Published Aug 10, 2012 10:07AM MDT GRADE: A+ Blu-ray •You’re gonna need a bigger TV. Steven Spielberg’s classic horror/adventure, “Jaws,†finally lands on the high-resolution video format, and the results are eye-popping and truly one of the best Blu-ray releases in years.
Published Aug 10, 2012 10:07AM MDT GRADE: A+ Blu-ray • You’re gonna need a bigger TV. Steven Spielberg’s classic horror/adventure, “Jaws,†finally lands on the high-resolution video format, and the results are eye-popping — this is truly one of the best Blu-ray releases in years.
Blu-ray •”The Raid: Redemption,” which premiered at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, is an all-out assault on your senses with blood-curdling martial arts and imaginative direction. An Indonesian SWAT team attacks a drug lord’s rundown apartment building only to face a band of angry henchmen.
Julie Delpy, the director of “2 Days in New York,” narrates a scene from her film.
The home entertainment packet has been well received by the critics.
Join Swedish/Edmonds for a fun Friday night with a free outdoor movie, popcorn and lemonade. The feature film this evening will be The Incredibles (2004) – PG, 121 minutes.
Meryl Streep and Tommy Lee Jones play a longtime married couple who’ve fallen into a rut in the surprisingly honest and effective “Hope Springs.” She hopes intensive couples’ therapy will restore their romance; he’s content to fall asleep in front of the television every night watching The Golf Channel.
After Saturday’s closing ceremonies, these movies will help you wind down from your armchair Olympics.
The current nationwide drought won’t let up — it’s being compared to other drawn-out dry spells in the ’30s and ’50s. NPR’s Bob Mondello looks at how droughts have inspired Hollywood over the decades. The results vary in tone but always highlight people’s resilience — the simple stubbornness of life.