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Pauline at the Beach (Blu-ray Review)   7 Mar, 2016

This entry in the director Eric Rohmer’s sublime “Comedies and Proverbs” series has the usual...More>>

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Big Short, The (Blu-ray Review)   4 Mar, 2016

Director Adam McKay and co-writer Charles Randolph find a nearly perfect balance between the...More>>

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I Knew Her Well (Blu-ray Review)   29 Feb, 2016

This vastly underseen Italian import, about someone without too much ammo at her disposal trying to...More>>

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These Three (DVD Review)   29 Feb, 2016

Long cited as one of the more artful end runs around the Hollywood Production Code, this first of...More>>

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Creed (Blu-ray Review)   26 Feb, 2016

While 'Creed' is a sequel in the “Rocky” franchise, it's not so much a “Rocky” movie as it...More>>

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Spotlight (Blu-ray Review)   19 Feb, 2016

The real value of the terrific 'Spotlight' is how it uses the investigation into the Catholic...More>>

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Southerner, The (Blu-ray Review)   15 Feb, 2016

One wouldn’t exactly call this Jean Renoir-directed movie about Texas sharecroppers rose-colored,...More>>

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Spectre (Blu-ray Review)   11 Feb, 2016

Some good action scenes and the prospect of the return of a classic James Bond bad guy get bogged...More>>

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Steve Jobs (Blu-ray Review)   5 Feb, 2016

The story that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin builds is less about the history of Steve Jobs and more...More>>

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Station West (DVD Review)   1 Feb, 2016

More than one interested party has called this Luke Short adaptation “Western film nor,” and,...More>>

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Bridge of Spies (Blu-ray Review)   29 Jan, 2016

This is the kind of movie that is right in the wheelhouse of director Steven Spielberg, who is now...More>>

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Bitter Rice (Blu-ray Review)   25 Jan, 2016

An almost perfect blend of genuine Italian neo-realism and arthouse sexploitation. More>>

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Our Brand Is Crisis (Blu-ray Review)   22 Jan, 2016

'Our Brand Is Crisis' has all the trappings for a smart and funny dark comedy about the gap between...More>>

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Martian, The (3D Blu-ray Review)   18 Jan, 2016

Ridley Scott’s 'The Martian,' based on Andy Weir’s novel about a manned Mars mission...More>>

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Walk, The (3D Blu-ray Review)   31 Dec, 2015

'The Walk' is one of the rare films in which the 3D effects actually contribute to the narrative,...More>>

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American Masters: Althea (DVD Review)   28 Dec, 2015

Rex Miller’s PBS Althea Gibson documentary unearths a goodly amount of archival footage, and...More>>

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Hitler’s Children (DVD Review)   21 Dec, 2015

Based on the memoirs of an American educator and onetime broadcaster who taught at an American...More>>

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Ted 2 (Blu-ray Review)   17 Dec, 2015

‘Ted 2’ offers a lot of fun to be had if you know where to look, such as in keeping track of...More>>

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Kid From Cleveland, The (Blu-ray Review)   14 Dec, 2015

In addition to giving speaking parts to (among several others) Cleveland Indians player-manager Lou...More>>

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Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation (Blu-ray Review)   11 Dec, 2015

What 'Rogue Nation' does effectively is to take characters with whom we’re familiar and care...More>>

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