August 14, 2012
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‘Footprints’ DVD review Over the course of the film she tries to find out, which means that she meets the various locals – the old man who knows everything about Hollywood, the old woman who used to be a star, and two young women who wear superhero outfits and take pictures with the tourists. In the process, a mood and a tone emerges, one that is both funny and sad, fantastic and yet grounded in …
DVD review: ‘Give Me the Banjo’ Giving us Steve Martin as narrator for this documentary history of the stringed musical instrument was a wise choice, given that Martin won a Grammy for his bluegrass album “The Crow” and has used the banjo as a comedy tool since his early years.
Kevin Costner’s ‘Hatfields & McCoys’ tops DVD sales chart. Kevin Costner’s television miniseries “Hatfields & McCoys” is the top-selling DVD and Blu-ray in the United States, Rentrak reported Thursday.
Steel Panther are offering fans a preview of their forthcoming DVD, ‘The British Invasion.’
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 10 Blue Like Jazz This entertaining spiritual dramedy, about a religious Texas schoolboy who tries to ditch his Christian roots for liberal Reed College in Portland, Ore., tackles existential struggles without being too preachy. Marley This is an overlong, rigidly chronological and intermittently boring documentary about an interesting person, reggae master Bob …
IT’S oh-oh-heaven for James Bond fans as the secret agent gets his own channel on Sky. From Sean Connery and Roger Moore to Pierce Brosnan and current 007 Daniel Craig, all 22 Bond movies will be available under one roof for the first time from October.
Theodor Geisel’s cautionary tale about industrialization and ecological destruction came to computer-animated life earlier this year from the creators of “Despicable Me.” Starring the voices of Ed Helms (as the mysterious Once-ler) and Danny Devito (as the grumbling Lorax, the guardian of the forest), the colorful musical adaptation follows a …
This week brings one of the Spring’s hit movies, and one of last year’s sneakily successful TV shows along side some classic catalog titles from Disney and one of Mel Brook’s last good films. Not a bad week for DVD and Blu-ray.
This week on DVD/Blu-ray: A SXSW spotlight on a musical legend; the Blu-ray debut of a 1996 lesbian crime caper from the directors of “Cloud Atlas”; an oddball Sundance comedy; an indie that chronicles U2’s rise to greatness via the agony of two aspiring rockers; and a sexy period romp starring “Cosmopolis” star Robert Pattinson. Â #1. “Marley” This SXSW biopic, which came out this year on 4/20 …