This Year's Top Ten DVDs  Looking for a good movie? Here are the year’s top 10 films on DVD—with something for everybody—as chosen by public radio’s Movie Maven, Stephanie Curtis. Let the show begin!
Also: Listen to Stephanie’s discussion of her choices for best and worst films of the past decade. | | | 
| | “The love story of the year.” Up
Walt Disney Pictures and Pixar Animation Studios take moviegoers up, up and away in one of the funniest adventures of all time in Up, their latest comedy-fantasy. Up follows the uplifting tale of 78-year-old balloon salesman Carl Fredricksen, who finally fulfills his lifelong dream of a great adventure when he ties thousands of balloons to his house and flies away to the wilds of South America. But he discovers all too late that his biggest nightmare has stowed away on the trip: an overly optimistic 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell. Their journey to a lost world, where they encounter some strange, exotic and surprising characters, is filled with hilarity, emotion and wildly imaginative adventure. “Even by Pixar’s elevated standards, Up is an exceptional film that will appeal to audiences of all ages.” ~Charles Solomon, Amazon.com
List Price: $29.99 *
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| | “A stylish and smart gangster film.” Public Enemies
From award-winning director Michael Mann (Heat, Collateral, Miami Vice) comes the film inspired by one of the country’s most captivating and infamous outlaws—John Dillinger. Johnny Depp stars as the charismatic and elusive bank robber marked by the FBI as America’s first “Public Enemy Number One.” Academy Award® winner Marion Cotillard (La Vie en Rose) plays Billie Frechette, the only woman capable of capturing his heart. Hunted relentlessly by top FBI agent Melvin Purvis (Christian Bale, The Dark Knight), Dillinger engages in an escalating game of outrunning and outgunning the FBI, culminating in an explosive, legendary showdown. “It’s a landmark crime saga.” ~Peter Travers Rolling Stone
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| | “Disney’s eye-popping nature documentary.” Earth
Disneynature’s epic story of adventure, starring some of the most magnificent and courageous creatures alive, comes to you in this story of three animal families—polar bears, elephants and humpback whales—on a journey across our planet. Filmed with spectacular clarity and beauty, Earth is both majestic and intimate as it captures rare footage of nature's wildest and most elusive animals.
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Price: $14.99 *
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| | “The happiest film of the year. Perfect for any age.” Ponyo
Academy Award®–winning director Hayao Miyazaki (Best Animated Feature, Spirited Away) and legendary filmmaker John Lasseter together with Disney bring to life this telling of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale The Little Mermaid: A young boy named Sosuke rescues a goldfish named Ponyo, who soon desires to be human, upsetting the delicate balance of nature.
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| | “The movie is funny enough to watch over and over.” The Hangover
A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. “The ensemble cast meshes perfectly—it’s like a super-R-rated episode of Friends.” ~Amazon.com
List Price: $28.98 *
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| | “The complete series of the brilliant TV show.” Farscape: The Complete Series
Astronaut John Crichton is flung through a wormhole and lost in a galaxy far from home. He finds himself in the middle of a prison break, surrounded by hostile aliens, soaring through space inside a glorious living spaceship called Moya. Hunted by the relentless Peacekeepers, Crichton allies himself with his unimaginably alien fellow refugees and searches for a way home. So begins the epic sci-fi classic Farscape. Called the most imaginative sci-fi series in television history, this package contains hours of bonus materials, making-of featurettes, commentaries, interviews, deleted scenes and much more. List Price: $149.95 *
Price: $109.49 *
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| | “The best movie of last year.” Waltz with Bashir
In reflecting upon his time spent in the Israeli army when it invaded Lebanon in 1982, filmmaker Ari Folman has produced an anti-war meditation that is equal parts personal memoir, history lesson, and animated fever dream. Folman uses a combination of Flash animation, 3D, and classic animation to bring his film to visual life, with a score by acclaimed German composer Max Richter. “96% Certified Fresh” ~RottenTomatoes.com
List Price: $28.96 *
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| | “The funny and sad story of an almost-great rock band.” Anvil: The Story of Anvil
In the early 1980s, the real-life Canadian metal band Anvil gave rise to followers like Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer … then faded into obscurity. Director Sacha Gervasi (a past roadie for the band) chronicles the never-say-quit efforts of guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner as they struggle to regain their glory in the funny and touching documentary. “[Makes] you care about an enterprise you might initially have been inclined to laugh at.” ~A.O. Scott, The New York Times
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| | “A both clever and touching action picture.” District 9
A Golden Globe nominee—and produced by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings) and directed by South African Neill Blomkamp—this original science fiction thriller explores the earthly and real issue of racism. With stunning special effects and gritty realism, the film plunges us into a world where the aliens have landed ... only to be exiled to a slum on the fringes of Johannesburg. Now, one lone human discovers the mysterious secret of the extraterrestrial weapon technology. “Soars on the imagination of its creators.” ~Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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| | “The reinvention of the classic.” Star Trek
The action comes at warp speed in this “pre” story of a young crew’s maiden voyage onboard the most advanced starship ever created: the U.S.S. Enterprise. Here, James Kirk (Chris Pine) is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy, and Spock (Zachary Quinto) is the alien raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion.
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| | | | Electronics | | | 
| | Sony DVP-SR200P DVD Player
Sony’s DVP-SR200P is a versatile DVD player with many features at an affordable price. It delivers excellent picture and sound quality so you get the most out of your movies. The Precision Drive 3 system allows you to playback some DVDs that may have been damaged or warped without a degradation of picture quality. It also plays music CDs or MP3s from a CD-ROM disc. For gatherings, use it to share photos with friends and families. You cannot go wrong with this stylish home-theater-sized DVD player; it is a perfect complement to your TV.
List Price: $39.99 *
Price: $37.00 *
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| | Coby TFDVD7008 7-Inch Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player
Coby TFDVD7008 7-Inch Portable DVD/CD/MP3 Player, 7-Inch widescreen TFT LCD color display, DVD, DVD±R/RW, CD, CD-R/RW, JPEG, and MP3 compatible, compact portable design with antiskip circuitry, Dolby digital decoding, AV outputs for use with home theater systems, integrated stereo speakers, headphone jack for private listening, multiple language, subtitle, and camera angle support, parental lock controls, black.
List Price: $149.99 *
Price: $65.80 *
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| | Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player
The Panasonic DMP-BD60 Blu-ray Disc Player combines high-quality images with enhanced networking functions. Continuing its commitment to producing products that stress ease of use, the 2009 line of Blu-ray Disc players continue to incorporate VIERA Link, allowing the consumer to operate their audio/video components, via HDMI, with one remote. And, in keeping with Panasonic’s pledge to reduce the planet’s carbon footprint, the new Blu-ray players have been designed to reduce power consumption.
List Price: $199.95 *
Price: $127.30*
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