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DISCussion: New on DVD and Blu-ray (12.25.12)

Happy Christmas/applicable religious or cultural celebrations. In this festival week, DVD and Blu-ray releases are very thin.

First Releases

- The Words (DVD and Blu-ray)
- Mass Effect: Paragon Lost (DVD and Blu-ray)

Re-Releases
- The Room (2003) (Blu-ray)


The Words
(DVD and Blu-ray)

Written and directed by Brian Klugman, Lee Sternthal
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Olivia Wilde, Zoe Saldana, Jeremy Irons, Ben Barnes, Dennis Quaid

The Words
is a drama with an ensemble cast, but did not receive the critical praise it was hoping for. Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) is an author reading his latest novel about Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper), a struggling writer who pretends someone else’s novel is his own.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes):
22% (very bad)
Player Affinity Score:
5.5/10 (read our review)

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features:
N/A

Amazon Price: $19.99 (DVD), $22.99 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A


Mass Effect: Paragon Lost
(DVD and Blu-ray) (Release Date Dec. 28)


Directed by Atsushi Takeuchi
Written by Henry Gilroy
Starring: Freddie Prinze Jr., Laura Bailey, Bruce Carey

The Mass Effect trilogy is very popular series of games. EA consequently commissioned a straight-to-DVD anime film, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost. Made as a prequel to Mass Effect 3, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost focuses on Lieutenant James Vega (Freddie Prinze Jr.), a young Alliance Marine officer, as he leads a squad against the alien forces of The Collective.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes:
N/A
Player Affinity Score:
N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: N/A

Amazon Price:
$14.99 (DVD), $19.86 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): Content 3 stars, Video 0 stars, Audio 0 stars, Extras 0 stars, Replay 2 stars (out of 5). Recommended.

The Room (2003) (Blu-ray) (Release Date Dec. 28)

Written and directed by Tommy Wiseau
Starring: Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero

The Room
is often called one of the worst films ever made and has earned a cult following because "it’s so bad it’s good." The plot is simple, Johnny (Tommy Wiseau) is a nice guy whose girlfriend, Lisa (Juliette Danielle) starts to have an affair with his best friend, Mark (Greg Sestero).

What makes the film so remarkable is the bad script, insane dialogue and incompetent direction, as well as classic moments like a woman saying she has cancer and never mentioning it again, a strange teenager who wants to watch his friends/neighbors have sex and a group of men dressed in tuxedos just to play football.

Critics Rating (Rotten Tomatoes):
35% (poor)
Player Affinity Score:
N/A

DISC DETAILS

DVD Special Features: N/A

Amazon Price: $32.39 (Blu-ray)

Score (DVDTalk.com): N/A

 

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