Scott Pilgrim vs. the World : DVD released on November 9, 2010

Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is a finger-blistering time capsule of right now, yet in a hundred years it will still be so crammed with charm, wit, brio, and exuberance it will still be irresistible. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera, Superbad) is an accidental heartbreaker, a Canadian slacker who obsesses over the girls who've dumped him but hardly realizes how he's dumped other girls. But everything else in his life (including playing bass in a band) fades to insignificance when he lays eyes on Ramona (Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Live Free or Die Hard), his deadpan pixie dream girl. Unfortunately, Ramona has some serious baggage: seven deadly exes, and Scott must battle them all if he wants to date Ramona. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World is saturated in pop culture, particularly video games. Many events make almost no sense, but it doesn't matter--sheer narrative ferocity and glee of invention sweep the viewer along. Cera pushes his geek/dork dreamboat persona to new heights of sweet twee-ness; if this movie doesn't shoot him into the stratosphere, we live in a cold, unfeeling universe, bereft of justice. The whole supporting cast (including Kieran Culkin, Jason Schwartzman, Anna Kendrick, Chris Evans, Brandon Routh, and a host of less familiar but excellent young actors) plays every moment for all it's worth. This movie is supremely uncool and passionate, which makes it essential viewing.

• Actors: Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Chris Evans, Anna Kendrick
• Directors: Edgar Wright
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Universal Studios
• DVD Release Date: November 9, 2010
• Run Time: 112 minutes

Pandorum : DVD released on 1/19/2010

Largely dismissed as yet another Alien carbon, the hybrid Pandorum science-fiction/horror beyond the scope of this criticism with a nice mix of atmospherics and high-voltage shocks. Ben Foster and Dennis Quaid - two actors always watchable, and they also used here - are top-billed as a pair of space travelers who awakens from hibernation along and no idea who they are or how they got on board a huge and apparently empty spaceship. His exploration of the ship discovers not only a handful of human beings, including the martial arts champion Cung Le and French scientist / Eye Candy Antje Traue necessary, but a series of mutants of wild boar with designs on them unpleasant. Director Christian Alvert, which gained international recognition among viewers with its antibody thriller genre, it keeps you committed and unresolved in the shadow of the impregnated film developed and creepy production design, though his own attention span, which can be described as charity blink and miss it obscures the clashes between human and monster cast. However, Alvert has some tricks up his sleeve for the final - an inspiration for others, not so much - not only helps to soften the harsher aspects of Pandorum, but also indicates that it is a genre director to watch.

• Actors: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, Norman Reedus, Niels Bruno Schmidt, Delphine Chuillot
• Directors: Christian Alvart
• Format: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
• DVD Release Date: January 19, 2010
• Run Time: 108 minutes

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District 9 : DVD released on 12/22/2009

A provocative sci-fi drama, District 9 has an original story that gets a little lost in the blow-'em-up chaos. Set in Johannesburg, South Africa, District 9 begins as a mock documentary about the impending eviction of the aliens in a poor pathetic (called District 9). The creatures, it turns out have been on Earth for years, having arrived sick and starving. He initially received by human beings with compassion and care, foreigners are now mired in deteriorating conditions typical of the refugee camps long term unwanted by a hostile society, countries. With care of the creatures by contract to a nonprofit corporation, the neighborhood has become a violent neighborhood. The aliens sift through huge piles of garbage, while their carers in secret weapons research technology that arrived in the spaceship of the visitors.

Against this backdrop is a more personal story about a bureaucrat named Wikus (Sharlto Copley) who is accidentally exposed to a substance that alters the DNA. As metamorphosis begins in one of the creatures, Wikus going to the careers of scientists who wish to collect their evolution, new parts and foreigners who see it as a threat. When paired with an alien secretly planning an escape from the Earth, however, which should be a fascinating relationship becomes a series of shootings and explosions. Nuance is lost to numb to violence and the most interesting potential of the film darkens. However, during a time District 9 is a powerful movie with a unique story to tell. Seamless special effects alone are worth seeing: the (often brutal) exchanges between the alien and human are impressive.

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• Actors: Sharlto Copley, David James, Jason Cope, Nathalie Boltt, Sylvaine Strike
• Directors: Neill Blomkamp
• Writers: Neill Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell
• Producers: Bill Block, Carolynne Cunningham, Elliot Ferwerda, Ken Kamins, Michael S. Murphey
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: Cantonese, English, French, Korean, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Sony Pictures
• DVD Release Date: December 22, 2009
• Run Time: 112 minutes

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Star Trek (2009) : DVD released on 11/17/2009

J.J. 2009 Abrams film was rated as "not your father's Star Trek," but his father probably love it anyway. And what is love? It has enough action, the emotional impact, humor and pure fun for any movie buff, and Trekkers will enjoy a lot of insider references and a cast that seems ideal to portray the characters we know will be later. Both a prequel and a reboot, Star Trek introduces us to James T. Kirk (Chris Pine from The Princess Diaries 2), an acute man but aimless young man who is pushed by a Starfleet captain, Christopher Pike (Bruce Greenwood), to obtain and make a difference. At the Academy, Kirk runs afoul of a commander called Vulcan Spock (Zachary Quinto of Heroes), but the conflict must take a back seat when Starfleet, including its newest ship, the Enterprise must respond to an emergency call of Vulcan. What follows is a moving account of genocide and retaliation launched by a Romulan (Eric Bana) with a particular interest in Spock, and we see the crew families meet, as McCoy (Karl Urban), Uhura (Zoe Saldana), Sulu (John Cho), Chekhov (Anton Yelchin) and Scottie (Simon Pegg).

The action and visual effects make for a great dramatic movie screen, though the plot of Abrams and writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman (who worked together in transformers and with Abrams on Alias and Mission Impossible III), and its makers (partners Damon Lindeloff survivors and Bryan Burk) can be a bit more of a hallucinogen (no surprise to fans of Lost). Hardcore fans with a bone to pick can find fault, but resistance is futile when you can see Kirk take on the Kobayashi Maru scenario or hear the bark McCoy, "Damn, man, I'm a doctor, not a physicist!" An appearance by Leonard Nimoy and listen to the end of Majel Barrett Roddenberry as the voice of the computer by simply sweeten the pot. Now comes the hard part: waiting for some consequences of this terrible consequence.

• Actors: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto
• Directors: J.J. Abrams
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 5.1 ES Matrix), Spanish (Dolby Digital 5.1 ES Matrix)
• Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
• Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Run Time: 126 minutes

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