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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo SOUTHPORT MUSIC BOX CORPO Music Box Films Home Entertainment Forty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan Her body was never found yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist and the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander Noomi Rapace to investigate When the pair link Harriet s disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history But the Vanger s are a secretive clan and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves Fans of Stieg Larssons Men Who Hate Women may have been concerned about how the Swedish authors novel would translate to the screen but they neednt have worried Significant changes to the source material have been made but director Niels Arden Opleys The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as its now called is mostly riveting As the story begins middle-aged investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist has just been convicted of a bogus charge of libel against a rich and corrupt corporate hotshot when hes unexpectedly offered a most unusual gig An aging captain of industry named Henrik Vanger Sven-Bertil Taube wants Blomkvist to figure out what happened to Vangers niece who disappeared more than 40 years earlier not only is the old man convinced that she was murdered but he suspects that another member of his large and rather disagreeable family which includes several former Nazis is the culprit Blomkvist takes the job which includes spending at least six months on Vangers isolated island in the middle of winter But what he doesnt know is that hes being spied on by twentysomething Lisbeth Salander brilliantly played by Noomi Rapace in a career-making performance the titular Girl and the possessor of remarkable skills as a sleuth and computer hacker With her gothlike piercings and all-black clothes Lisbeth is a vivid character to say the least While we dont exactly know the details of her dark past its obviously still with her indeed shes just been assigned a new guardian like a parole officer to look after her finances and other matters We also know that she is not someone to mess with when the guardian turns out to be a thoroughly vile monster Lisbeth gets back at him in one of the more satisfying revenge sequences in recent memory That Lisbeth and Mikael should end up working together and more isnt especially surprising But the horrifying details and depths of depravity they uncover while working on the case parallels to The Silence of the Lambs are facile but appropriate definitely are and Opley does a nice job of keeping it all straight At more than two and a half hours the film is long with its share of grim graphic and scary moments but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a winner --Sam Graham 2001: A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray] Warner Brothers Warner Home Video A space mission that could reveal mans destiny is jeopardized by a malfunctioning shipboard computer A dazzling journey that tops them all -- and showed the way for other effects-packed films that followed When Stanley Kubrick recruited Arthur C Clarke to collaborate on the proverbial intelligent science fiction film its a safe bet neither the maverick auteur nor the great science fiction writer knew they would virtually redefine the parameters of the cinema experience A daring experiment in unconventional narrative inspired by Clarkes short story The Sentinel 2001 is a visual tone poem barely 40 minutes of dialogue in a 139-minute film that charts a phenomenal history of human evolution From the dawn-of-man discovery of crude but deadly tools in the films opening sequence to the journey of the spaceship Discovery and metaphysical birth of the star child at films end Kubricks vision is meticulous and precise In keeping with the directors underlying theme of dehumanization by technology the notorious seemingly omniscient computer HAL 9000 has more warmth and personality than the human astronauts it supposedly is serving The director also leaves the meaning of the black rectangular alien monoliths open for discussion This theme in part is what makes 2001 a film like no other though dated now that its postmillennial space exploration has proven optimistic compared to reality Still the film is timelessly provocative in its pioneering exploration of inner- and outer-space consciousness With spectacular painstakingly authentic special effects that have stood the test of time Kubricks film is nothing less than a cinematic milestone--puzzling provocative and perfect --Jeff Shannon The Girl Who Played With Fire Music Box Films Home Entertainment Lisbeth Salander is a wanted woman A researcher and a Millennium journalist about to expose the truth about the sex trade in Sweden are brutally murdered and Salanders prints are on the weapon Her history of unpredictable and violent behavior makes her an official danger to society Mikael Bloomkvist Salanders friend and Millenniums plublisher is alone in his belief of Salanders innocence Digging deeper Bloomkvist unearths evidence implicating highly placed members of Swedish Society-as well as shocking details about Salanders past He is desperate to get to her before she is