Which movies to see this weekend, Oct .19 The latest edition of the Roxie Theater’s annual celebration of all that is noir and noirish kicks off Friday with a 20th anniversary screening of Quentin Tarantino’s “Reservoir Dogs,” playing alongside one of its principal inspirations, the little-known 1971 “Day of the Wolves.” Cumulatively, what you get is what you get from noir, only in an updated …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 19 When the patriarch kills a neighbor, the family members become, by ancient custom, prisoners in their own home. Europe’s Most Wanted The “Madagascar” films have never been realistic, or moved at a snail’s pace, but this speed-freaking latest installment – in which our anthropomorphic Zoo Yorkers swim from Africa to France – is frenetic to the point of incoherence …
Rating ‘found-footage’ movies In collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, The Chronicle presents the critical consensus of found-footage movies. The figure listed is the percentage of critics who have rated the film positively, based on reviews listed at rottentomatoes.com. Full of creepy campfire scares, this mock doc keeps audiences in the dark about its titular …
Sony redo of PlayStation Store links games, movies LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sony Corp. is revamping its PlayStation Store as it prepares a common storefront across devices from its game console to its Web-connected TVs, Blu-ray players and phones. Sony’s general manager of global digital video and music services, Michael Aragon, said Sony plans to roll out similar storefronts on TVs and other devices …
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 19 Alex Cross Tyler Perry goes all cops and killers in this adaptation of the James Patterson thriller, as a homicide detective dancing a dangerous tango with a sly serial killer (Matthew Fox) who makes it personal.
Movies & Moonbeam presents “Rango” in the Red River District
You can never have enough horror movies, right?
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 16 Feature: Airborne (2012), Alien Dawn (2012), The Ambassador (2011), The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1956), Becoming Blond (2010), Bush Christmas (1947), Chernobyl Diaries (2010), A Christmas Carol (1951), Don’t Answer the Phone (1980), Exorcism/Demoniac Remastered (1974), Female Vampire/Erotikill: Collector’s Edition” (1981), “The Heart of Christmas” (2011), “Ice …
DVD review: ‘Crimson Petal and the White’ Gillian Anderson (“Bleak House”) plays the heartless madam of Sugar’s brothel, and Amanda Hale is the sickly, delusional wife of Sugar’s regular patron, played by Chris O’Dowd. The miniseries is sexy but, like Faber’s novel, uses the format of the Victorian novel to explore the theme of sexual and emotional repression.
‘Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live In Budapest’ will be released on DVD, Blu-ray, 2CD+DVD Deluxe Edition and a 2CD+Blu-ray Deluxe Edition on November 6