Recommended THE MOVIE: On the way out of my first viewing of Mateo Gil’s Blackthorn , I overheard someone calling it a “standard Western”–as if that would be a bad thing, if there were any such thing anymore. Making a Western these days is anything but standard; they’re enough of a novelty that it’s still worth being thankful when we get one, and not dismissing it for being less than a …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. There is a scene in Godard’s turning-point 1965 film Pierrot le fou in which stars Anna Karina and Jean-Paul Belmondo perform an impromptu “play” for American tourists in which an event as vast, urgent, and serious as the Vietnam War–including all its …
Also: ‘The Guard’; ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’; ‘Justified: The Complete Second Season’; ‘The Last Lions’ and ‘Shark Night.’ Also: ‘The Guard’; ‘I Don’t Know How She Does It’; ‘Justified: The Complete Second Season’; ‘The Last Lions’ and ‘Shark Night.’
Highly Recommended THE MINISERIES: Please Note: The screen captures used here are taken from the accompanying DVD version of the miniseries, not the Blu-ray edition under review.
Reviewed by Walter Addiego, Amy Biancolli, Peter Hartlaub and Mick LaSalle RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Brighton Rock Sam Riley is a slim, mesmerizing package of pure evil as Pinkie, a malevolent young thug in seaside England…
New movie and television releases on Blu-ray and DVD are pretty skimpy and dreary this week
Just say meh. 2011 accelerated the troubling trend of hedging all bets in Hollywood: eliminating original content and seeking out prepackaged franchise fodder as if nothing else existed
LOS ANGELES , Dec. 29, 2011 /PRNewswire/ –Â Rentrak Corporation (NASDAQ: RENT – News) today announced the top ten DVD sales and rentals for the prior week based on estimated consumer spending.According to the …
All of the top five DVDS rented in 2011 were comedies, Redbox says. ‘Just Go With It’ was the top film, followed by ‘No Strings Attached,’ ‘Rango,’ ‘The Dilemma’ and ‘Due Date.’ Big-budget sequels ruled the box office this year, but it was romantic comedies that topped rentals at red kiosks.