March 2, 2010
2012
Designing Women: Season Three
Elvis
Have Gun Will Travel: Season Four, Vol. 1
Matlock: The Complete Fourth Season
Bitch Slap
Clash of the Titans (Keepcase)
Cold Souls

March 9, 2010
Precious
Up in the Air
Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Planet 51
Old Dogs
Scarecrow and Mrs. King: The Complete First Season
NFL Super Bowl XLIV: New Orleans Saints Champions
Hachi: A Dog's Tale
In Plain Sight: Season Two
Walker Texas Ranger: The Seventh Season
Matt Houston: The First Season
Greek: Chapter Four

March 16, 2010
The Princess and the Frog
Armored
The Twilight Saga: New Moon
Monk: Season Eight
Mystery Science Theater 3000: XVII
Breaking Bad: The Complete Second Season
Astro Boy
Did You Hear About the Morgans?
South Park: The Complete Thirteenth Season
Hawaii Five-O: Eighth Season

March 23, 2010
The Blind Side
Mad Men: Season 3
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Men Who Stare At Goats
Brothers
The African Queen
7th Heaven: The Complete Tenth Season
Red Cliff International Version - Part I & Part II
Father Knows Best: Season Four
Sabrina Teenage Witch: The Complete Sixth Season

Law Abiding Citizen
DVD Release Date: Feb. 23, 2010
$15.99 Grade: C
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“Law Abiding Citizen” is an implausible thriller that doesn’t know what kind of movie it wants to be. Or better yet, the scriptwriters and filmmakers didn’t know what kind of a movie they wanted to make. Layered in social criticism “Law Abiding Citizen” begins as a vigilante movie in the same mold as the original “Death Wish” (‘74) when law abiding citizen, Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) witnesses his wife and daughter brutally raped murdered during a home invasion. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Fox), an ambitious up and coming Philadelphia prosecutor, is too worried about his conviction rate to adequately punish the killers. So like an episode of “Law and Order” he makes a deal with the killers in exchange for a lighter sentence. “Little justice is better than no justice,” Rice says. This of course doesn’t sit too well with Shelton, who begins a gruesome murderous rampage of revenge against the killers.At times "Law Abiding Citizen" can be a taunt and entertaining thriller as Rice helplessly watches his colleagues being systematically murdered one by one and knowing he’s Shelton’s last target. If “Law Abiding Citizen,” was on television, it would be a better show, but as a movie there’s very little to recommend it. We’ve seen it all before.

Good Hair

DVD Release Date: Feb. 2,3 2010
$15.99 Grade: A
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When Chris Rock's daughter, Lola, came up to him crying and asked, "Daddy, how come I don't have good hair?" the bewildered comic committed himself to search the ends of the earth and the depths of black culture to find out who had put that question into his little girl's head. Rock visits hair salons and styling battles, scientific laboratories, and Indian temples to explore the way black hairstyles impact the activities, pocketbooks, sexual relationships, and self-esteem of black people. Celebrities such as Ice-T, Kerry Washington, Nia Long, Paul Mooney, Raven Symone, Maya Angelou, and Reverend Al Sharpton all candidly offer their stories and observations to Rock while he struggles with the task of figuring out how to respond to his daughter's question. What he discovers is that black hair is a big business that doesn't always benefit the black community and little Lola's question might well be bigger than his ability to convince her that the stuff on top of her head is nowhere near as important as what is inside.

Black Dynamite
DVD Release Date: Feb. 23, 2010
$15.99 Grade: A
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Black Dynamite: a gun-toting, nunchuck-wielding, ladies man and soul brother. When "The Man" murders his brother, pumps heroin into local orphanages, and floods the ghetto with adulterated malt liquor, Black Dynamite is the one hero willing to fight all the way from the blood-soaked city streets to the hallowed halls of the Honky House.

