Charade (Blu-ray Review) 4 Oct, 2010
Article By: Mike Clark
'Charade' is sometimes called the best Hitchcock movie not directed by Hitchcock, but despite some remarkably grisly moments, it is more of an “entertainment” film without the twisted, dark core you find even in the lightest Hitchcocks.More>>
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Baseball: The Tenth Inning (Blu-ray Review) 1 Oct, 2010
Article By: John Latchem
'The Tenth Inning' bears the unmistakable feel of Ken Burns (who co-directed with Lynn Novick) and fits in nicely as a new chapter of 'Baseball.' (Street Date 10/5/10)More>>
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Forbidden Planet (Blu-ray Review) 27 Sep, 2010
Article By: Mike Clark
Though it hasn’t the lobby card miniatures that offered a sweet nostalgic touch for fans who were around during the movie’s original release, ‘Forbidden Planet’s’ Blu-ray pretty well replicates the standard two-DVD 50th Anniversary Edition that Warner brought out in 2006.More>>
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Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead (Blu-ray Review) 26 Sep, 2010
Article By: John Latchem
The complex premise is clever, though many of the details are overwhelmed by laborious pacing that is otherwise buoyed by several spirited performances. (Prebook 10/1/10; Street Date 11/2/10)More>>
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Iron Man 2 (Blu-ray Review) 24 Sep, 2010
Article By: John Latchem
There’s a lot of story going on in 'Iron Man 2,' but this loaded Blu-ray should give fans more than enough opportunity to soak it all in. (Street Date 9/28/10)More>>
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Secret in Their Eyes, The (Blu-ray Review) 20 Sep, 2010
Article By: Mike Clark
'The Secret in Their Eyes,' the most recent foreign-language Oscar winner, is several movies in one — beginning as a whodunit where we pretty well know who did it by the two-thirds mark. (Street Date 9/21/10)More>>
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That Evening Sun (Blu-ray Review) 20 Sep, 2010
Article By: Mike Clark
Adapted from a short story by William Gay, 'That Evening Sun' got a handful of commercial play dates (after considerable festival activity) in what felt like an attempt to get Hal Holbrook a best-actor Oscar nomination.More>>
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Wall: A World Divided, The (DVD Review) 20 Sep, 2010
Article By: Mike Clark
The degree to which political hacks based in East Berlin snooped on fellow citizens remains a profound shocker with built-in dramatic punch.More>>
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Frozen (Blu-ray Review) 18 Sep, 2010
Article By: Chris Tribbey
Writer-director Adam Green is fantastic at gross-outs, and there are several “crap, this is hard to watch” moments in 'Frozen,' from wolfpack attacks to the adverse effects of skin on metal in below-zero weather. (Street Date 9/28/10)More>>
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Ondine (Blu-ray Review) 14 Sep, 2010
Article By: Erik Gruenwedel
With independent film 'Ondine,' Colin Farrell successfully evokes the everyman persona that catapulted him to critical acclaim in 2000’s 'Tigerland,' and more recently in films such as 'In Bruges' and 'Pride and Glory.' (Street Date 9/21/10)More>>
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