The weekly buffet of DVDs and games is open yet again. This week sees the release of the Baz Luhrmann helmed epic drama "Australia" on DVD and Blu-ray. The colorful film is a must-see for fans of the adventure and romance genres and features powerful performances and meticulous direction.
What's it about?
AUSTRALIA is an epic and romantic action adventure, set in that country on the explosive brink of World War II. In it, an English aristocrat (Nicole Kidman) travels to the faraway continent, where she meets a rough-hewn local (Hugh Jackman) and reluctantly agrees to join forces with him to save the land she inherited. Together, they embark upon a transforming journey across hundreds of miles of the world's most beautiful yet unforgiving terrain, only to still face the bombing of the city of Darwin by the Japanese forces that attacked Pearl Harbor. With his new film, Baz Luhrmann is painting on a vast canvas, creating a cinematic experience that brings together romance, drama, adventure and spectacle.
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Extremely talented actress Kristin Scott Thomas stars in "I've Loved You So Long," a powerful story of familial struggles and redemption follows a shell-shocked Juliette (Scott Thomas), who returns to live with he young sister Lea (Zylberstein) after being banished from the family for 15 years.
Philippe Claudel directs and writes the film which also includes Elsa Zylbertstein, Serge Hazanavicius and Claire Johnston in the cast.
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Also releasing this week on DVD:
On Nintendo DS and Wii, Sony PS3, PS2, PSP, XBOX and PC:
Ready, aim bounce! Clear the orange pegs from 55 fanciful levels as 10 whimsical teachers guide you toward Peggle greatness. Wield mystifying Magic Powers, rack up huge bonus points and make shots you'll smile about for weeks. Amidst all this fevered action, only one question remains: Can you become a Peggle Master?
Get ready for a fictional account of the world's most popular video game hero...of the 1980s. Matt Hazard is coming out of retirement and making his next-gen "comeback" against all his old enemies in a hilarious parody of the last 25 years of gaming. In Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard, videogame action hero Matt Hazard gets his chance to prove once and for all that he is the king of shooters when the new owner of mega game publisher, Marathon Megasoft, gives Matt his comeback role starring in a new title for next-gen consoles that pits him against all of his memorable foes from videogames past. In the world of Eat Lead, however, everything stops being a game and becomes reality when it is clear that someone is using the new game to bring about Matt's death once and for all. With only the mysterious "QA" to help him, Matt must fight against a legion of Marathon Megasoft catalogue of videogame characters to keep it from being "Game Over" forever. Eat Lead pays homage to the games of yesteryear with a menagerie of classic enemies such as zombies, space marines, cowboys, genetically mutated super snipers, and more and an expansive level environment design that reflects videogame history in a next-gen package. The game fires on all cylinders with explosive artillery and combat moves to help gamers escape from a variety of predicaments including radically-changing environments during gameplay via "hack effects" Hazard's nemesis uses by altering the game's code on the fly. Throughout the adventure, players will utilize a strategic cover system dubbed "point and cover," upgradeable weapons and different interactive melee moves to attack and outsmart foes.
Celebrity voice talent - Neil Patrick Harris (DoogieHowser, Harold and Kumar, How I Met Your Mother) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development, 30 Rock, Blades of Glory)
Hilarious script written by WGA Award winning writer David Elis
New innovation in the cover gameplay mechanic that advances the genre
Shooting game where you take on video game clichs all at once - cowboys, space marines, wizards, and karate masters
3rd person shooter with polished next-gengraphics