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Keyword View: black comedy

PR Seven Psychopaths on Blu-ray & DVD Jan 29

The film follows a Hollywood screenwriter and his oddball friends, who all end up embroiled in an outrageous kidnapping scheme gone wrong. The acclaimed cast includes Sam Rockwell (Iron Man 2), Woody Harrelson (The Hunger Games), Academy Award(R) winner Christopher Walken (1978, The Deer Hunter, Best Actor in a Supporting Role), Tom Waits (The Book of Eli), and Abbie Cornish (Limitless).

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - January 25, 2013, 8:56 am - PR
Keywords: comedy

PR Killer Joe On Blu-ray Disc, DVD, Video On Demand and Pay-Per-View Dec 21

Academy Award-winning director William Friedkin and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Tracy Letts take a trip into a Texas trailer park underworld. This twisted and darkly humorous story of Detective 'Killer' Joe Cooper (Matthew McConaughey) has electrified audiences with its audacious spirit for deep-fried noir.

Lions Gate Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - December 18, 2012, 8:59 am - PR
Keywords: black comedy, thriller

PR The David O. Selznick Collection on Blu-ray & DVD Nov 13

A box set of Kino's releases of five films (Nothing Sacred, A Farewell To Arms, A Star is Born, Bird of Paradise, Little Lord Fauntleroy) culled from the personal collection of producer David O. Selznick preserved by the George Eastman House Motion Picture Department, newly mastered in HD and authorized by the Selznick estate.

Kino Lorber

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Posted by: News Editor - November 13, 2012, 8:47 am - PR
Keywords: classics

DVD Review BURKE & HARE (BLU-RAY)

This is a curiosity, if nothing else. It is a fairly straightforward recitation of the legend of those famous 1800s-era-Scotland/dead-body-sellers William Burke and William Hare, mixed with some tired attempts at humor and frequent nudity.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - July 28, 2012, 3:27 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: vernon sewell, burke & hare, derren nesbitt, glynn edwards, françoise pascal, yutte stensgaard

PR Joe + Belle on DVD Jul 3 and Early on Digital Jun 5

Things get very complicated very quickly when Joe (Veronica Kedar), an angsty drug dealer, meets Belle (Sivan Levy), a buoyant suicidal psychopath, in this dark comedy. After an outlandish accident in Tel Aviv leaves the pair with a body to dispose of, they embark on a madcap journey to lose the cops - and end up finding love in Sderot (the target of ongoing rocket attacks).

Wolfe Video

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Posted by: News Editor - May 5, 2012, 11:01 am - PR
Keywords: comedy

PR Police, Adjective on DVD Aug 30

Cristi (Dragos Bucur) is a young undercover cop who undergoes a crisis of conscience when he is pressured to arrest a teenager who offers hashish to classmates. Not wanting to ruin the life of a young man he considers merely irresponsible, Cristi must either allow the arrest to weigh on his conscience, or face censure by his self-serious superior (Vlad Ivanov, of 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days), for whom the word "conscience" has an entirely different meaning. Porumboiu approaches his story with the exacting patience of a master ironist, culminating in one of the most unexpected comedic payoffs in years—an extraordinary dissection of language that affirms his reputation as one of the most exciting new talents in European cinema.

Zeitgeist Films

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Posted by: News Editor - July 21, 2011, 11:14 am - PR
Keywords: comedy

PR Peep World on Blu-ray and DVD Jul 19

At a dinner celebrating their father Henry's 70th birthday, tensions among four siblings explode thanks to the success of youngest son Nathan's new novel, a thinly veiled portrait of the family. An all-star cast, including Michael C. Hall as Jack, comedian Sarah Silverman as Cheri, Rainn Wilson as Joel and Ben Schwartz, as Nathan, plus Judy Greer, Kate Mara, Taraji P. Henson, Ron Rifkin and Lesley Ann Warren.

MPI Home Video

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Posted by: News Editor - June 28, 2011, 7:56 am - PR
Keywords: black comedy

PR CreateSpace and Sony Bring Hard-to-Find Classic Films to Fans

CreateSpace and Sony Pictures Home Entertainment announced that the film studio has released a special selection of screen classics through the cutting-edge CreateSpace DVD on Demand platform. This will give fans of classic films easy access to a rich and growing assortment of nearly 125 classic movies on high-quality DVDs spanning 75 years of the extensive Columbia Film Library. The DVDs will be available on Amazon.com beginning March 8, 2011

Sony Picture Home Entertainment

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Posted by: News Editor - March 11, 2011, 7:15 pm - PR
Keywords: on-demand, dvd

DVD Review DOUBLE TAKE

This unique blend of archival footage and "new" material promises to be one of the most unique film experiences to come along in quite some time. And in this era of very little originality, that's saying something.

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Posted by: Chuck Aliaga - February 22, 2011, 8:03 am - DVD Review
Keywords: unique, black comedy, hybrid

DVD Review THE MEN WHO STARE AT GOATS

Let us remember the forgotten victims of the war in Iraq: the livestock.

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Posted by: Jon Danziger - April 5, 2010, 8:59 am - DVD Review
Keywords: war, black comedy, satire, iraq, spacey, clooney, bridges

DVD Review THE VICIOUS KIND

I liked the performances here more so than the film itself, with Adam Scott being reason enough to spend 91 minutes with The Vicious Kind.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - April 25, 2010, 5:55 am - DVD Review
Keywords: brittany snow, adam scott, dysfunctional family

DVD Review OBSERVE AND REPORT (BLU-RAY)

A pitch black comedy with the seemingly overexposed Seth Rogen.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - October 10, 2009, 6:48 pm - DVD Review
Keywords: comedy

DVD Review FALLING DOWN

This re-release sports a remastered image transfer that almost makes this one look brand new. Michael Douglas gives one of his better performances as a man who just can't take it anymore, and it's tough to not cheer as he exacts the kind of revenge that I'm sure we've all secretly imagined.

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Posted by: Rich Rosell - May 31, 2009, 6:52 am - DVD Review
Keywords: drama