STAMFORD, Conn., April 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ — Forget the perfume and gift certificate this Mother’s Day and consider giving Mom the gift of entertainment — a movie or better yet, a collection of films …
Bollywood is completing a century of movies, which began in 1913 with the first all-Indian feature film “Raja (King) Harishchandra”, a silent, black-and-white story of a virtuous king from Hindu mythology. Â Â Â Â
The true story of a family that survived the 2004 tsunami in Thailand leads these new movies on DVD and Blu-ray this week.
Ken Loach’s impassioned love letter to Nye Bevan, the NHS and the welfare state has been given more relevance by the recent demise of the villain of the piece, the Iron Lady. Â Â Â Â
The business jargon is preposterous and the American CEOs laughable in Alain Corneau’s Paris-set corporate thriller. Â Â Â Â
The Coen brothers’ first masterpiece, their neo-noir 1983 debut (above), relies on its lead characters explaining diddly-squat to each other.
Why isn’t everyone yelling from the rooftops about this excellent Channel 4 sitcom? It starts sedately – and The Mimic’s pacing remains gentle throughout – but persist and you’ll reap rich comic rewards.    Â
“Hitchcock” releases on a two-disc combo pack housing the film’s Blu-ray, DVD, UV, and iTunes digital copies. This 2012 biographical picture of Alfred Hitchcock is adapted from Stephen Rebello’s non-fiction book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho.” Helmed by narrative feature newcomer Sacha Gervasi, this biopic follows a short stretch of the Hollywood legend’s life following the premiere …
Top-rated Mark Wahlberg movies In collaboration with Rotten Tomatoes and its parent company, Flixster, The San Francisco Chronicle presents the critical consensus of Mark Wahlberg’s best-reviewed films. Featuring outstanding work from an excellent cast that includes Jack Nicholson, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon and Wahlberg, this film is an engrossing drama with the gritty authenticity and soupy …
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Coinstar’s first-quarter earnings plunged 58 percent amid signs that its Redbox kiosks for DVD rentals are losing their appeal as more people switch to Netflix and other Internet video services.