{"id":186,"date":"2011-05-23T17:39:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T17:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/05\/23\/dvds-received-52311\/"},"modified":"2012-08-17T05:18:30","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T05:18:30","slug":"dvds-received-52311","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolutionsf.com\/revblogs\/geekcurmudgeon\/2011\/05\/23\/dvds-received-52311\/","title":{"rendered":"DVDs received 5\/23\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/61fvkKLJIHL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Lantern-Emerald-Knights-Blu-ray\/dp\/B004QOB8Q6\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1306171164&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Green Lantern: Emerald Knights<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With stories by acclaimed writers including Geoff Johns, Alan Burnett and Dave Gibbons, this DC Universe Animated Original Movie explores the rich mythology of the Green Lantern universe through six interlocking chapters. While awaiting a battle with Krona, an ancient enemy of the Guardians of the Universe, Earth\u2019s Green Lantern Hal Jordan, Kilowog, Sinestro and other members of the Green Lantern Corps recount their greatest adventures to new recruit Arisia \u2013 everything from tales of the first Lantern to the ominous events that led to the Corps\u2019 Blackest Night! The power-packed voice cast includes Nathan Fillion, Jason Isaacs, Elisabeth Moss, Henry Rollins and Arnold Vosloo.<\/p>\n<p>Special Features (blu ray only):<\/p>\n<ul>Sneak Peek at upcoming DC Universe animated movie &quot;Batman: Year One&quot;<br \/>\nSneak Peek at \u201cAll-Star Superman&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Featurette:\u201cOnly the Bravest: Tales of The Green Lantern Corps\u201d<br \/>\nFeaturette: \u201cWhy Green Lantern Matters: The Talent of Geoff Johns&quot;<br \/>\nFeature Film Commentary with Dan DiDio and Geoff Johns<\/p>\n<p>Pod: \u201cFrom Comic Book to Screen: Abin Sur\u201d<br \/>\nPod: \u201cFrom Comic Book to Screen: Laira Omoto&quot;<br \/>\nThis short pod will take a peek into Geoff John\u2019s Green Lantern Secret Origin book, which for the first time, showed fans what really happened to Abin Sur before he crashed landed on Earth, and passed on his ring to Hal Jordan.<\/p>\n<p>Bruce Timm\u2019s Picks:<\/p>\n<ul>-Excerpt from \u201cThe Siege of Starro! Part One\u201d from \u201cBatman: The Brave and The Bold\u201d<br \/>\n-\u201cRevenge of The Reach!\u201d from \u201cBatman: The Brave and The Bold\u201d<\/ul>\n<p>Digital Comic: Green Lantern<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Warner continues this annoying trend of blue ray-only bonus material. Some of us without a blu ray (or even an HD TV) might be interested in these extras.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51yd3c9fQnL._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Company-Men-Tommy-Lee-Jones\/dp\/B003UESJEM\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1306172034&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">The Company Men<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bobby Walker (Ben Affleck) is living the proverbial American dream: great job, beautiful family, shiny Porsche in the garage. When corporate downsizing leaves him and co-workers Phil Woodward (Chris Cooper) and Gene McClary (Tommy Lee Jones) jobless, the three men are forced to re-define their lives as men, husbands and fathers. <\/p>\n<p>Bobby soon finds himself enduring enthusiastic life coaching, a job building houses for his brother-in-law (Kevin Costner) that does not play to his executive skill set, and perhaps &#8212; the realization that there is more to life than chasing the bigger, better deal. With humor, pathos, and keen observation, writer-director John Wells (the creator of &quot;ER&quot;) introduces us to the new realities of American life.<\/p>\n<p>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/ecx.images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/51z8MjKQM6L._SL500_AA300_.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kill-Irishman-Ray-Stevenson\/dp\/B004UVYQYQ\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1306172206&amp;amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"postlink\"><span style=\"font-style: italic\">Kill the Irishman<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Promo copy:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Over the summer of 1976, thirty-six bombs detonated in the heart of Cleveland while a turf war raged between Irish mobster Danny Greene (Ray Stevenson) and the Italian mafia. Based on a true story, KILL THE IRISHMAN chronicles Greene&#8217;s heroic rise from a tough Cleveland neighborhood to become an enforcer in the local mob. Turning the tables on loan shark Shondor Birns (Christopher Walken) and allying himself with gangster John Nardi (Vincent D&#8217;Onofrio), Greene stops taking orders from the mafia and pursues his own power. Surviving countless assassination attempts from the mob and killing off anyone who went after him in retaliation, Danny Greene&#8217;s infamous invincibility and notorious fearlessness eventually led to the collapse of mafia syndicates across the U.S. and also earned him the status of the man the mob couldn&#8217;t kill.<\/p>\n<p>Written and directed by Jonathan Hensleigh and also starring Val Kilmer, Paul Sorvino and Linda Cardellini, KILL THE IRISHMAN is inspired by Rick Porello&#8217;s true crime account &quot;To Kill The Irishman: The War That Crippled The Mafia.&quot;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s take a quick look to see what\u2019s arrived at the Geek Compound. 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