Highly Recommended Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring – Blu-ray Review Based upon thenovel written by Marcel Pagnol, Jean de Florette and Manonofthe Spring are double-billed films which were distributed with thenotationof being Part One and Part Two respectively.
Highly Recommended Pom Poko Blu-ray Review Pom Poko is a storyrooted in Japanese folklore. This is an essentially modern fablesurroundingthe idea of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs living in Japan.
Highly Recommended The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Blu-ray Review One of the most ambitious and intelligent films ofthe yearwas The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby . Written and directed byfirst-time feature filmmaker Ned Benson, the filmmaking was bold,original, andunusual compared to other contemporary dramas.
Highly Recommended The Movie: Pork Chop Hill is an excellent Korean War-set combat film from 1959. Like Sam Fuller's Fixed Bayonets! and Anthony Mann's Men in War before it, Pork Chop Hill puts us on the ground with a group of G.I.s facing an impossible mission that's all risk for questionable reward
Recommended The Movie: There's a bit of bait-and-switch going on with My Old Lady , the film directing debut of New York playwright Israel Horovitz (adapting one of his own plays). The playful title, the slightly cutesy accordion music by Mark Orton, the romantic shots of Paris, and the shticky introductions to the characters all lead unprepared viewers to assume that they are being offered a …
Highly Recommended Bandit Queen (1994) is a fascinating though grueling Indian-British co-production about the life of Phoolan Devi (1963-2001), a real-life modern day bandit in rural India.
Highly Recommended Breaking Away Blu-ray Review It's never too late to follow your dreams. Thatimportanttheme is at the heart of Breaking Away , which became anenormous successfor everyone involved in the production.
Rent It The Movie: I have yet to have had the pleasure of watching one of the many films written and directed by Tyler Perry, but from what I've gathered second- and third-hand, his output is characterized by abrupt tonal shifts from silly comedy to severe melodrama, augmented by themes derived from Christian morality. If that is truly the case, then I wouldn't be surprised if Tyler Perry took …
Recommended The Movie: I'd be shocked if there isn't at least one Hollywood studio developing The Green Prince as a feature. The true story of the son of a Hamas leader secretly collaborating with the Shin Bet, Israel's internal security service, in order to cut down on the amount of innocent lives that would have been taken by Hamas' terrorist attacks is ripe for an awards season prestige …
Recommended The Movie: Dear White People is like a less brutal, angry, poignant, yet almost as funny millennial version of Do The Right Thing , utilizing the benign hipster storytelling approach of Wes Anderson while appropriating some of the visual aesthetics of late period Kubrick. It's not the new original voice of satire or the groundbreaking honest take on America's current race relations …