Reviews of drama DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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Breaking Away (Blu-ray Review) 2 Feb, 2015
There are enough loopy moments in this minor pleasantry about competitive bicycling to argue...More>>
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Inherit the Wind (Blu-ray Review) 26 Jan, 2015
This in some way fabricated take on 1925’s Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tenn., has rarely been more...More>>
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Fury (Blu-ray Review) 23 Jan, 2015
History buffs should appreciate director David Ayer’s gritty World War II drama 'Fury,' which...More>>
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Boyhood (Blu-ray Review) 20 Jan, 2015
Director Richard Linklater’s 'Boyhood' will be remembered more as an audacious cinematic...More>>
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Boys From Brazil, The (Blu-ray Review) 19 Jan, 2015
The only movie, pretty sure, to claim both Laurence Olivier and 'Police Academy' star Steve...More>>
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Frenchman's Creek (DVD Review) 19 Jan, 2015
Dramatically clumsy but a visual stunner that took the art/set decoration Oscar, the film stars...More>>
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River’s Edge (Blu-ray Review) 12 Jan, 2015
Even by the seen-it-all standards of the past quarter-century, this Generation X creep-out that...More>>
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Men, Women & Children (Blu-ray Review) 10 Jan, 2015
Director Jason Reitman’s sixth film is a low-key affair about the effect of the Internet on...More>>
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Only Angels Have Wings (Blu-ray Review) 22 Dec, 2014
This restored key Howard Hawks movie is such a 4K looker that you can see details of the rain...More>>
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Appointment With Danger (Blu-ray Review) 22 Dec, 2014
Much underrated (or at least under-seen) purely on the “fun” level, Danger joins a new slew of...More>>
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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (Blu-ray Review) 15 Dec, 2014
Sony has given 'Mr. Smith' the kind of deluxe treatment we don’t see very often from them...More>>
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Safe (Blu-ray Review) 15 Dec, 2014
Writer-director Todd Haynes’ second feature was filmed just as lead Julianne Moore was coming...More>>
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Sands of Iwo Jima (Blu-ray Review) 1 Dec, 2014
The movie said to have been responsible for more Marine enlistments than any other picture in...More>>
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Pete Kelly's Blues (Blu-ray Review) 17 Nov, 2014
The true big-screen baby of jazz lover Jack Webb’s career spun off from a radio show about ’20s...More>>
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Possessed (Blu-ray Review) 10 Nov, 2014
One of several postwar psychiatric dramas, 'Possessed' features Joan Crawford as a paranoid...More>>
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Gold Is Where You Find It (DVD Review) 3 Nov, 2014
Take away a good supporting cast and one topical selling point of interest to the ecologically...More>>
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Fedora (Blu-ray Review) 27 Oct, 2014
Billy Wilder’s troubled penultimate project has enough qualified admirers to make its Blu-ray...More>>
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Lusty Men, The (DVD Review) 20 Oct, 2014
Newly remastered, this solid rodeo drama from director Nicholas Ray stars Robert Mitchum as an...More>>
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Million Dollar Arm (Blu-ray Review) 10 Oct, 2014
The film doesn’t try to be anything more than it needs to. The performances are effective and...More>>
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Houdini (Blu-ray Review) 9 Oct, 2014
Adrien Brody gives an aggressive, in-your-face performance as famed magician Harry Houdini,...More>>
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