After a lightning strike knocks them silly, five teen offenders discover they each have a new and different superpower in the daring British science-fiction comedy series “Misfits.” Season one thunders onto DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, July 31.
He makes customers nervous, but master sushi chef Jiro Ono has a way with raw fish like no one else. The 2011 documentary “Juri Dreams of Sushi” recently splashed onto DVD and Blu-ray.
Which movies to see this weekend, July 27 While you can argue that the last thing the world needs is another reboot of a comic-book movie, the film gets off to a good start, with Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone in the lead roles. Benh Zeitlin’s damply poetic debut follows 6-year-old Hushpuppy (the elemental Quvenzhané Wallis), a denizen of a dirt-poor community in the wetness of the Louisiana …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, July 27 Footnote Two Talmudic scholars – a frustrated, traditionalist father (Shlomo Bar-Aba) and his successful, cutting-edge son (Lior Ashkenazi) – lock horns in writer-director Joseph Cedar’s vivacious, quirky film, a tale of academic maneuvering and mystery that has its little fun with suspense-film conventions.
The amount of sex kids see in movies could influence their sexual behavior later in life, a new study says.
Royal Philips Electronics NV (PHIA) said it was granted immunity from fines after the European Union sent makers of CD and DVD drives formal antitrust complaints over claims they colluded globally to fix prices.
Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy are defending the movie based on their lives, which was removed from a Christian store chain after language objections were raised.
DVD review: ‘For the First Time’ Before this film, he lost a lot of weight, but still looks chubby – on three occasions the movie refers to his weight, in a self-deprecating and charming way.
WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry WWI in books, movies, songs and poetry Here is a short list of some books, movies and music about World War I: Just a couple of selections by Tuchman, the historian who specialized in World War I. “The Proud Tower” covers the years 1890-1914
Movies now playing Vampire Hunter This crazy mashup, based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel, works because the filmmakers aren’t smirky about the gimmick but treat it with an illusion of seriousness: Abe Lincoln, the 16th president, is also an action hero dedicated to the proposition that the only good vampire is a destroyed vampire. The Amazing Spider-Man While you can argue that the last thing …