LOS ANGELES (AP) — When scandalous tales of fraud involving superstar athletes Lance Armstrong and Manti Te’o were exposed in the last week, connections to films were immediate and obvious. The story of Notre Dame Football hero Te’o falling for a fake dead girlfriend on the Internet called to mind the documentary “Catfish.” And disgraced cyclist Armstrong, who has finally admitted to doping in …
Count Dracula’s little girl is growing up and about to turn 118, a scary prospect for her vampire father, who goes to great lengths to shelter her in “Hotel Transylvania.” The animated comedy flies like a bat out of hell onto DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, Jan. 29.
Thursday, January 24, 2013 New movies this week Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters The gist: What would happen if the fairy-tale children grew up and became vigilantes? They get into a whole heap of trouble, and make a terrible-looking movie.
DVD review: ‘Death Watch’ (Ironically, the film predicts the coming of “reality TV” and deals with some of its questionable aspects.) Subsequent laserdiscs and VHS tapes were also edited, so this is the first time the complete version intended by the director has been commercially packaged in America. The story focuses on a young Harvey Keitel as a man with an implanted brain-camera whose …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 25 End of Watch David Ayer’s (“Street Kings”) riveting thriller about L.A. cops stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as decent young officers patrolling the hood
A cop thriller, a gripping documentary and a Christian film are among new titles on DVD and Blu-ray this week.
A ghoulish hotel, weird buddies and a nostalgic look at airlines are part of this week’s new DVD releases.
Have old home movies but no projector? You can take the old films to Durham on Saturday and watch while learning about the virtues of film over video and digital.
Child welfare experts in Manitoba are creating a DVD to teach immigrants about acceptable parenting practices or techniques.
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