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Latest DVD Reviews Genre: crime

DVD Review: CONCRETE BLONDES

Amusing enough crime comedy with earnest performances and a competent production, Concrete Blondes is diverting enough for a look-see.

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Posted by: Joseph Burke - January 29, 2014, 8:39 am - DVD Review
Keywords: crime, comedy

DVD Review: ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder is as entertaining as it is thoughtful about the limits of the law in grasping human nature. It feels fresh and mature even fifty years later, and stands as one of the best courtroom dramas in film history.

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Posted by: Ross Johnson - February 28, 2012, 1:20 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: attorney, murder, jazz

DVD Review: GAUMONT TREASURES 1897-1913

Although the Gaumont studio is not a household word in America, it was at the very forefront of motion pictures in the early years. This amazing set from Kino brings to home video over 100 seldom-seen movies from the dawn of cinema by three of the leading creators at Gaumont. One DVD each is devoted to the directors Alice Guy, Louis Feuillade and the little-remembered LÈonce Perret, giving the viewer a fascinating cross-section of these early silents, with some amazing treasuresówould you believe color and sound movies in 1905?

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Posted by: Mark Zimmer - October 27, 2009, 8:59 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: gaumont, french films, early cinema, cinematheque francaise

DVD Review: THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE

Sidestepping every convention of the gangster genre, this '70s gem deserves a second chance.

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Posted by: Dan Heaton - May 25, 2009, 9:41 am - DVD Review
Keywords: crime, robert mitchum, peter yates, criterion

DVD Review: CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION - THE FIRST SEASON

While nine years of crime scene investigation might be easy to take for granted, Paramount's Blu-ray release of the first year is a welcome reminder of the show's assured debut.

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Posted by: Matt Serafini - May 10, 2009, 9:17 am - DVD Review
Keywords: william petersen, police procedural, jerry bruckheimer