cornered-but no one can find her anywhere The toughest chick in Sweden returns to action in The Girl Who Played with Fire the second film adaptation of the late author Stieg Larssons Millennium Trilogy novels That would be Lisbeth Salander once again played with quiet feral intensity by Noomi Rapace As Larssons readers and anyone who saw the first film The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo also released in 2010 knows Lisbeth is small in stature but big trouble for any man who crosses her--after all this is the woman who set her father on fire after he abused her mother and later after being released from a mental institution took extreme revenge on her legal guardian after he brutally assaulted her those scenes are briefly revisited for the enlightenment of those who missed the earlier film Also back is investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist Lisbeths erstwhile lover and partner in solving the Dragon Tattoo mystery When two of his young colleagues are killed while at work on a story about sex trafficking followed shortly by the murder of the aforementioned guardian Salander is the prime suspect But Mikael is sure of her innocence in fact hes convinced shes the next victim leading to a tangled tale in which Lisbeth learns more about her family and its very dark secrets than she ever wanted to know The story is compelling if a bit slow to take shape and director Daniel Alfredson taking over for Niels Arden Oplev skillfully sustains the mystery and tension there are also doses of nudity and violence the latter much more graphic than the former But Lisbeth isnt on screen nearly as much this time and her relationship with Blomkvist so central to Dragon Tattoo is almost an afterthought Still The Girl Who Played with Fire will certainly whet fans appetites for the next installment The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets Nest and considering the overall class and quality of these Swedish productions one shudders to think how theyll turn out in the inevitable American versions the first of which is due in 2011 with Daniel Craig as Blomkvist --Sam Graham Nanny McPhee (Widescreen Edition) Universal Studios Universal Studios A mysterious governess uses magic to regain control of the misbehaved children of a widowed funeral director With hairy warts a stern-looking unibrow and one extremely protruding buck-tooth Nanny McPhee is a wonderfully comedic substitute for Mary Poppins in this entertaining family fantasy By loosely adapting Christianna Brands Nurse Matilda childrens books of the 1960s Oscar -winning screenwriter Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility has also given herself the plum role of Nanny McPhee who can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr Brown Colin Firth whos under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide a tailor-made role for Angela Lansbury His love for scullery maid Evangeline Kelly Macdonald remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs Quickly Celia Imrie but Browns raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right especially after theyve come under the benevolent influence of Nanny McPhee whose peculiar brand of discipline works wonders for everyone involved Both quintessentially British and universally appealing this wildly colorful comedy thanks to a bold palette of costume and production design was capably directed by Kirk Jones whose appreciation for comic actors was equally apparent in his critically acclaimed 1998 comedy Waking Ned Devine With just a hint of darkness to offset the whimsy Nanny McPhee offers a splendid match of director cast and material guaranteed to please Wallace Gromit fans and anyone else with a taste for British zaniness --Jeff Shannon The Karate Kid Sony Pictures A remake of the 1984 film of the same name The Karate Kid well exceeds expectations delivering a powerful viewing experience filled with action-packed martial arts scenes great footage of China and its many wonders and an absorbing story of a preadolescent boys struggle to find his own inner strength The title Karate Kid is really a misnomer as it is the art of kung fu that is practiced in this remake not karate and other details including the films setting in China also differ from the original film What remains the same and just as powerful is the underlying story a young boy moves to a new place where he feels isolated and is bullied by his peers Through an unlikely relationship with an adult the boy not only learns to protect himself through martial arts but develops the much more important qualities of respect and the mastery of ones own mind and body Relative newcomer Jaden Smith son of actors and producers Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith is excellent as the main character Drek Parker Jackie Chan gives a restrained and highly effective performance as his mentor Mr Han and Zhenwei Wang is eerily believable as the bully Chen This is an intense and often violent film that fully engulfs its viewers--be prepared to gasp and cheer out loud and know that you may never look at the act of putting on and taking off a jacket in the same way again Ages 8 and older with parental guidance --Tami Horiuchi The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo [Blu-ray] SOUTHPORT