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DVD Review: The Rolling Stones, “Stones in Exile” — Win a Copy!

Ken Shane July 15, 2010 1

On May 18 of this year, the Rolling Stones released a remastered and expanded edition of what is arguably the greatest rock and roll album ever made, Exile On Main Street. You can read

DVD Review: An “Owl” and a “Peacock”

Bob Cashill June 25, 2010 1

Birds of a feather flock together this week, as I pull from the stacks two recent releases that a) have our feathered friends in their titles, b) are psychological thrillers, and c) went straight

DVD Review: A “Bigger Than Life” Criterion Roundup

Bob Cashill June 17, 2010 4

Once again Popdose didn’t send me to Cannes, and I imagine Toronto, Venice, and Telluride are off my itinerary. (If you think it should, start a Facebook campaign, or Twitter. I’d also like to

DVD Review: “British Invasion”

Ken Shane March 30, 2010 2

On February 7, 1964, the Beatles arrived in America, and everything changed. When I say everything, I don’t just mean music. The world was never the same. The societal upheaval was simply unprecedented. The

DVD Review: Lad Movies–More “Boondock Saints” and Sherlock Holmes

Bob Cashill March 30, 2010 0

Flicks don’t get any more testicular than 1999’s The Boondock Saints, a Beantown-flavored slab of Tarantino attitude that emerged as a minor cult hit. The sequel, with the marquee-hogging title of The Boondock Saints

DVD Review: Michael Sheen, “United” and Undead

Bob Cashill March 28, 2010 0

I first saw Michael Sheen in his native England, in a 1999 National Theatre revival of John Osborne’s “angry young man” play Look Back in Anger. I’d heard that he equaled, if not eclipsed,

DVD Review: The T.A.M.I. Show

Ken Shane March 24, 2010 3

The famous story goes that T.A.M.I. Show (Shout Factory) Executive Producer Bill Sargent wanted the Rolling Stones to close the show. The Stones, however, had seen James Brown’s act, and were not eager to

DVD Review: Chicago, “Chicago Transit Authority” (Quadrophonic Mix)

Jeff Giles March 23, 2010 8

I don’t think there’s a band on the planet that’s done a more thorough job of repackaging its hits than Chicago — and in the 20 years since scoring its last meaningful hit, the

DVD Review: Oscar Losses Don’t Deflate “Up in the Air”

Bob Cashill March 17, 2010 0

One of the few upsets at this year’s tepid Academy Awards was Precious beating Up in the Air for Best Adapted Screenplay. The film had won scripting awards from the Writers Guild of America,