ReviewsJul 26, 2012
THE WAY AHEAD - DVD review
Odds are, if you enjoy British movies (or movies in general, for that matter), you'll recognize the name Carol Reed. He's the director who gave us "The Third Man," "Odd Man Out," "Our Man in Havana,"
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ReviewsJul 25, 2012
BASEBALL'S GREATEST GAMES: NEW YORK METS FIRST NO-HITTER - DVD review
Only the Mets could end a historic no-hitter drought with a one-hitter. For years, baseball fans grew up hearing that there were only two franchises that had never tossed a no-hitter: the Mets and th
ReviewsJul 25, 2012
DOWN BY LAW - Blu-ray review
“Down By Law” (1986) begins with a shot of a mausoleum, and with a few vintage Jarmuschian lateral tracking shots through the deserted streets of New Orleans, eventually settles on a set of characters
ReviewsJul 25, 2012
JEAN GREMILLON DURING THE OCCUPATION: ECLIPSE SERIES 34 - DVD Review
Eclipse Series 34; Jean Grémillon During the Occupation includes three films: “Remorques” (1941), “ Lumière d'été” (1943), and “ Le ciel est à vous” (1944). When people say “I don't get it” in resp
ReviewsJul 22, 2012
METROPOLITAN - Blu-ray review
**"You know the French film ‘The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie'? When I first heard the title, I thought ‘Finally someone's gonna tell the truth about the bourgeoisie!' What a disappointment. " -
ReviewsJul 22, 2012
THE LAST DAYS OF DISCO - Blu-ray review
"Let's show the world we can dance Bad enough to strut our stuff" -"Shake Your Groove Thing," Peaches & Herb Movies like "Anchorman" and TV shows like "That 70's Show" use their 70's-era settings
ReviewsJul 22, 2012
THE NAKED TRUTH - DVD review
Peter Sellers began his career on stage in the late Forties, moved to radio, then to small roles in motion pictures, ever bigger roles in smaller films, and finally full-fledged stardom by the early 1
ReviewsJul 20, 2012
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA - Blu-ray review
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's film begins at dusk with a fire-breathing dragon that turns out to be a car skirting along a dirt road, its sunset-orange headlights scattered and distended into a tail-shape by pl
ReviewsJul 19, 2012
CLUE - Blu-ray review
If you grew up anywhere in the civilized world, you probably played Clue (or Cluedo outside of North America) at some point in your life; maybe you still play it. Along with things like Monopoly, Scra
ReviewsJul 18, 2012
RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES - Blu-ray review
I recently watched the documentary called "The Elephant in the Living Room," which was about people who keep exotic (and possibly dangerous) animals in their homes as pets. It dealt mostly with a man
ReviewsJul 17, 2012
GOD BLESS AMERICA - Blu-ray review
“God Bless America” (2011) starts with a pulsating opening sequence. In these scenes, the main protagonist, Frank (Joel Murray), enters a house with a shotgun and goes on a shooting spree, killing a f
ReviewsJul 14, 2012
ALTERED STATES - Blu-ray review
"Some of these tank trips can get pretty creepy. " --Bob Balaban If you can forget for a minute all of its pretentious ideas and scientific nonsense, 1980's "Altered States" provides some dazzling vi