DVD Reviews for Watchmen, Knowing, Push, The Unborn ....

Watchmen
July 21, 2009

A complex, multi-layered mystery adventure, "Watchmen," is set in an alternate 1985 America in which costumed superheroes are part of the fabric of everyday society. The "Doomsday Clock," which charts the U.S.'s tension with the Soviet Union, is permanently set at five minutes to midnight. When one of his former colleagues is murdered, the washed-up, but no less determined masked vigilante, Rorschach, sets out to uncover a plot to kill and discredit all past and present superheroes. As he reconnects with his former crime-fighting legion, a ragtag group of retired superheroes, only one of whom has true powers, Rorschach glimpses a wide-ranging and disturbing conspiracy with links to their shared past and catastrophic consequences for the future. Their mission is to watch over humanity. But who is watching the Watchmen?

Knowing
July 7, 2009

In 1958, as part of the dedication ceremony for a new elementary school, a group of students is asked to draw pictures to be stored in a time capsule, but one mysterious girl fills her sheet of paper with rows of apparently random numbers instead. Fifty years later, Professor John Koestler (Nicolas Cage), makes the startling discovery that the encoded message predicts every major disaster of the past 50 years.

Push
July 7, 2009...

Hang on tight as a gang of super-powered paranormal operatives takes you on a white-knuckle thrill ride. The excitement starts when a future-seeing Watcher (Dakota Fanning) convinces a telekinetic Mover (Chris Evans) to help steal a briefcase that holds a billion-dollar secret. But to outrun government agents, they must enlist a mind controlling Pusher (Camilla Belle) who could be their salvation - or their doom.

The Unborn
July 7, 2009

Enter a world of unrelenting evil as terror finds a new form in The Unborn. In this shocking supernatural thriller, a young woman, Casey (Odette Yustman), is plagued by chilling dreams and tortured by a demonic ghost that haunts her waking hours. Her only hope to break the paranormal curse is in an exorcism with spiritual advisor, Sendak (Gary Oldman). See what lies beyond the doorway of our world in this non-stop nightmare of the undead.

The Haunting In Connecticut
July 14, 2009

Based on a chilling true story, The "Haunting In Connecticut" charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history; the house is a transformed funeral parlor where inconceivable acts occurred.

Fast&The Furious
July 28, 2009

When fugitive Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) returns to Los Angeles to avenge a loved one's death, it reignites his feud with agent Brian O'Conner (Pauk Walker). But as they race through crowded city streets and across international lines, they must test their loyalties by joining together to bring down a shared enemy. From big rig heists to precision tunnel crawls, "Fast & The Furious" takes you back into the high-octane world!