April 13, 2012
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BEIJING, April 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — For the urgent demand of Blu-ray playback on iPhone and iPad, Macgo Inc., as the remarkable leader in media technology, will release a 2.0 version of Mac Blu-ray …
This timeless Bronte classic demands a strong female lead. Mia Wasikowska has some of what is needed but so often leaves the viewer with an unrealistic feeling. There is an imbalance.
Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials provided by HBO Films, not the Blu-ray edition under review. I have never seen the groundbreaking 1973 PBS documentary series An American Family , but I have long been aware of it; it’s often cited as the first step American TV took toward the televised “reality” that’s proven as enduringly popular as it …
Topping this week’s DVD picks are a first-rate action film and a top-notch cable TV comedy.
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) The Conquest From writer-director Xavier Durringer comes this fictionalized rendering of Nicolas Sarkozy’s five-year rise to the French presidency. Denis Podalydès is terrific as Sarkozy – he…
Goon This is a very funny, very lowdown comedy about a hockey goon (Seann William Scott) – a guy hired to beat up the other team – in the Canadian minor leagues. Well acted, cleverly written and vulgar beyond belief….
LOS ANGELES, April 12 (UPI) — Steven Spielberg’s World War I epic “War Horse” is the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, Rentrak reported Thursday.
“Lollipop Chainsaw” was one of the more popular booths at PAX East — and not just because of a real-life version of the video game’s heroine was there for most of the convention/
Highly Recommended The Movie: In a straightforward and simple way, the cover of the Pariah Blu-ray case includes the definitions for the word that the film uses as its title. And while the definitions like “outcast” and “rejected member of society” may sound overdramatic at first, one could make the case that such interpretations are not hard to get to, and the film makes a strong case as to why …