Keira Knightley, and Rosamud Pike shine as sisters Jane and Elizabeth Bennet in the latest version of “Pride and Prejudice. / Publicity photo Jane Austen’s 1813 novel “Pride & Prejudice” is such a classic that it’s interesting to see how today’s artists interpret it, as in “Bridget Jones’s Diary” and the Bollywood musical “Bride & Prejudice.”
The Harry Potter films apparate every so often before audiences who already know the plots thoroughly. The latest, “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” now on DVD, drops large chunks of story and several characters in favor of relative brevity (it’s still 2½ hours long) and directorial flair.
Highly Recommended THE PROGRAM: Please Note: The images used here are from promotional materials provided by Arte Live Web and public-domain photos of St. Thomas Church, Leipzig , and Haussmann ‘s portrait of Bach; they are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. In the interest of being upfront before indulging in my superlative-laden recommendation of the new Blu-ray version of Bach’s …
Comedy Central Roast favorite Anthony Jeselnik returns to the network with his in the world premiere of his original one-hour stand-up special, Anthony Jeselnik: Caligula
Arrow Video have set a January 14th release date for the UK DVD debut of Ferdinando Baldi’s ‘Django, Prepare A Coffin’
Christian Bale stars in “Batman Begins.†A deluxe edition DVD was released this week, along with all the other ‘Batman’ movies / Warner Bros./Courtesy of Warner Bros.
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. Respected French actor Daniel Auteuil ( Cach ) steps behind the camera for the first time to direct a remake of Marcel Pagnol’s 1940 film The Well-Digger’s Daughter
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The Clint Eastwood baseball comedy “Trouble With the Curve†comes to DVD and Blu-ray this week, along with…
Highly Recommended An old-fashioned adventure about mercenaries uncomfortably set amid present-day African political strife, The Wild Geese (1978) delivers the goods and then some, with plenty of exciting action. The film encountered uninformed protests when it was new wrongly labeling it as fascist, while in America poor distribution sabotaged it from becoming the great success it might …