The Avengers and Expendables 2 are two of the summer’s biggest movies, and they share a common theme: a band of heroes trying to save the day. Film buff Murray Horwitz suggests alternative movies to watch at home if you like that theme, but don’t want to stand in long lines at the box office.
Feel the Sam Jackson love! With the release of Avengers Assemble on DVD and Blu-ray just a few short weeks away – you can almost taste the Shawarma, people! – the good folk at Disney have been kind enough to give us a world exclusive peek at one of the special features from the BD release. Check out some of the nice things the cast and crew have to say about Mr Samuel L Jackson below …
‘Bernie’ Based on a true story, this quietly funny film – told through interviews with people living in a small Texas town – tells the story of Bernie, a funeral director (Jack Black) who befriends a rich, grumpy widow (Shirley MacLaine). He eventually kills her and takes her money.
You might think any film with a title like Gyo: Tokyo Fish Attack should be bypassed swiftly.
NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Lepage’s much-debated staging of Wagner’s ‘Ring’ cycle will be released on DVD and Blu-ray next month ahead of the 200th anniversary of the composer’s birth in May.
The current nationwide drought won’t let up — it’s being compared to other drawn-out dry spells in the ’30s and ’50s. NPR’s Bob Mondello looks at how droughts have inspired Hollywood over the decades. The results vary in tone but always highlight people’s resilience — the simple stubbornness of life.
The Olympics make for great spectator sport. They also make for great movies: Miracle and Cool Runnings , to name just a couple.
A DVD of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Horncastle is now available.
A career thug will serve at least 18 years in prison for masterminding the 2003 strangulation death and robbery of an African immigrant who sold bootleg DVDs and CDs in Midtown.Jallow Sullayman, 39, died face down on the floor of his Fifth Avenue outlet back in the days before…
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson keeps a close eye on science in the movies — he even got a change made to Titanic .