(Lionsgate | Pacific Coast News) Katniss Everdeen (Lionsgate) The Hunger Games was released on Blu-ray and DVD on August 18th and it’s a slightly pared down version of what will be the first in a string of Hunger Games disc releases. This first one has a few cool extras but, no deleted scenes (!) and no gag reel — two essential goodies every movie should ALWAYS include in the special features …
DVD review: ‘Films of Fury’ none of that Chinese body-flying, butt-kicking attitude is missing in this amusing, eye-popping documentary based on the “Films of Fury” book by Ric Meyers, a World Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee. An expert on genre movies in general, Meyers traces the Peking Opera origins of kung fu through the latest in CGI American-made pandas.
Which movies to see this weekend, Aug. 17 The Beauty of the Real: The 14-film festival of women in contemporary French cinema begins Friday night with a double feature of two crowd-pleasing films, never released in the United States: “Anthony Zimmer,” about an innocent man targeted for assassination by a femme fatale (Sophie Marceau); and “Prix a Payer,” a brutal comedy, with Nathalie Baye as a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 17 The Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson star as teens forced to fight to the death in Gary Ross’ solid, faithful (if unexceptional) adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bajillion-selling young adult novels. Tonight You’re Mine In a twist on Boy Meets Girl, Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena play rockers who get handcuffed together, literally, at a Scottish …
‘Footprints’ DVD review Over the course of the film she tries to find out, which means that she meets the various locals – the old man who knows everything about Hollywood, the old woman who used to be a star, and two young women who wear superhero outfits and take pictures with the tourists. In the process, a mood and a tone emerges, one that is both funny and sad, fantastic and yet grounded in …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 10 Blue Like Jazz This entertaining spiritual dramedy, about a religious Texas schoolboy who tries to ditch his Christian roots for liberal Reed College in Portland, Ore., tackles existential struggles without being too preachy. Marley This is an overlong, rigidly chronological and intermittently boring documentary about an interesting person, reggae master Bob …
Movies to see this weekend, Aug. 3 The Well Digger’s Daughter Daniel Auteuil’s first film as a director – he also stars – is a lovely and passionate visit to the Marcel Pagnol world of rural Provence – the same world that was the setting for “Jean de Florette” and “Manon of the Spring.” The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield’s startlingly candid look at one family’s descent from colossal …
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Movies opening Friday In the 1930s, he co-founds the groundbreaking Alcoholics Anonymous, shifting this addiction out of the dark realm of lobotomies and shock therapy and into the 12-step way of life.