November 27, 2012
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New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 27 Feature: The Apparition (2012), Burning in the Sun (2010), Burning Man (2011), Cartel War (2010), Christmas in Compton (2012), Compañeros de Lucha (2011), The Day (2011), The Experiment: The One-Man Show Starring Gary Saderup (2012), Men in Black 3 (to be released Friday) (2012), ParaNorman (2012), Rites of Spring (2011), Sparkle (to be released Friday) (2012 …
Mark Wahlberg, since the splendidly silly The Other Guys, has morphed into a comic actor and it’s paying dividends – certainly better than dim actioners such as Max Payne.
Matthew McConaughey, after his louche turn in Killer Joe, once again excels as an ageing, preening stripper in Steven Soderbergh’s lightweight drama.
Movies to see this weekend, Nov. 23 Flight One of the best plane-crash sequences in all of film highlights this drama about a gifted pilot, suffering from alcoholism, on a collision course with authorities and his own illness. Directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington, the film is also notable for Kelly Reilly, who does strong work as a heroin addict struggling with her own …
Not sure what to see in theaters during the long weekend? Whether it’s “Red Dawn” or “Breaking Dawn,” “Life of Pi” or “Skyfall,” we’ve got the video reviews and trailers to help you decide.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 20 Movie Collection” (various dates), “Another Kind” (2011), “Backslasher” (2012), “Black Magic” (1949), “Bringing Up Bobby” (2011), “The Captain’s Table” (1959), “Cinderella” (1950), “Cinderella II & Cinderella III” (2002, ’07), “Dragons: When Horror Came to Shochiku” (various dates), “The Expendables 2” (2012), “Eyewitness” (1956), “Gingerdead Man Trilogy Box Set …
DVD review: ‘Secret Beyond the Door’ Secret Beyond the Door In the mid-1940s, Fritz Lang and actress Joan Bennett combined for a trio of magical film noirs that proved important to both careers.
What movies to see this week, Nov. 16 Lincoln An amazing film from Steven Spielberg featuring one of the year’s best performances, with Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, working every possible angle to pass the 13th Amendment in the waning days of the Civil War. Skyfall A good-enough action movie, but a disappointing James Bond entry, with a sober, somber, downbeat Bond trying to protect M …