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• Do Your Part: Recycle outdated items responsibly

  September 5, 2011 in Features on Page C1 All of us are guilty of stashing away outdated items that we just don’t know what to do with. It could be VHS tapes or expired medicines or outdated phone … 1

• DVD releases: ‘Schmucks’ flashes brilliance

  January 7, 2011 in Features on Page D4 Available on DVD this week: “Dinner For Schmucks”: Steve Carell and Paul Rudd star in the sometimes very funny, sometimes not adaptation of a French farce about a dinner competition …

• DVD releases: ‘American’ killer gets another shot

  December 31, 2010 in Features on Page D3 Available on DVD this week: “The American”: Melancholy and lyrical character study starring George Clooney as an assassin who hides out in Italy for one last assignment. (1:45; R for …

• DVD releases: ‘Wall Street’ sequel offers revenge

  December 24, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available on DVD this week: “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps”: Oliver Stone’s bookend to his brazenly entertaining 1987 film attempts to explain the 2008 banking bubble through the story of …

• DVD releases: ‘The Town’ brings out Affleck’s best

  December 17, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available this week: “The Town”: Ben Affleck stars in and directed this compelling crime thriller, about a band of Boston bank robbers and the relationship one falls into with their …

• DVD releases: A dazzling, but dizzy, noir

  December 10, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available this week: “Inception”: Christopher Nolan’s epically silly, overwrought noir stars Leonardo DiCaprio as an international dream thief who enters people’s subconsciouses and messes with their minds. The dazzling visuals, …

• Netflix offering a streaming-only plan to customers

  November 28, 2010 in Business on Page E1 SAN FRANCISCO – Netflix is preparing for the day when getting DVDs by mail is as old-fashioned as going to the video store. It’s hoping to wean people from DVDs …

• DVD releases: ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ a journey of self-discovery

  November 26, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Eat Pray Love” – Julia Roberts stars as soul-searching scribe Elizabeth Gilbert in this slick, scenic but ultimately shallow adaptation of the best-selling memoir about a woman’s year in Italy, …

• DVD releases: ‘Scott Pilgrim’ fun film

  November 12, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Scott Pilgrim vs. the World”: Edgar Wright’s eye-popping, ear-hopping adaptation of Bryan Lee O’Malley’s graphic novels is a ridiculously entertaining romp. Michael Cera stars as the Toronto youth who must …

• DVD releases: Buzz, Woody seek way home in sequel

  November 5, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Toy Story 3”: Pixar’s second sequel finds Buzz, Woody and gang shipped off to a day care center, and the toys have to figure out how to get back home. …

• DVD releases: Friends reunite in ‘Sex’ sequel

  October 29, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Sex and the City 2”: This big-screen sequel reunites the four chums who strive to get each other off a runaway train and back on track. It’s not a train …

• DVD releases: ‘Predators’ prey on elite warriors

  October 22, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Predators”: A group of elite warriors is brought together on a distant planet to serve as prey for a new breed of alien predators. Adrien Brody stars. (1:47; R for …

• Opening scene in ‘Avatar’ altered for DVD, Blu-ray

  October 22, 2010 in Features on Page D4 James Cameron is giving “Avatar” a fresh start. Cameron unveiled a new opening scene Tuesday for an extended cut of his sci-fi blockbuster, due Nov. 16 on DVD and Blu-ray …

• DVD releases: ‘Karate Kid’ remake offers refreshing spin

  October 8, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “The Karate Kid”: An appealing reboot of the 1984 original about the new kid who faces down bullies with the help of a martial-arts master. Set in Beijing, in this …

• DVD releases: Hero meets five nemeses in ‘Iron Man 2’

  October 1, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Iron Man 2”: Shaggily enjoyable follow-up to the 2008 blockbuster, starring the delightful, delirious Robert Downey Jr. as the self-made superhero who encounters five (count ’em! five) new nemeses. With …

• DVD releases: Strong cast, scenery enrich ‘Robin Hood’

  September 24, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Robin Hood”: Russell Crowe stars in this big, bloody reimagining of the legend of the Sherwood Forest outlaw. It’s an origins story, directed by the always cinematic Ridley Scott, and …

• DVD releases: ‘Letters’ offers love, comedy

  September 17, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available on DVD this week: “Letters to Juliet”: Vanessa Redgrave and Amanda Seyfried co-star in this quasi-romantic comedy about old love and new love in Verona, Italy. With Franco Nero, …

• DVD releases: Kutcher, Heigl duck assassins in ‘Killers’

  September 10, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Killers”: Newlyweds (Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl) think their neighbors may be assassins hired to kill them. (1:40; PG-13 for violent action, sexual material and language) “MacGruber”: The special agent (Will …

• DVD releases: ‘Marmaduke’ will be a hit with the tykes

  September 3, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Marmaduke”: Like its four-legged star, hero of the popular cartoon, this film is big, slobbery and shambling – qualities that no doubt will delight discriminating 6-year-olds and leave their parents …

• ‘Ghost Writer’ doesn’t disappoint

  August 6, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “The Ghost Writer”: A ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) hired to complete the memoirs of a former British prime minister (Pierce Brosnan) uncovers secrets that put his life in jeopardy. Roman Polanski’s …

• ‘Clash’ remake as cheesy as 1981 original

  July 30, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Clash of the Titans”: A cheesy remake of the even cheesier 1981 ancient Greece adventure, about Perseus’ epic quest to end Hades’ reign of terror and broker a peace deal …

• Willis, Morgan buddy up for ‘Cop Out’

  July 23, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Cop Out”: Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan and a host of supporting actors labor through this derivative buddy-cop comedy set in Brooklyn. Nonstop high jinks, not too many laughs. (1:50; R …

• Old murder case resurfaces

  July 9, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”: A computer hacker aids a journalist in his investigation of a 40-year-old murder. With Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Sven-Bertil Taube. (2:32; R for disturbing …

• Hunt for WMDs uncovers secret plot

  June 25, 2010 in Features on Page D3 “Green Zone”: A U.S. Army officer questions his country’s mission when his hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq reveals covert intelligence. With Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, …

• Fate of civilization at stake in ‘Book of Eli’

  June 18, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “The Book of Eli” • • • – In post-apocalyptic America, the fate of civilization depends on one man guarding a sacred book. With Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, …

• Grownup ‘Alice’ must end Red Queen’s reign

  June 4, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Alice in Wonderland”: Alice, now 19, slips into a rabbit hole that takes her to “Underland,” where she must terminate the Red Queen’s reign to save her childhood friends. With …

• Father, son take ‘The Road’

  May 28, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “The Road”: Taut and haunting adaptation of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, with Viggo Mortensen and newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee as a father and son trudging across a postapocalyptic America, struggling …

• ‘Invictus’ brings tale that inspired a nation

  May 21, 2010 in Features on Page D4 “Invictus”: Clint Eastwood directs the story of Nelson Mandela as he motivates South Africa’s rugby team to win the World Cup to inspire national unity. With Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon. …

• Holmes, rival resurrected on small screen

  April 2, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available on DVD this week: “Sherlock Holmes”: The super sleuth and his assistant, Dr. Watson, watch their nemesis put to death, but he returns from the grave for revenge. With …

• DVDs: ‘Informant’ features Damon

  February 26, 2010 in Features on Page D4 Available on DVD this week: “The Informant”: The FBI investigates an agri-industry company based on a price-fixing accusation made by the business’ vice president, who has a bit of a …

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