Sing Your Song: This HBO documentary about Harry Belafonte now playing at the Roxie is filled with the names of giants – Martin Luther King Jr., Robert and John Kennedy, Eleanor Roosevelt, Nelson Mandela – all men and…
Reed Hastings cast a bright light all over the demise of the DVD. No, it isn’t news that the film discs are in decline but it is news that Hastings chose to call attention to it in such a public way.
Feature: “Another Happy Day” (2011), “Beginning of the Great Revival” (2011), “Beware the Gonzo” (2010), “The Confession” (2011), “Katarina’s Nightmare Theater: The Devil’s Men/Terror” (1976, ’78), “Essential Killing” (…
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…
The Adventures of Tintin Director Steven Spielberg and producer Peter Jackson collaborated on this entertaining 3-D motion-capture adaptation of the classic Hergé comics, which follow an itinerant teen reporter (the…
RATING: (WILD APPLAUSE) 2011 got off to a completely irreverent start with the debut of “Shameless” on the Showtime cable channel, and now the first gin-soaked season is available on DVD as a kind of refresher course…
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…
Beauty and the Beast 3-D: This Disney classic was an enchanting feast of extraordinary animated film when it debuted in 1991. With catchy and amusing songs, and even a completely joyful Busby Berkeley-style precision…
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.