Highly Recommended It seems a bit odd reviewing a Blu-ray disc that sold out even before this reviewer received his own copy in the mail, but hopefully that’s an indicator of Columbia/Sony need to reissue movies like this on its own, or at least allow current distributor Twilight Time another print run. It’s also a sure sign that Body Double (1984), a Brian De Palma movie raked over the coals by …
DVD Talk Collector Series One of the real finds on Blu-ray this year is The Disappearance (1977), a heretofore almost impossible to see Canadian-British co-production starring Donald Sutherland as an assassin-for-hire whose effectiveness is compromised when his wife inexplicably disappears. Despite handsome production values and a top-flight cast of Canadian and British actors, actor-turned …
One of Harrison Ford’s best films, “The Fugitive,†gets a 20th anniversary upgrade, and Barbra…
Mike Nichols’s excellent rite-of-passage drama channels Whistle Down The Wind, Stand By Me and, mainly, Huckleberry Finn. Two 14-year-olds, Ellis and Neckbone, unearth a charismatic fugitive, Mud (Matthew McConaughey), hiding out near the Mississippi river.
Okay, it’s not as invigorating as JJ Abrams’s first Trek reboot, but it’s still a deft cocktail of humour and action. And, more crucially, the chemistry between Kirk (Chris Pine) and Spock (Zachary Quinto) still crackles. The crew off the USS Enterprise are on a manhunt for Benedict Cumberbatch’s super-soldier/terrorist who is giving Starfleet a headache with his explosive activity.
“It’s weird, alright,†maintains Rory Kinnear’s jaded TV reporter who reluctantly returns to his Kent hometown to cover the gun massacre wreaked by his former schoolmate (Sean Harris, excellent). Channel 4 has been pummelled in the ratings of late, however Tony Grisoni’s fiercely intelligent Southcliffe is the best drama they’ve screened in a fair while.
Producer Avi Arad has brought us a lot of comic book movies and is still a producer on the new “Amazing Spider-Man” movies, but his attention has now also turned to adapting video games for the big screen. Kotaku caught up with Arad in Beijing and got some updates on the Uncharted , Metal Gear Solid and Mass Effect movies.
DVD Talk Collector Series Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition under review. The Movie: Satyajit Ray’s 1963 film The Big City , a.k.a. Mahangar , is another fascinating outing from India’s great multi-hyphenate of cinema (he directed, wrote the screenplay, and composed the musical score)
Recommended An above-average Danny Kaye comedy, Knock on Wood (1954) was written, produced, and directed by the team of Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, who were also responsible for Kaye’s best film, The Court Jester (1956) and his biggest hit, White Christmas (1954).
Sometimes it feels like 2013 has been one of the greatest years ever for horror and sci-fi reissues on Blu-ray, and the newest announcement from Scream Factory has just reinforced that.