Fans who attend Target’s “The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1” DVD release party will be treated to a world premiere scene from the final film.
This week on DVD/Blu-ray: “Bombay Beach” from music video director Ama Har’el; the last epic from Chilean filmmaker Raul Ruiz; George Clooney’s political thriller “The Ides of March”; “Belle de Jour” starring Catherine Deneuve; and the Blu-ray debut of “Traffic.” #1. Critic’s Pick: “Bombay Beach” (DVD) Music video director Alma Har’el’s first foray into feature filmmaking, the documentary hybrid …
Although the looming, brooding presence of a certain caped crusader threatens to overshadow the summer moviegoing season, dozens of aspiring blockbusters will be muscling their way into the multiplexes when the weather warms up. Figuring prominently in that jam-packed schedule are three of the world’s biggest movie stars — Tom Cruise, Johnny Depp and Will Smith.
A lot can change when you’re in the reincarnation business, and with Tim Burton’s upcoming “Frankenweenie,” which opens Oct. 5, that means resurrecting a beloved live-action 1984 short film about a boy named Victor and his live-then-dead-then-live-again dog Sparky as a feature-length, stop-motion animated film.
The DVD pickings are rather slim this week — but there a few good new releases.
Back in 2010, Hollywood studios negotiated a major win over DVD-by-mail and Internet streaming service Netflix, getting the company to agree to a 28-day day delay between the retail availability of new titles on Blu-ray and DVD and when they’d be available for rental on Netflix. Now, that window is getting even bigger, with Warner Bros
A look at some DVDs scheduled to be released in the weeks ahead.
The Best DVD of the Year: Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du Cinema
What to make of that final scene? Filmmakers leave some details for viewers to decide. We live in an open-ended era with question marks hovering over our lives