July 18th, 2011
Looking at the overall strength of the home market releases this week and there's not a lot to look forward to. If you don't count Rango, which came out on Blu-ray / DVD on Friday, then the biggest hit of the week is Limitless. That film is worth picking up on Blu-ray, but it's not exactly Pick of the Week material. In fact, the best release on this week's list is Once Upon a Time in America, which made its Blu-ray debut at the end of May, but the screener arrived very late. Despite this, I'm awarding it the Pick of the Week.
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July 16th, 2011
House of the Rising Sun is a low-budget action film starring a former wrestler turned mixed martial artist. Expectations are thusly lowered. That may be a bit premature, but it's better to go into a movie with realistic expectations and be pleasantly surprised than go into a movie overly optimistic only to be disappointed. So will House of the Rising Sun be a pleasant surprise? Or will it fail to live up to modest origins.
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