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DVD Tuesday: ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘Gulliver’s Travels’

W. Andrew Powell
Reviews
New releases on Blu-ray and DVD this week include: Tom Hooper's Oscar winning historical drama, The King's Speech, starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush; the modern comic remake of Gulliver's Travels, with Jack Black; the drama Rabbit Hole with stars Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart; plus a look at Mortal Kombat on Blu-ray and Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure.
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Film Friday: ‘The Proposal’ & ‘Year One’

W. Andrew Powell
Reviews
Opening this week in theatres, Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds get friendly in the romantic comedy The Proposal, Jack Black and Michael Cera play dumb in the stone age comedy Year One, and maybe most importantly, there is the somewhat scary but essential documentary Food, Inc.
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DVD Tuesday: ‘Wall•E’ & ‘Tropic Thunder’

W. Andrew Powell
Reviews
Follow the fun-loving Wall•E on a trip through space as he follows his hearts desire, meets up with humanity, and tries to bring them back home. Also out this week, Ben Stiller directs and stars in the war drama spoof, Tropic Thunder, about a group of super stars lost in the jungle during the filming of... an epic war drama.
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DVD Tuesday: ‘Get Smart’ & ‘Kung Fu Panda’

W. Andrew Powell
Reviews
This week on DVD, catch Steve Carell as Agent 86 as he fights the evil forces of KAOS in the spy-comedy Get Smart, while Jack Black gets animated in the high-flying Kung Fu Panda. Plus, the latest Futurama movie has Bender roleplaying, Mystery Science Theater 3000 celebrates its 20th anniversary, pick up volume one of The Jeff Healey Band Legacy, and the first season of television's Spin City.
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Film Friday: ‘Don’t Mess With The Zohan’, ‘Kung Fu Panda’

W. Andrew Powell
Reviews
Take a walk abroad this week, with three films that roam around the world. In You Don't Mess With The Zohan, an Israeli agent wants to stop all the fighting and escape to become a hairdresser. The animated Kung Fu Panda features Jack Black as a giant panda who has been chosen to become a kung fu master. And the foreign film Mongol gives a glimpse back to the epic rise of Mongolia's legendary leader, Genghis Khan.