New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 8 New DVD and Blu-ray releases Feature: After Fall, Winter (2011), The Assassins (2012), Brooklyn Brothers Beat the Best (2011), Collaborator (2011), Compliance (2012), A Dangerous Place (2012), Dredd (2012), Frankenweenie (2012), Game Change (2012), Ghoul (2012), Girls, Guns and Gambling (2011), Hit & Run (2012), Hitler’s Children (2011), Jack & Diane (2012), Love …
DVD review: ‘Rashomon’ yes, it belongs in any serious movie collection, and its debut on Blu-ray – using a 4K restoration supervised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Kadokawa Culture Promotion Foundation in Tokyo and Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation – is a cause for celebration.
Movies to see this weekend, Jan. 4 Tristana A restoration of Luis Buñuel’s 1970 masterpiece stars Catherine Deneuve as the title character, a young innocent corrupted by her guardian (Buñuel regular Fernando Rey), who seeks escape with her lover (Franco Nero). Django Unchained Quentin Tarantino’s spaghetti Western, about an escaped slave (Jamie Foxx) who teams up with a bounty hunter (Christoph …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 4 Cosmopolis This latest from David Cronenberg, based on a novel by Don DeLillo, follows a 28-year-old billionaire through a dystopian urban landscape of his own creation, in this intermittently imaginative and yet ultimately disappointing film.
Movies opening Friday, Jan. 4 Taking its name from a famous street that hugs the Mississippi, this documentary about a foray into the mystical city pulsates from a heady brew of groovy tunes, luscious food, fanciful characters and shadowy escapades
JAN 2 — I watched two movies before the end of 2012 and the inspiration they brought would never go out of date, even in the new year. I believe that anyone who watched Life of Pi directed by Ang Lee would have their own impressions and views as there are too many implications and hidden meanings in the movie. I do not want to make it so …
‘La Boheme’ reimagined 2 ways on DVD Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 1 Feature: “Cosmopolis” (2012), “The Dynamiter” (2011), “Little Birds” (2011), “Looper” (released Monday) (2012), “Norman Wisdom Double Feature, Volume One: Trouble in Store and One Good Turn” (1953, ’54), “Overtime” (2011), “Putin’s Kiss” (released Monday) (2012), “Saltwater” (released Monday) (2012), “The Trouble With Bliss” (2012), “War of the Dead” (2011), “Will …
DEC 29 ― This has been a crazy year for new Blu-ray and DVD releases, so crazy that even an addict like me found it hard to keep up with it all. So far I haven’t been able to afford the year’s two outstanding boxsets, both released by Universal ― their Universal Classic Monsters collection (which includes classic Universal horror titles like …
DVD review: ‘House M.D.: Season 8’ In 2008, across 66 countries, this series became the most watched TV show on Earth. Every culture, it seems, enjoyed seeing American doctor Gregory House, played by British actor Hugh Laurie, behave like a pompous ass, ridiculing his fellow doctors and nurses, sneering at his administrators and humbugging the experts because he always understood the …