Christchurch is the perfect place to shoot the DVD of his comedyshow, according to comedian Rhys Darby. “I started my performance career there, I lived there, started instand-up there, met my wife there, studied there and I know thatChristchurch people can laugh with the best of them,” he says
Two Rod Taylor films from the 1960s have earned DVD debuts this week, and several Disney animated features are new to Blu-ray.
The Day (R) A post- apocalyptic thriller. Lawless (R) A bootlegging gang in Depression-era Virginia is threatened by authorities who want a cut of the profits
Highly Recommended The Movie: Directed by the prolific Wolfgang Reitherman for Disney and released in 1970, The Aristocats has lost none of its charm in the forty-two years that it’s been around. The humor still works, the story still grans you and the music still swings. With the film now released on Blu-ray for the first time, established fans of the picture can enjoy it in the best possible …
A beautifully woven story of Beatrix Potter (Renee Zellwegger), author of the best-selling children’s book, The Tale Of Peter Rabbit. The film shows her struggle to find love, happiness and success.
“Be nice,” Gemma informs the rather loathsome Eleanor before a deeply unpleasant game of teenage truth or dare, which ends with sensitive Felix being walloped in the face by a bully (Jack Gordon, convincing).
Andrew Lincoln’s resourceful sheriff caves in yet more zombie skulls in this gory saga that recalls the BBC’s excellent apocalyptic drama Survivors, only without the intelligence.
There might be a decent comedy to be made about an absurd, middle-aged goth star tracking down a Nazi, but Paolo Sorrentino’s tedious, unfunny film isn’t it.
Robert Shaw’s unhinged sea dog scratching a blackboard and informing Amity folk that “I’ll catch this bird for you, but it ain’t gonna be easy.
It isn’t only the leaves that begin to change when autumn rolls around. The kinds of films you’ll be able to see at your local theater are shifting in tone and weight as well.