MUSIC BOX CORPO Music Box Films Forty years ago Harriet Vanger disappeared from a family gathering on the island owned and inhabited by the powerful Vanger clan Her body was never found yet her beloved uncle is convinced it was murder and that the killer is a member of his own tightly knit but dysfunctional family He employs disgraced financial journalist Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist and the tattooed and troubled but resourceful computer hacker Lisbeth Salander Noomi Rapace to investigate When the pair link Harriets disappearance to a number of grotesque murders from almost forty years ago they begin to unravel a dark and appalling family history But the Vangers are a secretive clan and Blomkvist and Salander are about to find out just how far they are prepared to go to protect themselves Fans of Stieg Larssons Men Who Hate Women may have been concerned about how the Swedish authors novel would translate to the screen but they neednt have worried Significant changes to the source material have been made but director Niels Arden Opleys The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo as its now called is mostly riveting As the story begins middle-aged investigative journalist Mikael Blomkvist Michael Nyqvist has just been convicted of a bogus charge of libel against a rich and corrupt corporate hotshot when hes unexpectedly offered a most unusual gig An aging captain of industry named Henrik Vanger Sven-Bertil Taube wants Blomkvist to figure out what happened to Vangers niece who disappeared more than 40 years earlier not only is the old man convinced that she was murdered but he suspects that another member of his large and rather disagreeable family which includes several former Nazis is the culprit Blomkvist takes the job which includes spending at least six months on Vangers isolated island in the middle of winter But what he doesnt know is that hes being spied on by twentysomething Lisbeth Salander brilliantly played by Noomi Rapace in a career-making performance the titular Girl and the possessor of remarkable skills as a sleuth and computer hacker With her gothlike piercings and all-black clothes Lisbeth is a vivid character to say the least While we dont exactly know the details of her dark past its obviously still with her indeed shes just been assigned a new guardian like a parole officer to look after her finances and other matters We also know that she is not someone to mess with when the guardian turns out to be a thoroughly vile monster Lisbeth gets back at him in one of the more satisfying revenge sequences in recent memory That Lisbeth and Mikael should end up working together and more isnt especially surprising But the horrifying details and depths of depravity they uncover while working on the case parallels to The Silence of the Lambs are facile but appropriate definitely are and Opley does a nice job of keeping it all straight At more than two and a half hours the film is long with its share of grim graphic and scary moments but The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a winner --Sam Graham Ip Man (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] WELL GO USA INC Well Go USA Ip Man Collectors Edition containing over 2 hours of bonus footage is an award winning adaptation based on the life of Ip Man Donnie Yen the grandmaster of Wing Chun and later teacher and mentor to widely influential and legendary martial artist Bruce Lee Ip Man is set in the 1930s in Foshan a hub of southern Chinese martial arts just as the Second Sino-Japan war breaks out During the war China is nearly ripped to pieces by racial hatred nationalistic strife and warfare Ip Man rose like a phoenix above these ashes as he defied an empire bringing hope to China Winner of Best Picture and Actor Ip Man ranks as one of the best martial arts movies of all time r / / / One of the most astonishing displays of martial arts action on film in recent years Wilson Yips Ip Man chronicles the life of the eponymous Wing Chun master Donnie Yen who would later become instructor and mentor to Bruce Lee Fans of Ronny Yus Fearless with Jet Li will notice several similarities between the biopics--like Lis Huo Yuanjia Ip Man is a tireless instructor whose life largely consisting of training and jaw-dropping spar sessions with any and all is thrown into chaos with the arrival of Japanese military forces in 1937 He soon draws the interest of the commanding Japanese colonel Hiroyuki Ikeuchi who exploits the starving locals by forcing them against his trainees for bags of rice Ip must then pit his extraordinary Wing Chun against the colonels karate for his own dignity as well as the soul of his people Were Yips film simply a series of set pieces featuring Yens incredible fighting skills Ip Man would rank among the best martial arts films of the past three decades the fight choreography by Hong Kong legend Sammo Hung and Tony Leung Siu-hung with consultation by Ips own son Ip Chun offers the same sort of eye-popping rewind-required fist and footwork that Ips disciple Bruce Lee inspired in the 70s and Jackie Chan Jet Li and Tony Jaa displayed in subsequent years a battle between Ip and 10 black belts in particular requires multiple views to absorb the speed and deftness on display But Ip Man also succeeds as a historical