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For people who just assumed "it" had already been brought: Bring It On: Fight to the Finish

Bring It On was a delightful summer 2000 comedy that pitted a cheerful Kirsten Dunst against a feisty Gabrielle Union in a fight to the death. (Or put another way, in as big a battle as cheerleaders can realistically get themselves into). For the unaware, the flick, which stands as one of my favorite high school movies following 10 Things I Hate About You, The Breakfast Club and a few others, spawned three eerily similar direct-to-DVD sequels that had so much in common with the parent project so as to be the Final Destination of teen comedy.

Well, apparently the franchise is far from being dead as another DVD sequel – Bring It On: Fight to the Finish – is released today in stores. Like its predecessors, it pits two rival cheer squads against one another. However, something is making me highly doubt that the aforementioned "fight" in this one's title will be to the finish...

Disc includes: Practice Round featurette, Backstage Pass featurette, On Set with Christina Milian featurette, deleted scenes

For people who don't think Ben Affleck can play a convincing Congressman: State of Play

Based on a critically acclaimed six-part serial of the same name that originally aired on British TV back in 2003, State of Play had the firepower – Russell Crowe, Rachel McAdams, Ben Affleck, Helen Mirren – but not nearly enough oomph to make this one a bigger deal on this side of the Atlantic when Universal released it in April. The political thriller opened to a respectable $14 million, yet that number turned out to be embarrassingly smaller than the boffo $23.4 million Zac Efron managed to reel in with 17 Again.

Whatever. Russell could still take down Zac in a bar fight any day.

Earning a high 84% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes (based on 200 reviews), I imagine State of Play could make considerable bank on the home movie market.

Disc includes: Deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurette

September 1st, 2009
Blu-ray
Braveheart (Sapphire Series)
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
The Crusades: Cresent & The Cross
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Ninth Season
Earth (Includes DVD)
The Girl Next Door (Unrated)
Gladiator (Sapphire Series)
Heroes: Season 3
High Crimes
James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume 1
James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume 2
James Bond Blu-ray Collection: Volume 3
Life After People
M*A*S*H
Michael Buble: Meets Madison Garden
Monster
State of Play
Sugar
Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season
Terry Fator: Live From Las Vegas

DVD
Anita O'Day: The Life of a Jazz Singer (2-Disc Edition)
Braveheart (Sapphire Series)
Bring It On: Fight to the Finish
Brothers & Sisters: The Complete Third Season (Widescreen)
Clatterford: The Complete Season Two (Widescreen)
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Ninth Season
Degrassi the Next Generation: Season 8 (Full Screen)
Desperate Housewives: The Complete Fifth Season (Widescreen)
Earth
The Game: The First Season
The Girl Next Door (Unrated)
Gladiator (Sapphire Series)
Heroes: Season 3
Heroes: Seasons 1-3 (Set)
High Crimes
Life After People
Meteor (Widescreen)
Michael Buble: Meets Madison Garden
Michael Jackson: Devotion, An Aunauthorized Story
People Like Us: The Complete Series
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares: Complete Series 2
Some Like It Hot (50th Anniversary Edition)
State of Play
Sugar
Supernatural: Seasons 1-4 (Set)
Supernatural: The Complete Fourth Season
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Season 8
Terry Fator: Live From Las Vegas
Two and a Half Men: Seasons 1-6 (Set)
Two and a Half Men: The Complete Sixth Season
WWE: Tagged Classics Great American Bash '04 / Ven (Double Feature)
WWE: Tagged Classics SummerSlam 04 / Unforgiven 04 (Double Feature)

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