DVD Roundup: Who’s Scarier— Spielberg’s Dinos or George Lucas’s Disgruntled Fans?
Every Tuesday, we shine a light on a few big, worthy or just plain weird DVD releases.
October 26, 2011
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Every Tuesday, we shine a light on a few big, worthy or just plain weird DVD releases.
This is the time of year when movies get serious, but even when they’re not intended to be serious, the comedy comes with serious intentions to be funny, and not just silly.
Since its first airing in the UK, Danish show Forbrydelsen – known as The Killing in English-speaking countries, though its title actually translates as “The Crime” – has been one of those enigmatic shows that I’ve heard about from excited friends who tell me to check it out, but never been able to find on local schedules.
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) Yes, we know George Lucas is playing Jedi mind tricks on us again, tinkering further with his landmark films and angering purists. Yes, we know that the newer “prequel” trilogy isn’t as good as…
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) A Better Life Actor Demián Bichir is a picture of humility and fear as he portrays an undocumented Mexican immigrant struggling to do right by his teenage son in this drama directed by Chris…
TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fixstars releases Accelcoder X, the professional H.264 encoder compliant to Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D. It dramatically changes the workflow to create a Blu-ray disc at a much lower cost than ever before.
HALLOWEEN will be marked in Wyndham with free scary movie screenings at local libraries.
An educational DVD made for Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has won a Silver Award at The Institute of Medical Illustrators (IMI) 2011 Annual Awards. Read more…
Feature: “Attack on Leningrad” (2009), “Bad Teacher” (2011), “A Better Life” (2011), “The Captains: A Film by William Shatner” (2011), “Eclipse Series 29: Aki Kaurismaki’s Leningrad Cowboys” (1989), “The History of Mr….
Among all the controversy surrounding George Lucas’s continued tinkering with Star Wars (this time it’s a Darth Vaderscream causing all the fuss), little has been made of the 800-minute, six-episode space saga’s more significant alteration: the one that makes it look like it was shot yesterday rather than, in some cases, more than 30 years ago.