Top box office films last year showed more onscreen smoking than the prior year, reversing five years of steady progress in reducing tobacco imagery in movies, according to a new study.
Breathing (Verve, cert 15, Blu-ray/DVD) The corpses look real in this film about a juvenile offender who goes to work at a morgue. Pared back to its essentials, this well-observed Austrian drama is unusual, powerful and wonderful.
Salute (Arrow, cert PG, Blu-ray/DVD) The black power salute given by African-American 200m runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Mexico Olympics is the focus of this great documentary directed by Matt Norman, son of Australian silver medallist Peter Norman, who was on the podium with Smith and Carlos. It’s the US civil rights movement distilled into a moment, and a reminder of the …
The Australian Government has lost a DVD containing subscriber information for its Stay Smart Online alert service.
SINGAPORE, June 27 — You may now buy digital music and movies from Apple’s iTunes Store. Music and movies are a new addition to the iTunes Store for 12 countries in Asia, which include Singapore, Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines, Thailand, Taiwan, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Sri Lanka.
A danse macabre. The young Honza is enchanted by the local stripper, Carmen
The classic summer camp comedy, starring Bill Murray, comes to Blu-ray with mixed results.
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Mel Gibson’s quirky action-packed thriller comes to Blu-ray and DVD in July.