New on DVD and Blu-ray, Oct. 16 Feature: Airborne (2012), Alien Dawn (2012), The Ambassador (2011), The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1956), Becoming Blond (2010), Bush Christmas (1947), Chernobyl Diaries (2010), A Christmas Carol (1951), Don’t Answer the Phone (1980), Exorcism/Demoniac Remastered (1974), Female Vampire/Erotikill: Collector’s Edition” (1981), “The Heart of Christmas” (2011), “Ice …
DVD review: ‘Crimson Petal and the White’ Gillian Anderson (“Bleak House”) plays the heartless madam of Sugar’s brothel, and Amanda Hale is the sickly, delusional wife of Sugar’s regular patron, played by Chris O’Dowd. The miniseries is sexy but, like Faber’s novel, uses the format of the Victorian novel to explore the theme of sexual and emotional repression.
Which movies to see this weekend, Oct. 12 There’s no shortage of serial killers, demons, violence and nudity.
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 12 Six Americans stroll out of the U.S
DVD review: ‘La Promesse’ they are very attuned to the specifics of every environment – how people live, what they do, their routines, their transportation, their clothing, their path to work, the buildings they inhabit. Who knows what they’re like in real life, but in their work you get the feeling that they must be saints, because their films are unusually compassionate, keyed into human …
Movies opening Friday, Oct. 5 Bitter Seed Frankenweenie The Oranges The Paperboy Starbuck Taken 2 V/H/S
Movies to see this weekend, Sept. 28 he focuses on the bleak tone, simplicity of character and cathartic violence of the comic-strip source material. The result is a B-movie success – and the rare superhero film that revels in its carnage instead of stifling it for a PG-13 rating
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Sept. 25 Feature: After Porn Ends (2010), After the Dawn (2012), Ain’t Misbehavin’ (1997), Another Life (2001), Any Last Words (2011), Asylum Blackout (2011), Before We Say Goodbye (2010), Bond 50: Complete 22-Film Collection” (various dates), “The Bucks County Massacre” (2012), “Damsel in Distress” (2012), “Delicacy” (2011), “Deposition” (2011), “Eating Raoul” (1982 …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Sept. 21 The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel A top-shelf English cast (Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Maggie Smith) highlights this story of adrift British retirees searching for something better in life in the Indian city of Jaipur. The Cabin in the Woods This satirical horror film defiantly follows its own muse – and that muse is a zombie carrying a bear trap on a …