NEW RELEASE RECAP – January 26, 2010

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 29, 2010 - weekly new releases

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What came in this week on DVD? BRIGHT STAR WHIP IT THE BOYS ARE BACK SURROGATES MICHAEL JACKSON’S THIS IS IT and many more…

BRIGHT STAR – Reviewed by Will

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 29, 2010 - drama, movie reviews, recommendations, romance

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“I have two luxuries to brood over in my walks, your Loveliness and the hour of my death. O that I could have possession of them both in the same minute.” – John Keats in a letter to Fanny Brawne How blessed we are to still find films that whisper to us. I first approached [...]

WHIP IT – Reviewed by Noah

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 29, 2010 - comedy, drama, movie reviews

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Finally a film for that rare young girl who doesn’t feel the world understands her. Whip It is the directorial debut of Drew Barrymore, starring Juno‘s Ellen Page as Bliss, a young girl in a small Texas town who feels the world doesn’t understand her. On a trip to Austin, Bliss discovers that her life’s [...]

THE BOYS ARE BACK – Reviewed by Joyce

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 29, 2010 - drama, movie reviews

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Shortly after the opening of The Boys Are Back, Clive Owen’s character, Joe Warr, a sportswriter, experiences the painful death of his wife. Joe finds himself as the single dad to Artie, age 6. They live in Australia. Joe also has a 13-year-old son, Harry, who lives in England with his mother, Joe’s first wife. [...]

SURROGATES – Reviewed by David

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 29, 2010 - action/adventure, blu-ray, movie reviews, sci-fi / fantasy

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Surrogates is a super slick serving of sci-fi nonsense starring Bruce Willis and directed by Jonathan Mostow that tries to sell us on the idea that there ain’t nothin’ like the real thing, baby, when it comes to humanity yet ends up being about as emotionally warm as an iceberg.

DOCUMENTARY ROUNDUP – January 2010

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 28, 2010 - documentary, movie reviews, news & features

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All the newest non-fiction films are right here – and be sure to check out our recommendations, marked with the red star…

STAFF PICK OF THE WEEK – Will

Posted by The Video Station Staff - January 27, 2010 - recommendations, staff picks

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Forever (2006) The best documentarians have one thing in common: a palpable curiosity about the world and the people who inhabit it. Heddy Honigmann, the German-Peruvian-Dutch filmmaker, has a particular talent for engaging with seemingly ordinary people in public places and teasing out their individual stories and charm. In Forever she visits the famous Père-Lachaise [...]