as Orlando Bloom's wimpy performance as Paris), but overall, this director's cut easily justifies its existence, regardless of the film's overblown and historically inaccurate depiction of Troy as a gigantic city of massive columns and statuary. The good parts are better, and the not-so-good parts are more easily forgiven. And no matter how you cut it, Troy is a lavish feast for the eyes. --Jeff Shannon