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DVD Review: A Second Look at “Gomorrah”
The Criterion Collection has an agreement with IFC Films to put some of its more noteworthy acquisitions on DVD, and so we have Matteo Garrone’s outstanding Gomorrah. I reviewed the film back in March.
Read More »DVD Review: Robert Redford in “Downhill Racer”
After a more than a decade in Hollywood 33-year-old Robert Redford broke through as a major star in 1969’s smash hit Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. But he had two other key roles
Read More »DVD Review: Angels over Berlin in “Wings of Desire”
The extras-rich Criterion Collection version of Wim Wenders’ Wings of Desire (1987) is perfectly timed to seize the moment. The subject of the film is dividing lines—between fallible humans and the guardian angels who
Read More »DVD Review: Knockouts — “Z” and “The Samuel Fuller Collection”
Quick—what won Best Foreign Film at this year’s Academy Awards? If you recalled Departures, from Japan, take a bow. Like most foreign film winners, the movie was pretty much forgotten two minutes after host
Read More »DVD Review: Psychos, Tinglers, and More Discs That Drip Blood
Movie ballyhoo is in good shape this Halloween season. The made-for-$10,000 Paranormal Activity has become a runaway hit, thanks to clever Internet marketing. “Chaos reigns” T-shirts are being hawked (or foxed) outside theaters showing
Read More »CD/DVD Review: Otis Redding, “The Best: See & Hear”
I have to admit to being a little bit torn about this one. Our friends at Shout Factory generally do a great job in bringing us the best of pop culture, music, television, and
Read More »DVD Review: Michelle Pfeiffer in “Cheri”
Michelle Pfeiffer was an Academy Award nominee for Stephen Frears’ Dangerous Liaisons (1988), for which screenwriter Christopher Hampton took home a statuette. But I don’t expect literary adaptation lightning to strike again with Cheri,
Read More »TV on DVD: “New Tricks: Season One”
New Tricks: Season One (2009, BBC) purchase from Amazon: DVD Call it Cold Case for the retired crowd. The BBC’s mystery series New Tricks doesn’t break any new ground as far as procedural dramas
Read More »DVD Review: “X-Men Origins: Wolverine”
I can understand why fans of the character Wolverine and his band of misunderstood mutants, the X-Men, were disappointed with this film. Sure, the movie has some kick-ass action sequences, but the story is
Read More »DVD Review: “The Wizard of Oz 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition”
It’s the most-watched film in history, and unless you’re an extremely unusual person, you’ve seen it more times than you can count — but The Wizard of Oz still somehow never loses its ability
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