The Cannes Film Festival kicks off today, setting in motion 10 days of premieres of some of the most heavily anticipated movies of the year. Inside Llewyn Davis and Blue Is the Warmest Color got their start there last year—not to mention Best Foreign Language Oscar winner The Great Beauty —and certainly some possible award-season contenders are among the 2014 lineup
Five movies with budgets ranging from $100 million to $175 million-plus are aiming for blockbuster status — but all are far from sure things. read more
War films, Mother’s Day films, old favorites and Japanese “Godzilla†sequels all receive Blu-ray upgrades…
MGM/UA Home Video coined the slogan “in glorious black and white†to compete with color back catalogue movies back in the VHS era, but it’s successor format Blu-ray that has…
“Obsessed,†the latest stand-up comedy concert from Jim Gaffigan, is on Blu-ray and DVD this week, along with the…
The third season of Bob Newhart’s ’80s sitcom “Newhart†has arrived on DVD for the first time, along…
Writer-director Gary Ross says the John Steinbeck adaptation could be his first project following “The Hunger Games” and explains why he didn’t return for “Catching Fire.” read more
Audrey Hepburn’s classics “Sabrina†and “Funny Face†are now on Blu-ray, leading a passel of…
The fifth — yes, fifth — straight-to-video sequel to Disney’s “Peter Pan” is on DVD and Blu-ray this week.
Last summer I got on a big baseball movie kick and set out to watch all of them, some for the first time. There’s a fair amount of good baseball movies, which is not surprising as the sport has a long, proud history, populated by players with character and heart that seem destined for the big screen. It’s a sport with innate narrative potential.