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Point of No Return (Blu-ray). This American remake of La Femme Nikita is more or less successful. It is clearly not the same film, but it it still an effective action/thriller. I wonder what it will look like in high definition?

Above the Law (Blu-ray). The first of a string of successful Steven Seagal action vehicles comes to Blu-ray. I always loved these early films in Seagal's career, plenty of action, lots of fighting, little bit of plot. This is what '80s action was all about.

Cleopatra: 75th Anniversary Edition. I have never seen this 1934 feature, but it is a Cecil B. DeMille production, meaning it should be worth the time.

Max Fleischer's Superman: 1941-1942. These early theatrical animated shorts have been remastered and will hopefully look great. I have only ever seen a few of these, but this looks like a good opportunity to check some more out.

House (2008). Unfortunately, House fails to really tie its tale together in a cohesive manner. It is a film that begs the audience to put the pieces together but does not give enough of the pieces to finish the puzzle. When the end finally arrives, the light goes on and I got what they were doing but was left shaking my head and wondering how much greater the impact could have been had the story made a little more sense. Too much is left on the audience to figure out how everything goes with everything else.

No Country for Old Men: 2 Disk Collector's Edition (also Blu-ray). Sometimes it pays to wait, it helps avoid double dipping on films you like. This set comes with the feature and a plethora of bonus material covering the production and promotion of this Oscar-winning film from the Coen Brothers.

Donkey Punch. I have heard some positive things about this British thriller. It concerns a group of twenty-somethings partying on a boat until one of them dies in a freak accident. What happens next? Well, that is what I want to find out.

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