RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) With a feature film of “Dark Shadows” scheduled for May 11 release, starring Johnny Depp as the beloved vampire Barnabas, MPI has released this collection of nine complete episodes from the…
The Avengers The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The Fairy Gerhard Richter Painting Headhunters A Little Bit of Heaven Sound of My Voice
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Alpha specializes in unearthing and releasing long-lost movies from the early sound decades of Hollywood for low prices.
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) Contraband Ridiculous but fun, this action thriller stars Mark Wahlberg as a smuggler of genius surrounded by incompetents and pushovers. It’s a movie that, almost in spite of itself, is…
Feature: “Albatross” (2011), “Ancient Alien Agenda” (2012), “Badge 373” (1973), “Bettie Page: Dark Angel” (2004), “Blind Turn” (2011), “The Buccaneer” (1938), “Carry On – Double Feature: Volume Three” (1969), “Citizen…
Bully This is a heartfelt and highly useful documentary about the tortures that some kids endure because of bullying.
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Domain This film centers on the curious relationship between a dazzling but disturbed aunt (a magnificent Béatrice Dalle) and her 17-year-old nephew (an excellent Isaïe Sultan). The film shows…
RATING: (ALERT VIEWER) The Conquest From writer-director Xavier Durringer comes this fictionalized rendering of Nicolas Sarkozy’s five-year rise to the French presidency. Denis Podalydès is terrific as Sarkozy – he…
Goon This is a very funny, very lowdown comedy about a hockey goon (Seann William Scott) – a guy hired to beat up the other team – in the Canadian minor leagues. Well acted, cleverly written and vulgar beyond belief….
Feature: “Caught Inside” (2010), “Charlotte Rampling: The Look” (2011), “The Conquest” (2011), “The Darkest Hour” (2011), “Dark Watchers: The Women in Black” (2012), “Doctor Who: Carnival of Monsters” (1973), “Doctor…