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	<title>RopeofSilicon.com Movie News, Trailers, Reviews and More &#187; Blu-ray</title>
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		<title>Paramount TV On Blu-ray: &#039;Star Trek,&#039; &#039;C.S.I.&#039; and &#039;Dexter&#039;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 06:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[C.S.I. - Crime Scene Investigation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dexter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past three weeks Paramount Home Video has released three impressive Blu-ray sets from three of my favorite television shows and for fans of any (or all) of these series you would love adding these to your collection.

Releasing today, May 12, is the first season of &#034;C.S.I.&#034; and last week saw the release of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Criterion Blu-ray Edition of &#039;Ran&#039; Pulled from the Release Schedule</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you thought you were going to be picking up Akira Kurosawa&#039;s Ran on Criterion Blu-ray on May 12 you better adjust your expectations as I just received the following update:

Hello – Criterion&#039;s two-disc special edition of RAN is now out of print, and the previously announced Blu-ray edition has been withdrawn from the schedule [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;French Connection&#039; on Blu-ray: Original Intentions vs. Consumer Expectation</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/french-connection-on-blu-ray-original-intentions-vs-consumer-expectation</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 08:33:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you start screwing around with classic films you are bound to piss folks off and Blu-ray has opened up the opportunity far more than anyone would have originally imagined. By presenting high-definition transfers of older films you are bound to get more film grain which opens up the question of whether or not the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Star Trek&#039; is Coming to Blu-ray in a Big Way</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/star-trek-is-coming-to-blu-ray-in-a-big-way</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/star-trek-is-coming-to-blu-ray-in-a-big-way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:52:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Star Trek III: The Search for Spock]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone that has read this site for a long time knows I am a pretty big fan of the original &#034;Star Trek&#034; universe. I&#039;m talking Captain Kirk, Spock, Bones, Scotty and the gang. I have reviewed all six of the last Original Series DVD releases as well as the DVD releases of Star Trek: First [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Disney Unveils Snippets of Its 2009 Blu-ray Release Slate</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-unveils-snippets-of-its-2009-blu-ray-release-slate</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/disney-unveils-snippets-of-its-2009-blu-ray-release-slate#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment just sent over a brief press release listing 21 of their 2009 Blu-ray releases. These, of course, will be on top of what I expect to be several day-and-date DVD releases and they have also announced they will be continuing their &#034;future proof&#034; plan of releasing DVD copies of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: The Day the Earth Stood Still (Special Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-special-edition</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-day-the-earth-stood-still-special-edition#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Michelle Fetters</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the abysmal remake just hitting theaters, it only seems obvious 20th Century Fox has dipped into their vaults to release on Blu-ray the 1951 version of The Day the Earth Stood Still. Thankfully, even though it&#039;s almost without question the studio&#039;s motives were more profit-driven than they were anything else, that does not make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: December 16-21, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-december-16-21-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/this-week-on-dvd-and-blu-ray-december-16-21-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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DVD LINKS: RELEASE DATES &#124; NEW DVDS &#124; REVIEWS &#124; RSS FEED

I was not prepared for this week&#039;s DVD and Blu-ray list, primarily because I forgot not only were studios releasing titles today but also on the 19th and 21st in a final Christmas push. There are A LOT of Blu-ray titles in this week&#039;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: December 9, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-december-9-2008</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:28:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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The Dark Knight







Is there any question what everyone is going to buy this week? I would say the only question will be how many units are going to be sold and at what time will Warner Bros. release a press statement saying The Dark [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Lost &#8211; The Complete Fourth Season</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-lost-the-complete-fourth-season</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-lost-the-complete-fourth-season#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 06:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11379</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The fourth season of &#034;Lost&#034; is an embarrassment of monotony and special features as the show that really never seems to get anywhere fast continues its trend. Unfortunately once you are hooked you&#039;re hooked and with the promise of only two shortened seasons left you would be foolish to abandon the series now. However, there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Dark Knight&#039; Sequel Nuggets Surface, but It isn&#039;t Much</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark-knight-sequel-nuggets-surface-but-it-isnt-much</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/dark-knight-sequel-nuggets-surface-but-it-isnt-much#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 06:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11354</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Warner Bros. made it a point to send out a press release confirming that yes, indeed, The Dark Knight will be heading back to the big screen on January 23, one day after the Oscar nominees are announced and one month in advance of the actual show.

