DVD

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
$29.98
I give this three stars with a heavy heart. I really enjoyed the first and second films. The animation is as good as ever, the main characters as endearing as ever, but for me, the joke has gone stale. I found myself struggling to maintain attention and it was only with effort that I made it to the end.

Up (4 Disc Combo Pack with Digital Copy and DVD) [Blu-ray]
$45.99
"Up" is a great movie, I highly recommend it, but wait for a better DVD Treatment.

Allow lots and lots and lots of time to get the movie started.

The DVD doesn't even play on some players, thanks to some DRM (Digital Restriction Mess-Up).

UOPs (User Operation Prohibition) are enabled on this DVD meaning that you cannot skip over many parts of the DVD and are FORCED to watch things you have no interest in.

While it is easy to purchse a DVD player that overrides UOPs, there are no Blu-ray players that do this YET.

Avoid this presentation of the movie. When a later one is released that is not hostile to the viewer, buy it only then.

Wall-E (Single-Disc Edition)
$29.99
What a wonderful movie. I really didn't know quite what to make of the previews, I mean, very little dialogue to be heard, and the main leads were robots. After seeing the film, I love it. The lack of dialogue is actually a bonus, as you focus on the mannerisms and actions, however small, of the main characters, Wall-e and Eve. Visually the movie is stunning. The vistas of a barren Earth are amazing and desolate. Space is an incredible sight as well, with the best space travel scenes since Star Wars. The story has a superb point to it as well, as the eco-friendly message is very timely and to the point without being preachy. Wall-e's yearning for companionship is palpable, expressed in his repeated attempts to simply hold Eve's hand. Pixar continues to do the near-impossible, hold your attention and make you feel empathy and affection for robots and machinery. There hasn't been this sympathetic and lovable a robot character in a film since R2-D2 in Star Wars. The attention to detail is amazing. Everything is extremely well-thought out and designed. The growth and development of Pixar's art is incredible. They tell the best stories, with the absolute best in animation, on the most consistant basis. No-one can do it better, as their track record will attest. The ending is superb, with enough emotional sentimentality to catch you, without being too overdone. All in all, this is a fine film, one of the best films of the year. It certainly deserved the best animated feature oscar it received, and I think it deserved a best picture nomination as well, as it presented a timely message with enough humour and emotion to get the point across. Get this fine film and be carried away to another point in space with Wall-e.

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy & BD-Live) [Blu-ray]
$35.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is the Best Movie to date in the
HP Series !!! And we can only look forward in great anticipation
to the Deathly Hallows to Top even this...
The Characterizations are PRIMO as ever !!!
My only Regret is that the HP Movies aren't so very much longer !!!
What a Magical Creation as Ever from J.K. Rowling !!!