5 Reasons to Grab 'Looper' On DVD or Blu-Ray
Futuristic action thriller Looper was released on DVD and Blu Ray on New Years Eve. Now, we can understand you not rushing out to buy it while you…
January 4, 2013
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Futuristic action thriller Looper was released on DVD and Blu Ray on New Years Eve. Now, we can understand you not rushing out to buy it while you…
It’s the year 2044 and America is in shambles.
This week’s DVD picks range from the macabre to the musical.
Movies to see this weekend, Jan. 4 Tristana A restoration of Luis Buñuel’s 1970 masterpiece stars Catherine Deneuve as the title character, a young innocent corrupted by her guardian (Buñuel regular Fernando Rey), who seeks escape with her lover (Franco Nero). Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti Western, about an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph …
Highly Recommended The Blue Lagoon (1980) is the story of two children, a boy and girl, marooned on a South Seas island paradise. Completely cut-off from civilization, as teenagers they instinctively learn about love and sex. Although it was an enormous hit, earning ten times its cost, it’s also quite odd in that it was marketed as one kind of film, received by audiences as something altogether …
Skip It “Anger Management” is a sitcom for the FX cable channel starring Charlie Sheen. A brief note at the end of each episode states that it is based on the movie of the same name, but does not show any resemblance. Sheen plays a character also creatively named Charlie who was once a major-league baseball player but had to leave due to his anger issues.
From time to time, film buffs ask us to cite the best movie we’ve ever seen—but we quickly demur and say that we don’t go by that rigorous standard. We feel that it’s more helpful to recommend a number of excellent films, because each one has its own strengths or unique focus that the others don’t.
Hollywood is always inventing new gimmicks to get moviegoers pumped up about the release of this or that new or upcoming film.