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DVD releases: 'The King's Speech,' 'Rabbit Hole' and more
DVD The King's Speech: This Best Picture Oscar winner about King George VI (Colin Firth) and his struggles with stuttering turns out to be a polite, proper and occasionally rousing affair. Yet for all its considerable charms (Geoffrey Rush, doing a variation on his quirky theater owner from Shakespeare in Love , is splendid), The King's Speech lacks any sense of urgency or purpose; it's ...
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News : DVD: LCD Soundsystem’s Final Bow
According to LCD Soundsystem 's Facebook , a Final Concert DVD is in the works. When asked by a fan if the concert would be put to DVD, LCD responded with " we will!!!!! we filmed it! much nicer than the stream!!! i need to mix the music and then they need to edit between all the cameras! " We'll keep you updated as details come. Thanks to COS for the tip!
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DVD movies on Christ sell briskly
MANILA, Philippines -- With the observance of Holy Week, people have suddenly taken an interest in watching religious movies. In Quiapo, Manila, vendors selling pirated DVD movies admit that most of their customers are suddenly looking for films about Jesus’ life or stories about the Bible. “They are looking for films about Jesus probably because it’s Holy Week,” said Jameer, a vendor in Quiapo ...
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FAA issues suspensions over DVD
The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday announced the suspension of a Cleveland air traffic controller and a front line manager after the controller was discovered watching a movie on a portable DVD player while on the job.
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DVD Releases this Week
The King's SpeechGenre: DramaDirector: Tom HooperStars: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter 88888Few might have guessed that correcting a man's stammer would make for such a compelling, amusing and stirring movie, let alone one good enough to win Best Picture at the Oscars.Even if that man is King George VI, father to Queen Elizabeth II.
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MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition Gets Upgrade to Support New Copy Protection
MacXDVD Software has released MacX DVD Ripper Mac Free Edition v2.1.0, a major update to this innovative yet free Mac DVD ripper software that offers full compatibility with the latest DVD copy protection. The Multi-core CPU utility has also been optimized with better conversion speed.
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FAA suspends controllers for DVD watching
WASHINGTON, April 19 (UPI) -- An air traffic controller and manager who were found to be watching a DVD while on duty were suspended this week, U.S. aviation officials said.
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NPD says Blu-ray, DVD videos still dominate over digital
The NPD Group in a new study suggested that Internet video had done little to dislodge Blu-ray and DVD as the dominant forms for movies. About 78 percent of the money spent on watching at home in the US was spent on one of the two disc formats exclusively while 15 percent were spending it on a hybrid service with both Internet and physical rentals, like Netflix. The remaining seven-plus percent ...
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DVD set celebrates TV genius Kovacs
NEW YORK - If you have ever laughed at, say, David Letterman or "Monty Python's Flying Circus" or "Laugh-In" or "Saturday Night Live" or Steve Allen or Craig Ferguson, then you owe a debt to Ernie Kovacs. After more than 50 years, he remains the wellspring of TV as an instrument of humor and delighted innovation.
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'American Dad!' Vol. 6 DVD sneak peek: 'Rapture's Delight' explained
Recently renewed for a seventh season on FOX, "American Dad!" fans can relive the glorious past with the release of Vol. 6 on DVD available Tuesday, April 19. The DVD includes all 18 episodes of Season 5 and several special features. Zap2it has an exclusive sneak peek at the DVD special features explaining one of our favorite episodes, "Raptures Delight."The episode doesn't hold back when it ...
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VIDEO/DVD: Stan Kenton: Portrait of a Legend
For years, if you wanted a documentary on Stan Kenton, you were pretty much out of luck. You either had to find DVDs that included clips of the band over the years or you scrounged around YouTube hoping someone put up something fresh. Now Graham Carter at Jazzed Media has produced and directed Stan Kenton, Artistry in Rhythm: Portrait of a Jazz Legend. The new DVD offers a biographical look at ...
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Rent 1 get 1 free DVD in Tustin
Movieland in Tustin has a special deal for OC Deals readers only: If you rent a DVD for two days at the cost of $1.00, then you can also get a second DVD rental of equal or lesser value for free. You have to mention the OC Deals blog or the Deals...
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DVD: What's available
With "Rabbit Hole" and "The King's Speech" being released Tuesday, there's no shortage of serious film fare for home viewing. Let's consider some less-than-serious stuff:
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DVD review
Commemorating the King James Bible 's 400th anniversary, "Charlton Heston Presents the Bible," filmed in the Holy Land, combines Heston's dramatic readings from the Old and New Testaments with historical commentaries on where these stories originated.
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Entertainment DVD
Writer-director Shana Feste's Country Strong earned a single Oscar nom. It came in the best song category -- for the wrong song. Coming Home, sung separately on-screen by both femme co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow and Leighton Meester, was in the running. But at least two other tunes are better.
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DVD Review: Country Strong
If you're settling in to watch "Country Strong" on DVD, plan to multitask while you're doing so -- it'd be a shame to let two hours you won't get back go to waste.
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