New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 25 End of Watch David Ayer’s (“Street Kings”) riveting thriller about L.A. cops stars Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Peña as decent young officers patrolling the hood
Movies opening Friday, Jan. 25 Witch Hunters Fairy tale figures Hansel (Jeremy Renner) and Gretel (Gemma Arterton) bust out of that old-school gingerbread world with weapons blazing
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Jan. 22 Inferno (2012), Dirty Energy (2012), Don Giovanni (1979), End of Animal (2010), End of Watch (2012), Fat Kid Rules the World (2012), For a Good Time, Call ..
DVD review: ‘Weekend’ of your opinion of his later work, “Weekend,” his 15th feature in nine years, was the last film of the first stage of his career, which began with 1959’s “Breathless” and produced most of his best-known works (“Contempt,” “Vivre sa vie,” “Alphaville,” “Band of Outsiders,” etc.). Featuring a set-piece of cinematic legend – a lengthy traffic jam sequence that goes for …
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment’s leisurely Blu-ray issues of vintage Woody Allen movies continue this month with “Hannah and Her Sisters†and “Sleeper,†about a year after “Annie Hall†and “Manhattan†arrived in stores. Equal parts cerebral and slapstick humor, it’s the tale of a hapless health food store owner who is frozen then revived 100 years later, when the U.S.
Movies opening Friday, Jan. 18 The Last Stand The Governator pumps up his acting resume with this tale of a cartel honcho who busts out of federal custody and makes a run for the border. The Law in These Parts This documentary examines the legal system of the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip, established more than 40 years ago by the Israel Defense Forces
Movies on Mobile Phones – Never Miss a Good Flick Again It wasn’t all that long ago when watching a movie on a phone meant watching a low-definition recording of your child being cute or your friend doing something ridiculous.
Change frequency to fix Blu-ray streaming Many other household devices utilize the 2.4 frequency, including smartphones, cordless phones, wireless speakers and Bluetooth headsets. Most Internet-ready Blu-ray players can use the 5 GHz band, which is far less susceptible to interference because few devices right now are compatible with it. router manufacturers recommend using 5 GHz for …
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.
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.