Here’s a wrap-up of which movies took home awards at this year’s Academy Awards ceremony. Be on the lookout for Best Picture winner No Country For Old Men, scheduled for DVD release in March! Click here to find current release dates for all the nominated films.
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SPOTLIGHT ON: Director Ang Lee
With the release of his latest film Lust, Caution on DVD this week (and with the Academy Awards this weekend), we thought we would take a look back at this multiple-Oscar-winning director’s varied filmography:
Read MoreThink You Can Predict the Oscars?
Here it is – the return of our popular Academy Awards Contest! The Video Station and The Daily Camera are looking for a clairvoyant to predict the outcome of the 81st annual Academy Awards. All you have to do is pick who you think will win this year’s Oscars. Think you’re up for it? Sign [...]
Read MoreForeign Film Feature – February ’08 – Part II
For our inaugural “Foreign Film Feature”, we thought we’d catch you up to date with all the fantastic films from overseas that have reached our rental shelves within the last 4 months. In Part II, we’ve gathered 24 more movies from around the world for your viewing pleasure. Some are well-known and some are obscure, [...]
Read MoreForeign Film Feature – February ’08 – Part I
For our inaugural “Foreign Film Feature”, we thought we’d catch you up to date with all the fantastic films from overseas that have reached our rental shelves within the last 4 months. But frankly, there were just too many to choose from! So this week we’re recapping titles A-K, and L-Z will follow in next [...]
Read MoreROCKET SCIENCE – Reviewed by Will
I find Rocket Science‘s R-rating (“for language and sexual material”) faintly insulting–it suggests that my life at age 16 had too much adult content for me to experience until I was 17. That’s probably true, which I guess was one of the points Jeffrey Blitz (Spellbound) is making here. This time, he’s not making a [...]
Read MoreDocumentary Roundup – January ’08
Welcome to the first edition of the Documentary Roundup, where each month we will recap and revist the most current DVD releases in the often underappreciated world of documentary filmmaking! Click on the link to go directly to a staff review on our website …
Read MoreWhich Oscar Nominated Films are out on DVD?
It’s official – Awards Season is in full swing with Tuesday’s announcement of this year’s Oscar nominees! Here’s our guide to which nominated films are currently available to rent, and which you have to look forward to … You can also find a full list of all the nominees by category here on our blog. [...]
Read MoreACADEMY AWARD NOMINEES 2008
In case you missed it … here is the full list of nominees for this year’s Oscars. P.T. Anderson’s There Will Be Blood and the Coen Brothers’ No Country for Old Men each scored eight nominations, including Best Picture. Michael Clayton was also a big hit with the critics, earning six nominations.
Read MoreGolden Globe Winners!
No long-winded acceptance speeches. No endless musical numbers. Just like this year’s awards announcement, we’ve just got the winners … Here is our list of which Golden-Globe-winning DVD’s are available to take home tonight, and which you’ll have to mark on your calendar (if it’s not out yet, check our new release page for regular [...]
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