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 …
DVD review: ‘Jaws’ Jaws “When I think of ‘Jaws,’ I think of courage and stupidity,” recalls director Steven Spielberg in the extras on this brand-new Blu-ray.
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.
DVD review: ‘Films of Fury’ none of that Chinese body-flying, butt-kicking attitude is missing in this amusing, eye-popping documentary based on the “Films of Fury” book by Ric Meyers, a World Martial Arts Hall of Fame inductee. An expert on genre movies in general, Meyers traces the Peking Opera origins of kung fu through the latest in CGI American-made pandas.
Which movies to see this weekend, Aug. 17 The Beauty of the Real: The 14-film festival of women in contemporary French cinema begins Friday night with a double feature of two crowd-pleasing films, never released in the United States: “Anthony Zimmer,” about an innocent man targeted for assassination by a femme fatale (Sophie Marceau); and “Prix a Payer,” a brutal comedy, with Nathalie Baye as a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 17 The Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson star as teens forced to fight to the death in Gary Ross’ solid, faithful (if unexceptional) adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bajillion-selling young adult novels. Tonight You’re Mine In a twist on Boy Meets Girl, Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena play rockers who get handcuffed together, literally, at a Scottish …
In our never-ending quest to provide you the tools and knowledge to raise your kids in your own geeky image, we present you with a list of 10 geeky movies to raise your kids with.
In Session, a previously unreleased CD/DVD package featuring Glen Campbell and Jimmy Webb teaming up live onstage, is set to be released on September 25th
The Beach Boys launched a 2012 reunion to celebrate their 50th anniversary and on August 28th they will be releasing a new DVD and Blu-Ray and we’ve been sent a preview for you to check out