Archive for the 'DVD Reviews' Category
New DVD Picks of the Week: ‘Sex and Death 101′ & ‘My Blueberry Nights’
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentSex and Death 101Finally! I’ve been waiting eons for Sex and Death 101 to hit the shelves — ever since there was news that writer Daniel Waters was not only taking another stab at directing, but that he would be re…
DVD Review: Futurama — The Beast With a Billion Backs
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Theatrical Reviews, DVD Reviews, Fandom, 20th Century Fox, Home Entertainment, Comic/Superhero/Geek, Remakes and Sequels
With two of four Futurama movies now behind me, I think I have the formula figured out. whether the first flick — the very amusing Bender’s Big Sc…
DVD Review: The Free Will
Filed under: Drama, Foreign Language, New Releases, DVD Reviews, Home Entertainment, Cinematical IndieThe word is a robust tool that offers precise communication, as well as removal. But cinema is not about the word, it’s about the scene. Matthias Glasner’s The Free Will removes many of the words, a…
New DVD Picks of the Week: ‘Charlie Bartlett’ and ‘Definitely, perhaps’
Filed under: Comedy, New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentCharlie BartlettIt was set to come out in August, a darkly comic, drug-filled teaser to the impending back-to-school September. thereupon the film got bumped to February, and slid in and out of theaters with barely a secon…
New DVD Picks of the Week: ‘Be Kind Rewind’ & ‘Chaos Theory’
Filed under: Comedy, Drama, New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentBe Kind RewindWhen news first broke about the premise of that film, it seemed too good to be true — Michel Gondry was making a movie about guys who remake classic movies. However, they wouldn’t be just remakes; the…
New DVD Pick of the Week: ‘Jumper’
Filed under: Action, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, New Releases, DVD Reviews, New on DVD, Home EntertainmentJumperBy now we now the rundown of Jumper — there are some cool-looking scenes, a funky premise, and some haphazard filmmaking that doesn’t allow the film to live up to its potential. After a sluggis…
DVD Review: The Thief of Bagdad - The Criterion Collection
Filed under: Classics, DVD Reviews, Family Films, Home Entertainment
The UK production of The Thief of Bagdad (1940) is a bit like the US production of The Wizard of Oz from one year earlier. On the surface, it looks like a seamless blend of fantasy storytelling, special effects and stunning color, …