Next we learn via Ain&#039;t It Cool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: December 2, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-december-2-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-december-2-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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 DVD LINKS: RELEASE DATES &#124; NEW DVDS &#124; REVIEWS &#124; RSS FEED 




The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian







Deciding which film to start this edition of ON DVD TODAY with was not an easy one so I just took a look at the top seller at Amazon and Prince Caspian came out on top. For [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-wanted</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-wanted#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/?p=11180</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wanted is fun as an action feature, but beyond that it doesn&#039;t offer much more in terms of cerebral entertainment. However, I don&#039;t think Russian helmer Timur Bekmambetov was really shooting for anything more than an effects driven film and in those terms he succeeds with a moderate amount of the absurd tossed in for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-chronicles-of-narnia-prince-caspian#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Disney is making one drastic mistake when it comes to their Chronicles of Narnia films &#8211; they appear to be under the assumption these films are as big or as engrossing as Peter Jackson&#039;s Lord of the Rings trilogy and the overabundance of special features on this Blu-ray release seems to reiterate that point.

First for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Step Brothers (Unrated)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-step-brothers-unrated</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-step-brothers-unrated#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Frank</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My wife hates Will Ferrell, yet loves Step Brothers and quotes it daily (&#034;We&#039;re here to fuck shit up&#034; being her favorite). And unlike me who plugs movie quotes into conversations as if they&#039;re Lego blocks, she&#8211;like most socially adept humans&#8211;rarely quotes films. Yet, you don&#039;t know my wife so that probably means nothing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: The Dark Knight (2-Disc Special Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-dark-knight-2-disc-special-edition</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-the-dark-knight-2-disc-special-edition#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:07:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No matter what film wins the Oscar for Best Picture in February 2009, The Dark Knight will always be the movie of 2008. So, when the Blu-ray shows up in my mailbox on the last day of a long week you bet it was a treat. Offered in a 2-disc set, including a third disc [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: November 25, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-november-25-2008</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-november-25-2008#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:06:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Hancock







I posted my review of the Blu-ray edition of Hancock right here and it isn&#039;t exactly a favorable one. This movie, while having a great concept, just doesn&#039;t work and it all has to do with the script as it was presented on screen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Hancock (2-Disc Special Edition)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:03:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: There are a couple of minor spoilers in this review, but the box art itself gives away the major one so I don&#039;t really feel too bad about it.

The concept behind Hancock is great as it brings the consequences of being superhuman front and center, with an emphasis on &#034;human.&#034; Unfortunately the execution ends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Fred Claus</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-fred-claus</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 06:02:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Michelle Fetters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I saw the new Vince Vaughn/Reese Witherspoon holiday comedy Four Christmases the other night. To be perfectly blunt, other than a few decent gags and some relatively impressive verbal gymnastics I didn&#039;t care for it. At all. It was, for all intents and purposes, 82-minutes I am unfortunately never going to get back, and while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: November 18, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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One quick note regarding Criterion Collection&#039;s initial wave of Blu-ray releases. The company has delayed their first wave by nearly a month as Bottle Rocket, Chungking Express, The Third Man, and The Man Who Fell to Earth will now release on December 16 and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Have to Buy &#039;Tropic Thunder&#039; and Here are All the Reasons Why</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:55:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: Paramount Home Entertainment