This Is It
DVD Release Date: Feb. 2, 2010
$15.99 Grade: A\
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Michael Jackson's This Is It will offer Jackson fans and music lovers worldwide a rare, behind-the-scenes look at the performer as he developed, created and rehearsed for his sold-out concerts that would have taken place beginning this summer in London's O2 Arena. Chronicling the months from April through June 2009, the film is produced with the full support of the Estate of Michael Jackson and drawn from more than one hundred hours of behind-the-scenes footage, featuring Jackson rehearsing a number of his songs for the show. Audiences will be given a privileged and private look at Jackson as he has never been seen before. In raw and candid detail, Michael Jackson's This Is It captures the singer, dancer, filmmaker, architect, creative genius and great artist at work as he creates and perfects his final show. Directed by Kenny Ortega, who was both Michael Jackson's creative partner and the director of the stage show.

Disrtict 9
DVD Release Date: Dec. 22, 2009
$15.99 Grade: A
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Thirty years ago, aliens made first contact with Earth. Humans waited for the hostile attack, or the giant advances in technology. Neither came. Instead, the aliens were refugees, the last survivors of their home world. The creatures were set up in a makeshift home in South Africa's District 9 as the world's nations argued over what to do with them. “District 9” does a lot of things right, including giving us aliens to remind us not everyone who comes in a spaceship need be angelic, octopod or stainless steel,” says Roger Ebert of the Chicago SunTimes. “They are certainly alien, all right. It is also a seamless merger of the mockumentary and special effects (the aliens are CGI). And there’s a harsh parable here about the alienation and treatment of refugees.”

Star Trek
DVD Release Date: Nov. 17, 2009
$9.00 Grade: A
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The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk (Chris Pine), is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock (Zachary Quinto), was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. “Star Trek” is a first-rate thrill ride to one of the best prequels ever made.

The Soloist
DVD Release Date: Aug. 4, 2009
$9.99 Grade: A
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Journalist Steve Lopez (Robert Downey Jr.) discovers Nathaniel Anthony Ayers (Jamie Fox), a former classical music prodigy, playing his violin on the streets of L.A. As Lopez endeavors to help the homeless man find his way back, a unique friendship is formed, one that transforms both their lives in this an uplifting drama. “The Soloist” is a musical triumph that underlines, acceptance and social commitment.

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency
DVD Release Date: Sep, 2009
$41.99 Grade: A
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Based on the best-selling novels by Alexander McCall Smith, “The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency” tells the uplifting fictional story of a Botswana woman who fulfills a longtime dream – and bucks daunting odds – by opening her country’s first and only female-owned detective agency. This excellent television drama, produced by the BBC in conjunction with HBO is filmed on location in Botswana and is the first major film or television production to be undertaken in the country.

Fast & Furious
DVD Release Date: July 28, 2009
$14.99 Grade: C
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My favorite flick of the “Fast and Furious” muscle-car drama is the third installment, “Tokyo Drift.” The rest I leave to others, including the latest cliché ridden entry “Fast & Furious.” However, if you’re a fan of the genre then you’d want to add the latest saga starring the original cast, Vin Diesel, Paul Walker and Michelle Rodriguez to your home video collection as they take one more lap in their supped up street racers. The plot has fugitive Dominic Toretto (Diesel) returning to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one’s death. Of course the feud between Toretto and agent Brian O’Conner (Walker) is reignited or there wouldn’t be a movie, or an excuse to race their high-octane machines through crowed streets.

Do The Right Thing
DVD Release Date: June 30, 2009
$13.99 Grade: A+
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It’s been 20 years since director Spike Lee took us to Bed-Stuy Brooklyn on the hottest day of the year. “Do The Right Thing,” Lee’s third outing, is considered by film critics and historians his masterpiece. “Do The Right Thing” is a powder keg of race, politics and tossed pepperoni pizzas. Do the Right Thing is one of the most thought-provoking and groundbreaking films of the last 20 years. The controversial story centers around one scorching inner-city day, as racial tensions reach the boiling point. Featuring over four hours of bonus features, a digitally remastered picture and new 5.1 surround sound audio, Do the Right Thing 20th Anniversary Edition captures an unforgettable piece of American history.