DVD releases: 'Dawn' delivers fiery ' Twilight '
The selection of new DVD releases is a little thin this week, but one title will excite ” Twilight ” fans.
February 10, 2012
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The selection of new DVD releases is a little thin this week, but one title will excite ” Twilight ” fans.
Angelina Jolie and Meryl Streep are among the stars flying in for this month’s Berlin Film Festival, bringing political movies to an event that promises to mix a dash of Hollywood glamour with hard-hitting, topical themes.
Repackaging of a pair of British series lead these TV shows new to DVD and Blu-ray.
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Ryan Gosling delivers a slow, white-hot burn of a performance in “Drive,” a nervy, understated ode to one of Hollywood’s most cherished archetypes, the sad-eyed man of few words.
“50/50†doesn’t pretty up the grim realities of cancer, but offers a refreshingly frank glimpse of a world too often distorted by Hollywood for its own ends, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt ’s even-tempered Adam serving as the ideal guide through both its terrors and improbable gifts. Chief among the illness’ unexpected silver linings, “50/50†suggests, are the friends and loved ones who show up …
Get the short scoop on Carnage, the Iron Lady and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
The DVD pickings are rather slim this week — but there a few good new releases.
Warner Bros., leading a push to spur movie purchases by delaying the availability of DVD rentals, is running into resistance from two of its biggest customers.
Jean Cocteau’s “Orpheus,†newly restored by Criterion in a terrific two-disc DVD set, presents his deeply personal version of the mythological Greek poet whose songs could charm wild beasts.