DOLPHIN TALE - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 17, 2011

DOLPHIN TALE - Blu-ray review

"Preposterous, trying to put a tail on a fish! " --Dr. McCarthy OK, so 2011's "Dolphin Tale" throws every family-movie cliché in the book at us. Not to worry. The movie features a cute kid and a dolp

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - DVD review
ReviewsDec 16, 2011

MIDNIGHT IN PARIS - DVD review

Like some intellectuals, Woody Allen has a pretentious streak that occasionally comes out in his films. But with “Midnight in Paris” he confronts that attitude head-on through a know-it-all character

THE ROCKETEER - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 15, 2011

THE ROCKETEER - Blu-ray review

George the First is in the White House, the U.S. bombs Iraqi forces in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm, and Boris Yeltsin wins the first free election in Russia. Phil Collins and Gloria Est

MARGIN CALL - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 11, 2011

MARGIN CALL - Blu-ray review

"There are three ways to make a living in this business: Be first. Be smarter. Or cheat. " --John Tuld, "Margin Call" Director J.C. Chandor´s "Margin Call" (2011) opens with a long, notable sequence

TORA! TORA! TORA! - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 08, 2011

TORA! TORA! TORA! - Blu-ray review

December 7 was the 70th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, a date that Franklin D. Roosevelt correctly predicted would “live in infamy.” Before TV’s “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific,” bef

THE HELP - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 06, 2011

THE HELP - Blu-ray review

You may already have heard three things about "The Help," which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray today: --The film has Oscar written all over it. It does. I'd be very surprised if it didn't receive a

ANOTHER EARTH - Blu-ray review
ReviewsDec 05, 2011

ANOTHER EARTH - Blu-ray review

"Another Earth" won the Alfred P. Sloan special jury prize at Sundance 2011, and it's found an appreciative fan-base that responds to the whole notion of alternate selves . . . something which, in thi