What’s new this week on DVD? The Kite Runner The Mist Jimmy Carter: Man From the Plains Wristcutters: A Love Story And what new TV Series were released on DVD? Frisky Dingo – Season 1 The Invisible Man – Season 1 Midsomer Murders – Season 10 Noble House – TV Miniseries Painkiller Jane: The Complete [...]
Read MoreThe Kite Runner, directed by Marc Forster (Stranger Than Fiction), is to Afghanistan what The Namesake was to India–a sweeping, bilingual American/South Asian story combining the best elements of naturalistic Middle Eastern film technique with an extra coat of Hollywood polish.
Read MoreThis was an incredibly gripping Horror/Drama, with a hint of Sci-Fi. Like most Stephen King novels/short stories, there is an element of the human struggle, be it fear, prejudice or vulnerability. Not all have happy endings, and there is not an overwhelming amount of violence for violence’s sake.
Read MoreJonathan Demme gives us here a one-note story: Jimmy Carter‘s book tour for Palestine: Peace not Apartheid. Viewers interested in this specific topic might enjoy this movie more than I did. We see Jimmy traveling round, signing books and doing some interviews. There’s a repetitious inquiry as to the former President’s views of Israel. By [...]
Read MoreBrand new titles for this week are shown in green, but everything here is newly released on DVD within the last two months! Lots to choose from, so let’s get started … Blue Note: The Story of Modern Jazz – 1997 – The story of the birth of this legendary record label. Diva Dolorosa – [...]
Read MoreSet in a limbo world reserved solely for people who commit suicide, Patrick Fugit (Legion of Fire: Killer Ants!, Almost Famous), a recent wristcutter, learns that his ex-girlfriend Leslie Bibb (The Skulls) has also offed herself. Fugit gets his friend Shea Whigham (Man of the House) and they go on a road trip to find [...]
Read MoreIt’s March 25th, 2008 and this week’s highlights are … mobsters & monsters! You’ll find several classic gangster films from the 30′s and 40′s on this list (most of which star James Cagney), as well as cult classic Them! and two other horror/sci-fi favorites. It’s also a good week to be an Alain Delon fan, [...]
Read MoreWhat came out on DVD this week? Atonement Enchanted I Am Legend Love in the Time of Cholera Southland Tales Revolver Steep
Read MoreThe third of the 5 Best Picture nominees to be released on DVD, Atonement is an adaptation of Ian McEwan‘s acclaimed novel about a young girl’s misinterpretation of something she witnesses and her struggle as an adult to come to terms with her mistake. The film opens at an English country estate in 1935, where [...]
Read MoreEnchanted was absolutely enchanting. A Disney fairy tale comes to life in present-time New York City. And what would a Disney fairy tale be without a princess (or in this case a “want to be” princess), a prince and an evil queen set on keeping them apart.
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