On DVDs: Two comic-book movies worth seeing
Movies based on comic books straddle two worlds.
November 6, 2011
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Movies based on comic books straddle two worlds.
Immortals (R) A mortal man is chosen by Zeus to lead the fight against a ruthless king. With Luke Evans, Henry Cavill and Mickey Rourke.
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DETROIT — Kal Penn’s break from acting to work for the Obama administration garnered a lot of media attention.
Highly Recommended THE PROGRAM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. There are many cinematic points of reference that could be brought to bear on Billy Budd , the 1948 opera (adapted from Herman Melville’s novella) by composer Benjamin Britten, novelist/librettist E.M. Forster, and frequent Britten collaborator Eric …
Highly Recommended THE PROGRAM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. There are many cinematic points of reference that could be brought to bear on Billy Budd , the 1948 opera (adapted from Herman Melville’s novella) by composer Benjamin Britten, novelist/librettist E.M
Next Tuesday (November 8) Eagle Rock will release Deep Purple + Orchestra Live At Montreux 2011 on 2CD, DVD and Blu-Ray
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) With producers Tony and Ridley Scott leading the charge, this is the best depiction of the Civil War I have ever seen, capturing the absolute horror of the most costly battle ever fought on…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) This 1939 Technicolor film, from Zoltan Korda, is the best of the British colonial action-adventure films – the most rousing, the most nuanced and the most emotionally satisfying. It’s also the…
TORONTO – Kirsten Dunst has a confession to make. When Lars Von Trier contacted her – first by e-mail, then by Skype – about a part in his new film, Melancholia, she said yes, immediately.