This week brings one of the Spring’s hit movies, and one of last year’s sneakily successful TV shows along side some classic catalog titles from Disney and one of Mel Brook’s last good films. Not a bad week for DVD and Blu-ray.
A look at some DVDs scheduled to be released in the weeks ahead.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are from original or other promotional materials, and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review.
Lynyrd Skynyrd fans are advised to head to Walmart today as the band are releasing a brand new three-disc CD/DVD set, Southern Surroundings
The first time I ever came across Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, I only saw the second half. I figured it was some Platoon rip off or one of those Nam Movies like Hamburger Hill or Casualties of Wars
Highly Recommended In 10 Words or Less Watching a video game has its highs and lows Reviewer’s Bias* Loves: Exciting action films Likes: Martial arts movies Dislikes: Slow pacing Hates: Organized crime movies The Movie Like most people, my exposure to The Raid – Redemption had been limited to online clips of the film’s epic hallway brawl, which highlighted the film’s high-octane martial arts …
Robert Lepage’s much-debated staging of Wagner’s “Ring” cycle will be released on DVD and Blu-ray next month ahead of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in May.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials provided by Janus Films , not the Blu-ray edition under review. How might one go about transforming the rundown, low-rent districts, shipyards, and other workaday views in a non-tourist-attraction French port city into a visually lovely, sweet setting for a storybook-like political-fable film …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials provided by Janus Films , not the Blu-ray edition under review. How might one go about transforming the rundown, low-rent districts, shipyards, and other workaday views in a non-tourist-attraction French port city into a visually lovely, sweet setting for a storybook-like political-fable film …
Highly Recommended Twentieth Century-Fox completely reinvented itself during 1953-54. Prior to 1953, Fox was famous for classy, first-rate movies like All About Eve , Broken Arrow , The Gunfighter (all 1950), The Day the Earth Stood Still , The House on Telegraph Hill , The Desert Fox (1951), Viva Zapata! (1952), Gentleman Prefer Blondes , Titanic , and Pickup on South Street (1953)