DVD Talk Collector Series I suppose with On Approval (1944) I was expecting some sort of No l Coward-type, dryly witty drawing room comedy. Partly it is just that, but it’s also almost indescribably anarchic at times, like the screwiest of screwball comedies, but there are also purely cinematic sight gags harkening back to Buster Keaton in his prime. It reminds me a lot of several of writer …
Highly Recommended *Click on all images in this review for full 1080p screenshots. With the mention of most any director, I find myself flooded with thoughts, feelings and even inspiration, but when it comes to Judd Apatow, the only thing I’m left with is indifference.
Recommended The Movie Note: the images accompanying this review are used for illustrative purposes only and do not reflect the contents of the Ministry of Fear Blu – ray . Ministry of Fear ‘s sturdily entertaining noir must have been as much of a “sure thing” as possible from the moment it first got the green light. After all, this handsomely mounted Paramount production was directed by Fritz Lang …
Rent It THE FILM: I have previously expressed how much I appreciate the wide variety of films I’ve been exposed to while writing for DVD Talk. Some of my favorite reviews to write have been for films I was not expecting to be great
DVD Talk Collector Series THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials provided by the film’s distributor, not the Blu – ray edition of the film under review. It’s an epiphany that will come at different points for different viewers of L os Carax’s Holy Motors — that moment amid the film’s mysterious, increasingly bizarre, plot(s) when you realize that what it’s …
Highly Recommended Easter Parade Blu – ray Review Irving Berlin’s EasterParade is one of the greatest film musicals. The film stars JudyGarland,Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, and Ann Miller and each performer bringssome oftheir greatest work to this “parade” of shows, featuring Academy Awardwinningmusic through adapted music score arranged by Johnny Green and RogerEdens. Easter Parade is one of the …
Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional and other sources, not the Blu-ray edition of the film under review. We’re all fairly well-accustomed by now to movies that openly, self-reflexively acknowledge their own artificiality — so many different filmmakers, from Godard to De Palma to Tarantino , have been doing it for so long, each for their own …
Highly Recommended The Movie: Dial M For Murder was Alfred Hitchcock’s 39th film and based on a stage play by Frederick Knott. The story concerns Tony (Ray Milland) and his wife Margot (Grace Kelly). They live together in a London apartment (where most of the movie takes place) but the problem is that Margot has been having an affair with Mark (Robert Cummings) for quite some time.
Highly Recommended Steel Magnolias Blu-ray Review SteelMagnolias is a heartfelt story about the complex lives ofseveral women who live inside the small Louisiana town of Chinquapin.This is astory about these characters uniquely important relationships and allabout theconnection between the characters as they develop as people. The storyaroundthe film is almost a side-product of the development …
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials/stills, not the Blu-ray edition under review.