Movies opening Friday, Sept. 21 End of Watch L.A. cops Taylor (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Zavala (Michael Peña) trust their instincts and each other – witness what goes down on their patrol car’s mounted camera.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Sept. 18 Feature: Adventures in Plymptoons! (2011), The Babymakers (2012), Bait (2012), Beauty (2012), The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012), Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3 (2012), Black Sunday: Widescreen” (1978), “The Cabin in the Woods” (2011), “Chico & Rita” (2010), “Children of Paradise” (1945), “Conception” (2011), “Cyrano de Bergerac” (1950), “Dawn of the Dragonslayer …
DVD review: ‘Force of Evil’ a Blu-ray edition is out with a banner quote from Scorsese calling the film a major influence on my work … particularly on ‘Mean Streets,’ ‘Raging Bull’ and ‘Goodfellas.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Sept. 11 Feature: Adoption Terror (2012), Beyond the Black Rainbow (2010), Certain Prey (2011), Chillers (1987), Cleanskin (2012), Curse M (2012), Dark Night of the Scarecrow: Deluxe Collector’s Edition (1981), Dead Soon (2012), Elles (2011), Entrance (2012), Girl in Progress (2012), Goats (2011), In the Devil’s Garden (1971), The Loved Ones (2009), Rosewood Lane (2011 …
Movies opening Sept. 14 Opening Friday Arbitrage Beauty Is Embarrassing Cane Toads: The Conquest The Eye of the Storm Girl Model Keep the Lights On Resident Evil 5
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Sept. 7 Atonement This is director Joe Wright’s adaptation of the Ian McEwan novel about a cruelly interrupted love affair in England, set before and during World War II. High School It’s well shot, but this blunt-as-a-blunt stoner movie – about two kids who, doomed to fail a drug test, scheme to get the whole school baked on high-grade pot – is too cognitively impaired …
Other movies opening in fall 2012 There are multiple horrors to be found in “V/H/S” (Oct. 5), about a group of thieves who must view a series of terrifying videotapes; Anna Kendrick joins a college glee club in “Pitch Perfect,” by “Avenue Q” director Jason Moore; Kevin James is a biology teacher-turned-MMA cage fighter in the comedy “Here Comes the Boom” (Oct
DVD review: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Singin’ in the Rain This beautifully restored 60th anniversary DVD/Blu-ray of the 1952 film is a wonderful parody of the birth of talkies that has great wit, an intelligent script, terrific music and dancing that can’t be beat. The movie, directed by its star, Gene Kelly, and Stanley Donen, tells the story of Don Lockwood, a slightly full-of-himself silent movie …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 24 A Separation This intense, verbally combative movie from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is about a failed marriage, a father with Alzheimer’s and a chain of events that almost lands several folks in jail.