DVD: Les Enfants du Paradis (PG)
Marcel Carné’s ravishing 1945 melodrama, set on Paris’ Boulevard du Crime in the 19th century, is all the more remarkable for being made under Nazi occupation.
September 14, 2012
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Marcel Carné’s ravishing 1945 melodrama, set on Paris’ Boulevard du Crime in the 19th century, is all the more remarkable for being made under Nazi occupation.
The first Movies at the Market on Friday, Sept. 7, had a “pretty good turn-out†according to Community Services Supervisor Jessica Ochoa. A 25-minute cartoon was presented on the city’s inflatable screen during the chamber of commerce’s Certified Farmer’s Market.
A week after it was displaced by “Battleship,” “The Hunger Games” is back on top of the DVD sales charts.
Thursday, September 13, 2012 New movies this week Resident Evil: Retribution The gist: This is the fifth (we think) movie in the franchise that bears only a passing resemblance to the video game series that it shares a title with, but whatever. It’s Milla Jovovich jump-kicking CGI zombie monsters to death
Stories set against the backdrop of bustling newspaper offices with hard-bitten reporters have provided many great movies.
Movies made by students under 18 will be shown on Sunday on Governors Island; for adult fare there’s “Shaboygen†reception at the Invisible Dog in Brooklyn on Saturday.
How far would you go to debunk an old spook story?
DVD review: ‘Cabin’ plays smart with horror genre By Sean P. Means The Salt Lake Tribune Published Sep 13, 2012 01:01AM MDT GRADE: A- DVD • The people who made “The Cabin in the Woods,†namely writers Drew Goodard (who directed) and Joss Whedon, know a lot about horror movies and manage to parody every cliché of the genre knowingly.
“Extra†is giving away ‘The Office: Season 8’ DVD set to 5 lucky friends.