A Central Florida man’s documentary on the power of the film”Jaws” is included on the Blu-ray edition of the 1975 killer-shark thriller, which goes on sale today.
‘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.
Times film critics on “Total Recall,” “Celeste & Jesse Forever” and “You’ve Been Trumped.”
Movies to see this weekend, Aug. 3 The Well Digger’s Daughter Daniel Auteuil’s first film as a director – he also stars – is a lovely and passionate visit to the Marcel Pagnol world of rural Provence – the same world that was the setting for “Jean de Florette” and “Manon of the Spring.” The Queen of Versailles Lauren Greenfield’s startlingly candid look at one family’s descent from colossal …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 3 Detention This high school comedy morphs into a slasher movie, then morphs into a time-traveling/body-switching/world’s-about-to-end science fiction story.
Popular movies help archery take flight Popular movies help archery take flight at the movies, when she saw Princess Merida of clan DunBroch take aim in “Brave,” defying 10th century order by wielding a weapon, the sophomore from Los Altos decided there was something even more fun than sleeping in on Sundays: “It seems like things have really picked up in the last few months,” says Michael …
The most famous Olympics documentaries are Leni Riefenstahl’s “Olympia,†about the 1936 Berlin Olympics, and Kon Ichikawa’s 1965 “Tokyo Olympiad,†which is as almost as great as “Olympia†and has the added benefit of being Hitler-free.