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This week, CL Charlotte’s Matt Brunson discusses the DVD releases of Casablanca, Hancock and more.

CASABLANCA (1942). Bogart. Bergman. “As Time Goes By.” “Here’s looking at you, kid.” You know the rest. So round up the usual accolades for one of the all-time greats, which premiered on DVD in 2002 in an OK package, was given the two-disc Special Edition treatment in 2003, and is back again in an Ultimate Collector’s Edition.  Read the rest here.

(Courtesy of the Criterion Collection)

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This week, CL Charlotte’s Matt Brunson discusses the DVD releases of The Gregory Peck Collection, Wall-E and more.

WALL-E (2008). Although this animated effort from Pixar is a treat for the young and old alike, it’s the rare sort of toon tale that may have ended up endearing itself even more to adults than to kids. And it’s not just because grown-ups will enjoy the usual asides tossed their way (e.g. a witty reference to 2001: A Space Odyssey; Aliens star Sigourney Weaver providing the voice of a ship’s computer); it’s also because the plot speaks to them in a way that it can’t to humans who still don’t possess all their permanent teeth. Read the rest here.

(Photo courtesy Walt Disney and Pixar)

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

2008 Philadelphia Phillies: The Official World Series Film

24: Redemption

A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!

Fred Claus

George Carlin: It’s Bad For Ya

Hancock

Meet Dave

Space Chimps

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It’s that time of year again folks - Fiction Contest time! And we know that given the current economic situation (there’s some serious cash at stake here people), there are more starving artists out there than ever.

So, submit a manuscript of no more than 3,000 words either as a hard copy to our offices or online. All works of fiction must in some way incorporate the word “pop” — as a theme, a metaphor, whatever. You can use the word as any way you like; just use it well. Originality is encouraged, and the word count is enforced.

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This week CL Charlotte’s Matt Brunson discusses the DVD releases of the Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection, Hellboy II: The Golden Army and more.

ALFRED HITCHCOCK PREMIERE COLLECTION (1927-1947). The home entertainment arms of Warner Bros. and Universal Pictures released their own Hitchcock collections in 2004 and 2005, respectively, and now here’s 20th Century Fox belatedly joining the party with their own resplendent box set.

Hitchcock had already directed a couple of films before helming The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927), but this is the movie that was commonly called (even by the Master himself) “the first Alfred Hitchcock picture.” Read the rest here.

(Photo Courtesy MGM)

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

“Bones” Season 3

Encounters at the End of the World

Garden Party

“Hannah Montana” Season 1

Live at Wembley Stadium: The Foo Fighters

Mister Lonely

Priceless

Tropic Thunder

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2

Wall-E

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It’s that time of year again folks - Fiction Contest time! And we know that given the current economic situation (there’s some serious cash at stake here people), there are more starving artists out there than ever.

So, submit a manuscript of no more than 3,000 words either as a hard copy to our offices or online. All works of fiction must in some way incorporate the word “pop” — as a theme, a metaphor, whatever. You can use the word as any way you like; just use it well. Originality is encouraged, and the word count is enforced.

Click on the image below for more details or to submit an entry.

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It’s that time of year again folks - Fiction Contest time! And we know that given the current economic situation (there’s some serious cash at stake here people), there are more starving artists out there than ever.

So, submit a manuscript of no more than 3,000 words either as a hard copy to our offices or online. All works of fiction must in some way incorporate the word “pop” — as a theme, a metaphor, whatever. You can use the word as any way you like; just use it well. Originality is encouraged, and the word count is enforced.

Click on the image below for more details or to submit an entry.

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At 76 years old, Paul Taylor continues his celebrated career through choreography for his dance company, Paul Taylor & Co., performing at the Rialto Center for the Arts Sat., Nov. 15. Taylor discovered his passion for dance in the early ’50s, began studying at Juliard, and founded his dance troupe — renowned for its imaginative choreography and provocative themes — shortly afterward.

The show’s at 8 p.m. and tickets run $32-$62.

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It’s that time of year again folks - Fiction Contest time! And we know that given the current economic situation (there’s some serious cash at stake here people), there are more starving artists out there than ever.

So, submit a manuscript of no more than 3,000 words either as a hard copy to our offices or online. All works of fiction must in some way incorporate the word “pop” — as a theme, a metaphor, whatever. You can use the word as any way you like; just use it well. Originality is encouraged, and the word count is enforced.

Click on the image below for more details or to submit an entry.

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

Christmas on Mars

Firefly

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Kung-Fu Panda

Liberty Kid

Mister Foe (more…)

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

“Batman” the Complete Animated Series

Bourne Trilogy

Chill

A Christmas Story

“Futurama” Bender’s Game

Get Smart (more…)

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

“Affairs of the Heart” Series One

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens

Baraka

Dead Space: Downfall

Eight Miles High

“The Flinstones” the Complete Series

“Good Times” the Complete Series

Houdini’s Death Defying Acts

Journey to the Center of the Earth

Kit Kittredge: An American Girl

The Night Before Christmas and More Holiday Tales

The Polar Express 3-D

Shiver

Together Again for the First Time

“War and Remembrance” the Complete Series

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

Casino Royale

Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed

“Family Guy Freakin’ Sweet Party Pack”

The Incredible Hulk

“Knight Rider” the Complete Series

“LA Ink” season one

The Strangers

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Zombie Strippers

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Here are some of the titles that come out on DVD today. For more, see Matt Brunson’s View from the Couch column tomorrow.

Alfred Hitchcock Premiere Collection

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection

“Life With Derek” the First Season

Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Tribute Show

“The Rules of Engagement” the Second Season

Saving God

Standard Operating Procedure

The Strangers

“That 70s Show” Complete Series Stash Box

“The Unit” the Third Season

War, Inc.

Witness to the Mob

A Woman Under the Influence

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Georgia State students know the friendly, eccentrically dressed artisan perched next to a magnificent stash of copper on a corner of Woodruff Park. He’s claimed the same downtown spot for three years — right in the middle of the walk from one end of the GSU campus to the other. Roggers’ jewelry is good enough to be displayed in the Healey Building’s Arts for All Gallery, but he’s still outside every day cultivating a following on his own.

Where are you from? Harlem, New York

You told me before that you dropped out of school. Tell me about that again. I dropped out because I kept getting kicked out of grades; from 6th to 7th, 7th to 8th. I got tired of getting kicked around. The last grade I finished was 8th, but I have a masters degree in common knowledge.

How’d you end up in Atlanta? A psychiatrist sent me to a Salvation Army rehabilitation center here because I was on crack, trying to cry for help. It’s a tough cycle to break, but I’ve done it; I’ve beat the statistics. (more…)

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1) Comedian Louis C.K. comes to the Tabernacle.

2) Start your day with Balance Yoga.

3) Dad’s Garage Theatre performs Cannibal! The Musical.

4) Eat, drink and watch “Firefly” at Java Lords.

5) Tour the Sweetwater Brewery while checking out the distinct brews of 420, Hummer, Blue and others.

(Photo courtesy Louis C.K.)

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