Rolling Stone magazine has released a list of their favorite DVDs of 2008. See if your favorite makes the rank.
 | The Dark Knight
By Nolan, Christopher
2008/12 - Warner Home Video
1419861220 Check Our Catalog The follow-up to the action hit Batman Begins, The Dark Knight reunites director Christopher Nolan and star Christian Bale, who reprises the role of Batman/Bruce Wayne in his continuing war on crime. With the help of Lieutenant Jim Gordon and District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman sets out to destroy organized crime in Gotham for good. The triumvirate proves to be effective, but they soon find themselves prey to a rising criminal mastermind known as the Joker, who thrusts Gotham into anarchy and forces the Dark Knight ever closer to crossing the fine line between hero and vigilante. ...More
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| WALL-E
By Stanton, Andrew
2008/10 - Disney Pixar
BL12083DVD Check Our Catalog In a futuristic world, human beings have destroyed Earth and evacuated the planet, leaving the cleanup to an army of robots they've programmed to do their dirty work. Due to a mishap, the dutiful WALL-E is the only one left. But with the arrival of a female probe named EVE, the monotony of WALL-E's existence is broken -- and he experiences love for the first time. ...More
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| The Godfather DVD Collection
By Coppola, Francis Ford
2004/04 - Paramount Home Video
BL05027DVD Check Our Catalog Director Francis Ford Coppola brings Mario Puzo's epic saga of the Corleone crime family to the screen in stunning fashion. ...More
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| Iron Man
By Favreau, Jon
2008/08 - Paramount
BL09084DVD Check Our Catalog After ultra rich inventor and weapons maker Tony Stark escapes from kidnappers using makeshift power armor, he turns his invention to good by using it to fight crime. But when he must face the evil Iron Monger, his skills are stretched to the limit. Based on the Marvel comic. ...More
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| Rolling Stones: Shine a Light
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2008/07 - Paramount Home Video
5557378081 Check Our Catalog A feature-film spanning the career of the Rolling Stones, with concert footage from their ¢¬Bigger Bang¢¬ tour; the highest grossing tour in music history. ...More
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| Wanted
By Bekmambetov, Timur
2008/08 - Universal
BL11086DVD Check Our Catalog Wesley Gibbon is just an ordinary guy, unaware that his long-lost father is one of the world's most notorious assassins. But when his father is killed, a mysterious associate named Sloan arrives, offering Wesley the chance to fill dad's shoes. Mentored by Sloan's deputy, Fox, Wesley carries out the will of the mythological Fates, who see Wesley's targets in a magical loom. ...More
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| Man on Wire
By Marsh, James
2008/12 - Magnolia
BL01092DVD Check Our Catalog Philippe Petit captured the world's attention in 1974 when he successfully walked across a high wire between New York's Twin Towers. This documentary explores the preparations that went into the stunt as well as the event and its aftermath. Obsessed with the towers even before they were fully constructed, Petit sneaked into the buildings several times to determine the equipment he needed to accomplish his daring feat. ...More
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| Hancock
By Berg, Peter
2008/09 - Sony Pictures
BL10081DVD Check Our Catalog Will Smith stars as Hancock, a down-and-out superhero forced to employ a PR expert, Ray Embrey, to help repair his image when the public grows weary of all the damage he has inflicted during his life-saving heroics. Ray's idea of imprisoning the antihero to make the world miss him proves successful, but will Hancock stick to his new sense of purpose or slip back into old habits? ...More
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 | Mad Men: Season One
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2008/07 - Lions Gate Home Entertainment
5557420843 Check Our Catalog It's 1960, and ad executive Don Draper rules the roost at New York's Sterling Cooper Advertising Agency in this Emmy winner for Best Drama Series. Living a glamorous existence of never-ending cocktail hours, worry-free smoking and ego-stroking power, ladies' man Draper makes numerous conquests both at work and in his personal life. But the world is beginning to change, and Draper will have to use all his smarts to stay one step ahead of the game. ...More
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 | John Adams
By Hooper, Tom
Giamatti, Paul
Linney, Laura
2008/06 - HBO Home Video
1419868772 Check Our Catalog John Adams is a sprawling HBO miniseries event that depicts the extraordinary life and times of one of Americas least understood, and most underestimated, founding fathers: the second President of the United States, John Adams. Starring Paul Giamatti (Sideways, Cinderella Man, HBOs American Spendor) in the title role and Laura Linney (You Can Count on Me, Kinsey) as Adams devoted wife Abigail, John Adams chronicles the extraordinary life journey of one of the primary shapers of our independence and government, whose legacy has often been eclipsed by more flamboyant contemporaries like George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton and Benjamin Franklin. Set against the backdrop of a nations stormy birth, this sweeping miniseries is a moving love story, a gripping narrative, and a fascinating study of human nature. Above all, at a ...More
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