What movies to see this week, Nov. 16 Lincoln An amazing film from Steven Spielberg featuring one of the year’s best performances, with Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln, working every possible angle to pass the 13th Amendment in the waning days of the Civil War. Skyfall A good-enough action movie, but a disappointing James Bond entry, with a sober, somber, downbeat Bond trying to protect M …
What movies to see this week, Nov. 2 John Hawkes plays a polio victim who can’t move his arms or legs but wants to experience sex for the first time, so he hires therapist Helen Hunt, in this well-acted, humane and sexually explicit drama. The original film was directed by Peter Whitehead, and the new version has Mike Gochanour and Robin Klein restoring more than 90,000 frames of optical screen …
James Bond returns with “Skyfall,” the “Twilight” vampires prepare for their last battle, and “Lincoln” returns to the White House. Start popping the popcorn for these upcoming blockbusters.
New on DVD and Blu-ray, Nov. 2 The Ballad of Genesis and Lady Jaye Marie Losier’s remarkable documentary is an experimental, impressionistic and ultimately touching biopic film that is anchored by a once-in-a-lifetime relationship between musician/artist Genesis P-Orridge and his muse, Lady Jaye
Movies opening Friday, Nov. 2 Utilizing stark public and police cameras, plus blurry private video and cell footage, we see parasitic creatures jump from fish to humans, terrorizing a town
Are you ready for the second season of Star Trek: The Next Generation on Blu-ray…
DVD review: ‘Spaceballs: 25th Anniversary Edition’ Whether you loved or hated how producer-director Mel Brooks spoofed, satirized and ridiculed for 96 minutes George Lucas’ beloved “Star Wars,” you will relish this first-time Blu-ray release’s enhancement of the king-size, jumbo-giant spaceship that just keeps coming and coming in the opening segment. There are other spectacular sets and special …