Lionsgate / 2010 / 104 Minutes / Rated R
Street Date: November 23, 2010
Overall Grade 
Recommended
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Dolph Lundgren
Director: Sylvester Stallone
Plot Synopsis: They might be expendable, but they sure are durable: The Expendables is crammed with well-traveled action heroes, called to a summit meeting here to capture some of that good old ultraviolent '80s-movie feel. Star-director Sylvester Stallone rides herd as the leader of this mercenary band, which includes Jason Statham, Jet Li, and Stallone's old Rocky V nemesis Dolph Lundgren. Mickey Rourke, looking like a car wreck on Highway 61, plays the tattoo artist who communicates the gang's assignments to Stallone; throw in Terry Crews and Ultimate Fighting champ Randy Couture, and you've got a badass crew indeed. The specifics here involve a Latin American island where US interests have mucked up the local politics beyond repair--but when Sly's eye is caught by the feisty daughter (Giselle Itie) of the local military jefe, a simple job gets complicated. Adding to the B-movie flavor of the enterprise, we've got Eric Roberts and Steve Austin bouncing around as badder-than-the-bad guys, plus Bruce Willis popping in for a one-scene bit, and… well, perhaps another unbilled cameo. The violence doesn't reach the frantic pace of Stallone's last Rambo picture, but it builds to a pretty crazy crescendo in the final reels, during which each cast member gets to show his stuff. Although Stallone's face looks younger than it did in the first Rocky movie, his line delivery is more sluggish than ever, and what lines! The dialogue is stuck in the '80s, too. Although it's pretty ham-handed throughout, The Expendables is likely critic-proof: the audience that wants to see this kind of body-slamming throwdown isn't going to care about the niceties. Let the knife throwing begin.
Disc Features:
- Audio Commentary
- Inferno: The Making of 'The Expendables' (HD, 92 min.) – By far this is one of the best, most intensive Making Of features out there.
- From the Ashes: Postproduction (HD, 26 min.)
- Comic-Con 2010 Panel (HD, 46 min.)
- Deleted Scene (HD, 1 min.)
- Gag Reel (HD, 5 min.)
- Marketing Archive (HD)
Sony / 2010 / 140 Minutes / Rated PG-13
Street Date: November 23, 2010
Genres: Romance, drama
Starring: Julia Roberts, Javier Bardam
Director: Ryan Murphy
Plot Synopsis: Liz Gilbert (Julia Roberts) is a modern woman on a quest to marvel at and travel the world while rediscovering and reconnecting with her true inner self in Eat Pray Love. At a crossroads after a divorce, Gilbert takes a year-long sabbatical from her job and steps uncharacteristically out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life. In her wondrous and exotic travels, she experiences the simple pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of love in Bali. Based on an inspiring true story, Eat Pray Love proves that there really is more than one way to let yourself go and see the world.
Disc Features:
- The Beginning of the Journey (HD, 15 min)
- Praying in India (HD, 15 min)
- Finding Balance (HD, 12 min)
- Music Video (HD)
- Trailers (HD)—Rounding out the package is a collection of previews for 'Salt,' 'The Other Guys,' 'Mother and Child,' 'Easy A,' 'Welcome to the Rileys,' 'Tamara Drewe,' and 'Grown Ups.'
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