February 28, 2013
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Perhaps in the haze of the post-Oscar season, there wasn’t a lot of pressure to put out films on Blu-ray this week, but we are getting two of the best films of last year, and one of the Coen Brothers ’ most underrated films (partly because it was a bomb on release).
When the Cohen Film Collection announced that the Douglas Fairbanks classic, The Thief of Bagdad , was going to get their Blu-ray treatment, I knew I had to have a copy. The best part of being a critic is having an excuse to watch a film.
The weather’s too depressing for our liking so we’re going to get a cosy blanket, a hot cup of cocoa and distract ourselves with these DVDs…For A Good Time CallFormer college frenemies Lauren and Katie move into a fabulous Gramercy Park apartment, and in order to make ends meet, the unlikely pair start a phone sex line together. The plotline for this film means that there are a lot of laughs …
With Washington stuck in gridlock, tied up in the latest battle to rescue the federal budget, the last thing many people might want to do is watch a two- or three-hour movie about politics.
If you’re not a Woody Allen fan, subtract one point from the above rating. If you are an Allenite, you’ll still be forced to file To Rome with Love among his minor works.
Sure, Hollywood’s mostly do. But here’s why I can’t agree cinema is over.