drama inspired by the harsh realities of the Japanese occupation of mainland China as well as an acting showcase for Yen who embodies Ips formidable physical and emotional strengths The American DVD release of Ip Man from Well Go offers many of the same extras found on the Region 2 UK presentation including interviews with Yen Yip Hung and most of the cast plus deleted scenes an impressive tour of production designer Kenneth Maks sets and location work and several brief making-of featurettes --Paul Gaita The Karate Kid (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Sony Sony Pictures ON LOCATION The Karate Kid Interactive Map of China r Alternate Ending r Play All Hosted by Jackie Chan r Production Diaries Hosted by Jackie Chan r Chinese Lessons - Learn Chinese r Music Video Justin Bieber Featuring Jaden Smith Never Say Never r Just for Kicks The Making of The Karate Kid r movieIQ sync TM r PS3 Wallpaper Theme r Red Cliff International Version - Part I & Part II [Blu-ray] Magnolia Pictures Magnolia Home Entertainment RED CLIFF is the epic historical drama based on a legendary 208 A D battle that heralded the end of the Han Dynasty A power-hungry Prime Minister-turned-General Cao Cao seeks permission from the Han Dynasty Emperor to organize a southward-bound mission designed to crush the two troublesome warlords who stand in his way Liu Bei and Sun Quan Vastly outnumbered by Cao Caos brutal fast-approaching army the warlords band together to mount a heroic campaign - unrivaled in history - that changes the face of China forever Director John Woos Red Cliff boasts some mighty impressive numbers It took four screenwriters to adapt the 800 000-word source material a 14th-century Chinese novel called Romance of the Three Kingdoms There are also three editors two directors of photography hundreds of horses and a combined cast and crew numbering in the thousands making it reportedly the most expensive movie ever made in China There are quite a few minutes too as it has a running time of 2 hours 28 minutes Thats only about half the length of the cut released in Asia a fact that has led some critics to dismiss the American release as merely a bowdlerized version of the real deal That may be but this depiction of the titular battle that took place in AD 208 and is credited with changing the entire face of China is still an epic and magnificent piece of entertainment The principal characters include Cao Cao Zhang Fengyi a power-hungry general and self-appointed prime minister who convinces the weak-willed emperor that two rebellious leaders in the south Liu Bei You Yong and Sun Quan Chang Chen must be stopped Cao Caos antagonists also include the brilliant strategist Zhuge Liang Takeshi Kaneshiro and the heroic warrior Zhou Yu Tony Leung whose wife Chiling Lin is a legendary beauty Cao Cao has a huge advantage in manpower not to mention an impressive fleet of warships But he is arrogant while his opponents are not merely humble and brave but clever Cao Caos diabolical plan to send the contagious bodies of soldiers who have died from typhoid fever to the Southlanders camp works temporarily but the latter counter with ingenious strategies of their own like using fog wind and fire to destroy Cao Caos ships All of this is depicted in the most spectacular battle scenes since the Lord of the Rings trilogy with a steady supply of gorgeous shots and indelible images Woo whose previous films range from the terrific Hard Boiled and The Killer to the lamentable Ben Affleck thriller Paycheck is in his element here and Red Cliff is a treat --Sam Graham Nanny McPhee (Full Screen Edition) Universal Studios Universal Studios A mysterious governess uses magic to regain control of the misbehaved children of a widowed funeral director With hairy warts a stern-looking unibrow and one extremely protruding buck-tooth Nanny McPhee is a wonderfully comedic substitute for Mary Poppins in this entertaining family fantasy By loosely adapting Christianna Brands Nurse Matilda childrens books of the 1960s Oscar -winning screenwriter Emma Thompson Sense and Sensibility has also given herself the plum role of Nanny McPhee who can tame even the most unruly children with a tap of her magic walking stick Her latest challenge is the bratty brood of a recent widower Mr Brown Colin Firth whos under pressure to find a new wife or lose his much-needed allowance from wealthy Aunt Adelaide a tailor-made role for Angela Lansbury His love for scullery maid Evangeline Kelly Macdonald remains unspoken as he wincingly woos the eagerly merry widow Mrs Quickly Celia Imrie but Browns raucous rugrats have a plan to make things right especially after theyve come under the benevolent influence of Nanny McPhee whose peculiar brand of discipline works wonders for everyone involved Both quintessentially British and universally appealing this wildly colorful comedy thanks to a bold palette of costume and production design was capably directed by Kirk Jones whose appreciation for comic actors was equally apparent in his critically acclaimed 1998 comedy Waking Ned Devine With just a hint of darkness to offset the whimsy Nanny McPhee offers a splendid match of director cast and material guaranteed to please Wallace Gromit fans and anyone else with a taste for British zaniness --Jeff Shannon