Latest DVD Reviews

MEDEA (BLU-RAY) (1969)

Pasolini's uncompromisingly arty Medea won't be to every taste, but the beauty and visceral brutality of the film is hypnotic.
Release Date: December 06, 2011 from E1 Entertainment

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - January 25, 2012, 2:37 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: maria callas, italian, mythology

LOUVRE CITY (1990)

This contemplative but unpretentious film goes behind-the-scenes at the Louvre museum. Director Nicolas Philipert documents a vibrant community--an entire world--that tourists never see.
Release Date: May 24, 2011 from Kino

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - January 24, 2012, 4:07 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: documentary, french, art, louvre

HENRI-GEORGES CLOUZOT'S INFERNO (Blu-ray) (2009)

Given that this film began shooting almost 50 years ago is intriguing enough. Flicker Alley has upped the ante by including a second disc of supplementary material that allows us to study this compelling project long after the film itself is over.
Release Date: April 26, 2011 from Flicker Alley

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 21, 2012, 6:25 am - DVD Review
Keywords: enigmatic, possessed, reconstructs

NAKED (BLU-RAY) (1993)

In a film filled with a gaggle of talented, raw performances it is the intensity of David Thewlis in the coarse lead role that consistently propels Mike Leigh's Naked, commanding our attention to every sarcastic, caustic, brutal and philosophical utterance he delivers. Criterion's Blu-Ray transfer of Leigh's controversial 1993 release is lovely in its starkness, besting their 2005 SD disc by leaps and bounds.

Highly recommended.
Release Date: July 12, 2011 from The Criterion Collection

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - January 15, 2012, 2:38 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: mike leigh, david thewlis, naked, criterion

SON OF MORNING (2011)

This is an intriguing premise, but I have a bad feeling that overdone attempts at quirkiness might be the film's downfall. However, the casting is intriguing, to say the least.
Release Date: September 13, 2011 from E1 Entertainment

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 15, 2012, 10:18 am - DVD Review
Keywords: solar catastrophe, messiah, newfound celebrity

THE BANG BANG CLUB (BLU-RAY) (2010)

This certainly isn't the fist apartheid drama we've ever seen, but an interesting cast and decent film festival pedigree ramps up the optimism quite a bit.
Release Date: August 16, 2011 from E1 Entertainment

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 13, 2012, 4:59 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: apartheid, photographers, bloody struggle

IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN (Criterion Blu-ray) (1982)

This film, directed by the great Italian auteur, Michelangelo Antonioni, isn't as popular as his other classics. Now that it's on Blu-ray from Criterion, hopefully more cinema buffs will discover that this film deserves equal, if not more acclaim.
Release Date: October 25, 2011 from The Criterion Collection

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - January 12, 2012, 7:52 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: erotic consciousness, spellbinding, antiromance

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Box Office Charts From Yahoo! Movies Jan 20 - 22

TW LW Title Gross($Mill)

1 * Underworld: Awakening $25.3
2 * Red Tails $18.7
3 1 Contraband $12.0
4 36 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close $10.7
5 2 Beauty and the Beast $8.8
6 * Haywire $8.4
7 4 Joyful Noise $6.0
8 3 Mission: Impossible: Ghost Protocol $5.5
9 5 Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows $4.5
10 11 The Iron Lady $3.6

Posted by: News Editor - January 26, 2012, 8:32 pm - Article
Keywords: box office, movies

Latest Press Releases

The Mill & The Cross on DVD & Blu-ray Jan 31 - Kino Lorber

With special features, including "The World According to Bruegel", an in-depth documentary exploring the making of the film; an interview with director Lech Majewski; trailers and a stills gallery. A fascinating reflection upon the world (and creative process) of acclaimed Flemish renaissance painter and printmaker Pieter Bruegel.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 27, 2012, 9:05 am - PR
Keywords: drama

Hunted By Night DVD, VOD & Digital Download Jan 31 - MTI Home Video

In the film, three men on a hunting trip in the Florida Everglades happen upon recently dropped bails of drugs worth millions. They must decide whether to be law-abiding citizens, or outlaws - risking everything to cash in. Their decision will take them on a spine-tingling ride, as they are confronted by a cartel that both outnumbers, and out-guns them.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 27, 2012, 8:59 am - PR
Keywords: drama

Knuckle on DVD Feb 7 - Arc Entertainment

This epic 12-year journey into in the world of an Irish Traveler community, takes us inside their brutal, secretive and exhilarating bare-knuckle fighting lives. Chronicling a history of violent feuding between rival families. The story focuses on the Quinn brothers, as they fight for their reputations and the honor of their family name.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 27, 2012, 8:53 am - PR
Keywords: drama

On The Bowery on DVD & Blu-ray Feb 21 - Milestone Film & Video

When the film opened it 1956, it exploded on the screen, burning away years of Hollywood artifice, jump-starting the post-war American independent film movement and earning an Oscar nomination. Now gloriously restored by the Cineteca di Bologna, On the Bowery is both an incredible document of a bygone era and a vivid and devastating portrait of addiction that resonates today just as it did when it was made.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 26, 2012, 8:40 am - PR
Keywords: drama, restoration

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: I Heart Minnie On DVD with Digital Copy, Feb 7 - Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment

Five, fun-filled episodes - each underlining the themes of friendship, teamwork, sharing and problem solving - and an all new bonus feature "You're Invited to Minnie's Birthday Party," as well as two complimentary Best Friend necklaces to keep as mementos and/or to share with a very special someone this Valentine's Day.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 26, 2012, 8:32 am - PR
Keywords: kids

Official Oscar App Available in iTunes App Store for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch - Academy Awards

The Oscars App is designed to be the ultimate complement to the live telecast, giving fans premier access to the most memorable moments of the night through exclusive live cameras strategically placed on the Red Carpet, throughout the Kodak Theatre and even in the Governors Ball, which is the official Oscar party of the night.

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Posted by: News Editor - January 25, 2012, 9:14 pm - PR
Keywords: oscar, academy awards

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