DVD review: ‘House M.D.: Season 8’ In 2008, across 66 countries, this series became the most watched TV show on Earth. Every culture, it seems, enjoyed seeing American doctor Gregory House, played by British actor Hugh Laurie, behave like a pompous ass, ridiculing his fellow doctors and nurses, sneering at his administrators and humbugging the experts because he always understood the …
DVD review: ‘Purple Noon’ “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” a 1955 psychological thriller about a charming serial killer, has the distinction of having been turned into a movie twice, most recently in 1999 by Anthony Minghella – the director’s finest hour
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 28 Arbitrage In writer-director Nicholas Jarecki’s smooth, snooze-inducing anti-thriller – about a high-finance magnate whose cushy life is threatened – an exceedingly dapper Richard Gere appears in nice suits and handsome close-ups that serve no purpose other than to remind us how exceedingly dapper Richard Gere looks in nice suits and handsome close-ups. Killer Joe …
Movies opening this week, Dec. 28 First the money rolls in, then the quest to save Django’s wife plops them in enemy territory – the plantation of callous Calvin Candie (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Movies to see this weekend, Dec. 21 Sulley, the main monster, is the warm heart of Pixar’s “Monsters, Inc.,” which although a bit indulgent of its star power at times, is funny and sweet enough to delight kids and inventive enough to satisfy adults
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Dec. 11 Kino Classics Remastered” (1972), “Beloved” (2011), “The Bourne Legacy” (2012), “Collision Earth” (2011), “Darken” (2012), “Doomsday Book” (2012), “Dreams of a Life” (2011), “Following” (1999), “Gangsters, Guns and Zombies” (2012), “Hemo” (2010), “Kill ‘Em All” (2012), “Mansome” (2012), “Miami Connection” (1987), “Mr. Bricks” (2011), “Night Claws” (2012), “Osombie …
Movies opening Friday, Dec. 7 Generation P This screen adaptation of a Russian novel traces the advent of advertising as the Soviet era crumbles in the 1990s
DVD review: ‘Sunday Bloody Sunday’ Two sophisticated Londoners – a doctor played by Peter Finch and an employment counselor played by Glenda Jackson – enjoy the sexual pleasures of a young artist (Murray Head).
DVD review: ‘Fanny, Annie & Danny’ Fanny’s sister Annie (Carlye Pollack), about to marry a sympathetic druggie (Nick Frangione), gets more bad-mouthing from Mom, while brother Danny (Jonathan Leveck) shows up solely to bilk his siblings out of their dough – and stick it to Mom. Poor Dad (George Killingsworth), a Vietnam War veteran and a lost soul in the grasp of his shrieking, show-no-mercy …