RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) You may be a fan of the “Dragon Tattoo” trilogy, but unless you’ve seen the films in their original Swedish versions, you don’t fully know the series. For example, I’ve received outraged letters…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) This four-disc set from the Warner Archive resurrects the early (and most interesting part of) Robert Montgomery’s career. Circa 1930-31, he was the exemplar of the new young man, and as such he…
Albert Nobbs Declaration of War The Grey Man on a Ledge One for the Money Sing Your Song Sleeping Beauty We Need to Talk About Kevin
Tuesday’s DVD releases include a high-flying film classic and a powerful tale about a man fighting cancer.
Rent It THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are from promotional materials and Aaron Beierle’s review of the DVD edition and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review.
Recommended And the award for “Most Overrated Film of 2011” goes to…well, something else, but Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive might be somewhere down the list. To be fair, this suspenseful character study has plenty of highlights: a great soundtrack, solid performances and a thick atmosphere, for starters. Hell, the opening sequence alone is almost worth the price of admission.
Highly Recommended THE FILM: Please Note: The images used here are promotional stills and are not taken from the Blu-ray edition under review. What a fitting, masterful close to an illustrious, impassioned, and cheeky career is the late Ra l Ruiz’s last film, Mysteries of Lisbon ! The expatriate Chilean filmmaker, who left his homeland after the fascist Pinochet coup in 1973 and worked in Europe …
RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) These 1974 20th Century Fox “neo noir” releases provide visions of the American underworld that move into deep psychological waters. In John Frankenheimer’s “99 and 44/100% Dead!” the waters…
Panasonic’s slimline DMP-BBT01 is only a little wider than a Blu-ray disc. (Credit: Panasonic) Most manufacturers have made a marked effort to pare down the number of different Blu-ray player models they make, but not Panasonic.
Samsung’s flagship Blu-ray player, the BD-E6500, will be capable of switching between two HDMI inputs, as well as storing your DVDs in the cloud using the Flixster app.