Mrs. Miniver (Blu-ray)
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. William Wyler’s 1942 drama Mrs.
January 19, 2013
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Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. William Wyler’s 1942 drama Mrs.
Forget the excellent John Thaw series. In Nick Love’s joyless take on Flying Squad hard-nuts Ray Winstone and Plan B play Regan and Carter, boozing, corrupt coppers who are being investigated by internal affairs (Steven Mackintosh) for their diabolical tactics: “There’s even talk of baseball bats”.
Will Ferrell plays Cam Brady, a sleazebag congressman who is a shoo-in for a fifth straight term until Zach Galifianakis’s klutz (he’s incapable of opening doors) Marty comes along, backed by two unctuous industrialists (John Lithgow and Dan Ackroyd, both wasted here).
James Marsh’s determinedly downbeat tale, set in 1993 during the Northern Ireland peace process, centres on Colette (Andrea Riseborough, excellent), an inept IRA terrorist who is captured by MI5 after bungling a London Tube bombing.
PROMETHEUS Directed by Ridley Scott Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba Distributed by Alliance Entertainment
“Extra†is giving the “Taken 2†on Blu-ray Combo Pack to 5 lucky friends
Thailand has successfully followed South Korea’s lead in using the entertainment industry including drama series to promote its tourism industry.
Ride with hard-working cops in one of L.A.’s roughest neighborhoods in “End of Watch,” starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena. The harrowing drama busts onto DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, Jan
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s leisurely Blu-ray issues of vintage Woody Allen movies continue this month with “Hannah and Her Sisters†and “Sleeper,†about a year after “Annie Hall†and “Manhattan†arrived in stores. Equal parts cerebral and slapstick humor, it’s the tale of a hapless health food store owner who is frozen then revived 100 years later, when the U.S.
A film fan’s guide to surviving — and reviving — the worst movie month of the year.