Recommended The spy movie craze of the mid-1960s was kaput and then some by 1972, when Innocent Bystanders was first released. And yet, while hardly a genre-shaking game-changer, it’s still significantly better than most of the 007-influenced movies that came before it, offering an occasionally amusing cynical eccentricity
Highly Recommended *All images in this review taken from the Blu-ray discs in this set. Click on all images to view full size caps.
Rent It With an industry cranking out more product faster than ever, “middle class” cinema has all but disappeared, Between the major blockbusters and studio “independents,” there used to be a range of $20 and $30m comedies and dramas to help round out a studio’s release schedule, but these days such films are generally doomed to a DVD premiere, despite a cast and crew that would’ve warranted a …
DVD Talk Collector Series All’s Well That Ends Well, at least for the 1970 film version of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar . Not a great success when it was new, this Panavision production had previously been released to DVD by Lions Gate/Artisan in 2004 and 2007, both times utilizing the same old, genuinely ugly and unpardonably panned-and-scanned video master.
Highly Recommended Anna Karenina is the latest adaptation to be filmed of Leo Tolstoy’s classic and acclaimed novel. This time around the film auteur and director bringing it all together for the big-screen is none other than the spectacularly gifted Joe Wright ( Pride and Prejudice , Atonement ), who brings with him an unusual and unique approach to the source material by turning it into …
Highly Recommended THE FILM Please Note: The images used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition of the film under review.
Recommended The Movie: In the early 80s, divorce suddenly became a big subject in the media, particularly when it involved couples with kids. Irreconcilable Differences , released in 1984, addressed not only the divorce of parents but of their daughter filing for legal divorce, or emancipation, from them as well. The movie begins with what was the biggest moment in the trailer and other …
Recommended Released between 2009 and 2012, five animated adaptations of Theodore “Dr. Seuss” Geisel’s most celebrated books made their Blu-Ray debut courtesy of Warner Bros., who also did wonderful restoration work on Charles Schulz’ beloved Peanuts animated shorts
Recommended I feel the need- the need for- 3D? Well, color me surprised. I had heard a couple years ago that Top Gun was going to be re-released in converted 3D, and I immediately thought that would be an extremely pointless endeavor
Highly Recommended THE MOVIE: Please Note: The stills used here are taken from promotional materials, not the Blu-ray edition under review. It’s rare to find a film as sincere and assured in its emotional intent as Ann Hui’s celebrated A Simple Life