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Mystery + Suspense

2012 Directed by Roland Emmerich Featuring John Cusack, Danny Glover & Tom McCarthy SONY PICTURES HOME ENT Released: 2010-03-02 DVD List Price: $28.96* Lowest New Price: $14.99* Lowest Used Price: $12.13* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Adventure, Action, Science Fiction Exhilarating and Jaw dropping. Description: From Roland Emmerich, director of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW and INDEPENDENCE DAY, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover.

The Hurt Locker Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Featuring Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty & Guy Pearce Universal Released: 2010-01-12 DVD List Price: $26.99* Lowest New Price: $15.21* Lowest Used Price: $12.95* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Description: War is a drug. Nobody knows that better than Staff Sergeant James, head of an elite squad of soldiers tasked with disarming bombs in the heat of combat. To do this nerve-shredding job, it’s not enough to be the best: you have to thrive in a zone where the margin of error is zero, think as diabolically as a bomb-maker, and somehow survive with your body and soul intact. Powerfully realistic, action-packed, unrelenting and intense, The Hurt Locker has been hailed by critics as “an adrenaline-soaked tour de force” (A.O. Scott, The New York Times) and “one of the great war movies.” (Richard Corliss, Time)

2012 (Two-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] Directed by Roland Emmerich Featuring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor & Oliver Platt SONY PICTURES HOME ENT Released: 2010-03-02 Blu-ray List Price: $39.95* Lowest New Price: $22.09* Lowest Used Price: $18.99* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Description: From Roland Emmerich, director of THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW and INDEPENDENCE DAY, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the world and tells of the heroic struggle of the survivors. Starring John Cusack, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Amanda Peet, Woody Harrelson and Danny Glover.

Sherlock Holmes Directed by Guy Ritchie Featuring Robert Downey Jr. & Rachel McAdams Warner Home Video Released: 2010-03-30 DVD List Price: $28.98* Lowest New Price: $16.99* Not yet released* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com: Guy Ritchie (Snatch, RocknRolla) attempts to reinvent one of the world's most iconic literary figures as an action hero in this brawny, visually arresting period adventure. Robert Downey Jr. is an intriguing choice for the Great Detective, and if he occasionally murmurs his lines a pitch or two out of hearing range, his trademark bristling energy and off-kilter humor do much to sell Ritchie's notion of Holmes. Jude Law is equally well-equipped as a more active Dr. Watson--he's closer to Robert Duvall's vigorous portrayal in The Seven Per-Cent Solution than to Nigel Bruce--and together, they make for an engaging team. Too bad the plot they're thrust into is such a mess--a bustling and disorganized flurry of martial arts, black magic, and overwhelming set pieces centered around Mark Strong's Crowley-esque cult leader (no Professor Moriarty, he), who returns from the grave to exact revenge. Downey and Law's amped-up Holmes and Watson are built for the challenge of riding this roller coaster with the audience; however, Rachel McAdams as Holmes's love interest, Irene Adler (here a markedly different character than the one in Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia"), and Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan, the future Mrs. Watson, are cast to the wind in the wake of Ritchie's hurricane pace. One can imagine this not sitting well with ardent Sherlockians; all others may find this Sherlock Holmes marvelous if calorie-free popcorn entertainment, with the CGI rendering of Victorian-era London particularly appealing eye candy. --Paul Gaita

The Hurt Locker [Blu-ray] Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Featuring Jeremy Renner, Brian Geraghty & Evangeline Lilly Universal Released: 2010-01-12 Blu-ray List Price: $34.99* Lowest New Price: $22.75* Lowest Used Price: $28.38* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Product Description: Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (summit) Release Date: 01/12/2010 Run time: 131 minutes Rating: R

Sherlock Holmes (Blu-ray+DVD+Digital Copy Combo Pack) Directed by Guy Ritchie Featuring Robert Downey Jr. & Rachel McAdams Warner Home Video Released: 2010-03-30 Blu-ray List Price: $35.99* Lowest New Price: $24.99* Not yet released* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Amazon.com: Guy Ritchie (Snatch, RocknRolla) attempts to reinvent one of the world's most iconic literary figures as an action hero in this brawny, visually arresting period adventure. Robert Downey Jr. is an intriguing choice for the Great Detective, and if he occasionally murmurs his lines a pitch or two out of hearing range, his trademark bristling energy and off-kilter humor do much to sell Ritchie's notion of Holmes. Jude Law is equally well-equipped as a more active Dr. Watson--he's closer to Robert Duvall's vigorous portrayal in The Seven Per-Cent Solution than to Nigel Bruce--and together, they make for an engaging team. Too bad the plot they're thrust into is such a mess--a bustling and disorganized flurry of martial arts, black magic, and overwhelming set pieces centered around Mark Strong's Crowley-esque cult leader (no Professor Moriarty, he), who returns from the grave to exact revenge. Downey and Law's amped-up Holmes and Watson are built for the challenge of riding this roller coaster with the audience; however, Rachel McAdams as Holmes's love interest, Irene Adler (here a markedly different character than the one in Arthur Conan Doyle's "A Scandal in Bohemia"), and Kelly Reilly as Mary Morstan, the future Mrs. Watson, are cast to the wind in the wake of Ritchie's hurricane pace. One can imagine this not sitting well with ardent Sherlockians; all others may find this Sherlock Holmes marvelous if calorie-free popcorn entertainment, with the CGI rendering of Victorian-era London particularly appealing eye candy. --Paul Gaita

Inglourious Basterds (Single-Disc Edition) Featuring Brad Pitt, Mike Myers & Michael Bacall UNI DIST CORP. (MCA) Released: 2009-12-15 DVD List Price: $29.98* Lowest New Price: $8.98* Lowest Used Price: $7.75* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Description: Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino’s high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with “action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is “another Tarantino masterpiece” (Jake Hamilton, CBS-TV)!

Inglourious Basterds (2-Disc Special Edition) [Blu-ray] Featuring Brad Pitt, Cristoph Waltz & Bo Svenson Universal Pictures Released: 2009-12-15 Blu-ray List Price: $39.98* Lowest New Price: $19.98* Lowest Used Price: $17.97* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Description: Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino’s high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with “action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is “another Tarantino masterpiece” (Jake Hamilton, CBS-TV)!

Law Abiding Citizen Featuring Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb & Michael Gambon Overture Films/Anchor Bay Entertainment Released: 2010-02-16 DVD List Price: $29.98* Lowest New Price: $11.29* Lowest Used Price: $6.49* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here Description: Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter are brutally murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. Over his objections, Nick is forced by his boss to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. Fast forward ten years. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton admits his guilt. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system, or key players in the trial will die. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating from his jail cell a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Only Nick can stop the killing and finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who seems always to be one step ahead.

The Hangover (R-Rated Single-Disc Edition) Directed by Todd Phillips Featuring Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha & Heather Graham WARNER HOME VIDEO Released: 2009-12-15 DVD List Price: $28.98* Lowest New Price: $8.98* Lowest Used Price: $6.79* Usually ships in 24 hours* *(As of 22:46 Pacific 14 Mar 2010 More Info) Click Here HANGOVER, THE (DVD MOVIE) Product Description: A LAS VEGAS-SET COMEDY CENTERED AROUND THREE GROOMSMEN WHO LOSE THEIR ABOUT-TO-BE-WED BUDDY DURING THEIR DRUNKEN MISADVENTURES, THEN MUST RETRACE THEIR STEPS IN ORDER TO FIND HIM.