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…
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Scott Malchus
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The Proposal (2009, Touchstone) purchase from Amazon: Deluxe DVD Edition | Blu-ray Sandra Bullock is at the top of her game and Ryan Reynolds gives one of his best performances…
Scott Malchus
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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,…
Jeff Giles
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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…
Bob Cashill
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Writer/director David Mamet and co-star William H. Macy have a good time reminiscing on the commentary track that accompanies the Criterion Collection edition of Homicide (1991). This “cop movie that…
Scott Malchus
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When you’re presented with the opportunity to see a film deemed “too unbearable to release,” you have to check it out, don’t you? That’s how I wound up with a…
Jeff Giles
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All but dead at the other major networks, scripted comedy is alive and well at NBC; even as the Peacock tries to flush high-quality television down a lantern-jawed toilet with…
Bob Cashill
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In the HBO/BBC co-production Into the Storm, a visibly moved Winston Churchill (played, in an Emmy-winning performance, by Brendan Gleeson) screens his favorite movie, That Hamilton Woman (1941), for guests….
Scott Malchus
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Gigantic (2009, Vivendi Entertainment) Purchase this DVD from Amazon Matt Aselton’s film Gigantic is a quirky little movie with a great deal of charm and plenty of heart. Eccentric would…
Scott Malchus
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Push (2009, Summit Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray It’s obvious that the makers of the film Push thought they had a winner on their hands because, with an…
Scott Malchus
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Knowing (2009, Summit Entertainment) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray Alex Proyas, the gifted director behind The Crow, I, Robot and the cult classic Dark City, really knows how to…
Scott Malchus
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Phoebe in Wonderland (2009, Image) purchase from Amazon: DVD Elle Fanning gives one of the most touching and heart breaking performances you will see this year in writer/director Daniel Barnz’s…
Bob Cashill
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My list of favorite comics-inspired movies would include the first two Superman films, the first two X-Men, Batman Returns, Spider-Man 2, Ghost World, the 1980 Flash Gordon, and Last Year…
Scott Malchus
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Nobel Son (2009, Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD Nobel Son, a new caper film on DVD, is a satisfying time if you happen to enjoy films with unexpected twists and…
Jeff Giles
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A bloody bucket full of Friday the 13th movies has made its way to DVD and Blu-ray, and Jeff Giles is back from Crystal Lake to talk about them.
Ken Shane
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There’s a well-known saying that if you think Woodstock was great, you weren’t there. The point is that the mud, drugs, lack of food and water, and often bad music…
Bob Cashill
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“The Man Behind the Magic,” the title of the mainstage extra within this five-film set of movies the genial two-time Oscar winner made for Columbia Pictures from 1954-1964, tells you…
Scott Malchus
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S. Darko: A Donnie Darko Tale (2009, Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray From the “unnecessary sequels to films that don’t need a sequel” department comes S. Darko: A…
Scott Malchus
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Galaxy Quest Deluxe Edition (2009, Paramount) purchase from Amazon: DVD While the new Star Trek film continues to soar through the box office to become one of the most popular…
Jeff Giles
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Paul Simon And Friends: The Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song (2009, Shout Factory) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray I’d somehow blocked this out before sitting down…
Scott Malchus
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Notorious (2009, 20th Century Fox) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray As a 39-year-old white male who lives in the suburbs, I am clearly not the intended audience for the…
Jeff Giles
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2009, Criterion) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray In a half-serious battle over whose giant robots rock harder, McG recently challenged Michael Bay to…
Bob Cashill
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Though a few days overdue by the calendar, Enchanted April (1992) has finally made it to DVD. And, boy, did I need it. The movie tells us that what women…
Lance Berry
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The Uninvited has recently come out on DVD, and if you choose to watch it, several other words with an “un-” prefix may wander into your mind. You’ll find the…
Scott Malchus
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The Spirit (2009, Lionsgate) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray One of the drawbacks of being a comic book fan is that you hope each movie based on…
Ken Shane
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Last week I told you about the Hold Steady’s new DVD, A Positive Rage. You may recall that it is strictly a lo-fi affair, and really more of a documentary…
Scott Malchus
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Bedtime Stories (2009, Disney) purchase from Amazon: DVD | Blu-ray The most disappointing aspect of watching Adam Sandler’s latest, Bedtime Stories, is how much wasted potential the film has. From…
Ken Shane
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“There are so many of these indie-rock shows that you go to that are so joyless. I just want people to feel this joy and celebratory nature of rock and…
Scott Malchus
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The IT Crowd: The Complete First Season (2009, MPI Home Video) purchase this DVD from Amazon: DVD I love when a new show meets all expectations — and surpasses them,…
Scott Malchus
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One of the things I enjoy about writing for Popdose is the opportunity to introduce people to classic films that they may have heard of but don’t know whether to…