DVD review: ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Singin’ in the Rain This beautifully restored 60th anniversary DVD/Blu-ray of the 1952 film is a wonderful parody of the birth of talkies that has great wit, an intelligent script, terrific music and dancing that can’t be beat. The movie, directed by its star, Gene Kelly, and Stanley Donen, tells the story of Don Lockwood, a slightly full-of-himself silent movie …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 24 A Separation This intense, verbally combative movie from Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi is about a failed marriage, a father with Alzheimer’s and a chain of events that almost lands several folks in jail.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 21 Special Edition” (1970), “Attack of the Killer Backpacks” (2012), “Bernie” (2012), “Bilitis” (1977), “Bindlestiffs” (2012), “Black Magic Rites” (1973), “Bonsai” (2012), “California Indian” (2011), “Captain Carey, U.S.A.” (1950), “Deadly Renovations” (2010), “The Dictator: Remastered” (1982), “Let Go” (2011), “Lovely Molly” (2011), “My Son John” (1952), “One in the …
Forget the Olympics. It’s all about The Hunger Games now
Which movies to see this weekend, Aug. 17 The Beauty of the Real: The 14-film festival of women in contemporary French cinema begins Friday night with a double feature of two crowd-pleasing films, never released in the United States: “Anthony Zimmer,” about an innocent man targeted for assassination by a femme fatale (Sophie Marceau); and “Prix a Payer,” a brutal comedy, with Nathalie Baye as a …
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Aug. 17 The Hunger Games Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson star as teens forced to fight to the death in Gary Ross’ solid, faithful (if unexceptional) adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ bajillion-selling young adult novels. Tonight You’re Mine In a twist on Boy Meets Girl, Luke Treadaway and Natalia Tena play rockers who get handcuffed together, literally, at a Scottish …
Movies opening this week, Aug. 17 Beloved Christophe Honoré’s three-decade escapade depicts the flirtations, deceptions and liberation of a mother (Ludivine Sagnier/Catherine Deneuve) and daughter (Chiara Mastroianni) attempting to heed their hearts.
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 …