It&#039;s been a long time since I have enjoyed a DVD or Blu-ray release as much as I enjoyed this one. Sure, some good movies have come my way, but for the most part the majority of special features and extra content never really does anything to get me too excited. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: WALL-E (3-Disc Collector&#039;s Edition)</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-wall-e-3-disc-collector-s-edition</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 05:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am mildly surprised and impressed by the fact Disney and Pixar didn&#039;t feel as if they had to overwhelm consumers with an abundance of special features to get across how great a film WALL-E actually is. Sure, this is described as a 3-Disc release, which sounds like they have thrown everything but the kitchen [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here&#039;s the &#039;BURN-E&#039; Short from the &#039;WALL-E&#039; DVD/Blu-ray</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Photo: Disney/Pixar


A couple of nights ago I had the chance to watch WALL•E again on Blu-ray and it holds up just as well as it did the first time. I also took a second look at the animated short Presto as well as the new animated short BURN•E featuring the &#034;new&#034; robot you see above, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hobbit&#039; Talk, &#039;Lord of the Rings&#039; on Blu-ray and Chat with Del Toro Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hobbit-talk-lord-of-the-rings-on-blu-ray-and-chat-with-del-toro-yourself</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 20:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some new information regarding Guillermo del Toro&#039;s take on The Hobbit and its sequel as well as some Lord of the Rings trilogy related news hit the Internet today along with a chance for Blu-ray owners to chat with del Toro himself while you watch your Hellboy II Blu-ray.

First we start with ComingSoon&#039;s chat with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Transformers&#039; Extended Edition on Blu-ray and Original &#039;Star Trek&#039; Flicks as Well</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:12:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Blu-ray.com has an interesting new update that says Paramount is set up to release the first six Star Trek films on Blu-ray, timed to hit shelves around the May 8 release of the new Star Trek as well as plans to release an extended version of the original Transformers film around the June 26 release [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: November 11, 2008</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/on-dvd-today-november-11-2008</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Hellboy II: The Golden Army







I have already made my opinion on this film very well known (just look here, here and here), but to get to the point, I didn&#039;t like this movie despite how great it looks. However, for those that did like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: JFK</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu-ray-review-jfk</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:11:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whether you look at it as controversial, interesting, brilliant, eye-opening or a complete work of historical fiction there is no denying Oliver Stone did not approach JFK without knowing damn near every publicly available (and not so publicly available) detail there is to know about President John F. Kennedy and his assassination. If you aren&#039;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Tinker Bell&#039; Blu-ray Review</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/tinker-bell-blu-ray-review_20081107</link>
		<comments>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/tinker-bell-blu-ray-review_20081107#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I watched the first feature on Disney&#039;s direct-to-DVD animated feature Tinker Bell I was greeted by the voice of Mae Whitman who also voices the title character. As the world of Pixie Hollow rendered in beautiful CGI was coming toward me I heard, &#034;Oh good, you found our magical guide to Pixie Hollow. As [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#039;Hellboy 2&#039; is One Giant Mess! Blu-ray Stylee!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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I bleed, you bleed, everybody bleed.
Photo: Universal Home Entertainment


It&#039;s a shame this movie is so awful because it looks fantastic.

Hellboy 2 has an astounding 88% rating at Rotten Tomatoes with everyone and their mother saying good things about the film. I gave the film a D+ review when it hit theaters and after watching it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ON DVD TODAY: November 4, 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:35:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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Man, this week seems almost bigger than it actually is due to the myriad of ways each of these releases occurs. The Planet of the Apes Blu-ray release can be purchased as a collection or individually, Kung Fu Panda can be purchased individually or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blu-ray Review: Get Smart</title>
		<link>http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/blu_ray_review_get_smart</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 22:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Brevet</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was shocked to find out I actually enjoyed Get Smart even more the second time around and this isn&#039;t to say I didn&#039;t like it when I saw it in the theaters, but I do think my C+ review may have been a little on the light side. This pic has plenty of great [...]]]></description>
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