Reviews of drama DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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Innocents, The (Blu-ray Review) 29 Sep, 2014
Truman Capote was the driving force behind the screenplay for this film notable for its weird...More>>
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Man Hunt (Blu-ray Review) 1 Sep, 2014
This significant hit in Fritz Lang’s career is a most entertaining suspense thriller with a...More>>
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High School Confidential (Blu-ray Review) 1 Sep, 2014
This pot-inevitably-leads-to-heroin exposé howler often has enough going for it not to be one of...More>>
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Buddy Holly Story, The (Blu-ray Review) 25 Aug, 2014
Before his 1959 death in a plane crash, Buddy Holly was a kid with a burning-lava kind of drive,...More>>
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Draft Day (Blu-ray Review) 22 Aug, 2014
The film’s gamut of potential Draft Day scenarios a team could face may veer into the realm of...More>>
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Salvaje (aka The Wild One) (Blu-ray Review) 18 Aug, 2014
Playable on Blu-ray machines of all regions, this is a Spanish import of 'The Wild One,' the once...More>>
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Separate Tables (Blu-ray Review) 4 Aug, 2014
This is a real actor’s show, and a very solid Blu-ray presentation of a handsome drama...More>>
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Paris Blues (Blu-ray Review) 28 Jul, 2014
Martin Ritt’s star-powered drama from Marlon Brando’s production company is one of the first...More>>
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Brannigan (Blu-ray Review) 28 Jul, 2014
In this cinematic nut job, John Wayne plays a Chicago detective who heads to London to track down a...More>>
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Caught (Blu-ray Review) 21 Jul, 2014
Here’s another example of what used to be called a “woman’s picture,” in which Barbara Bel...More>>
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Big Chill, The (Blu-ray Review) 20 Jul, 2014
Lawrence Kasdan's 'The Big Chill' gets a sparkling Blu-ray edition showcasing its soundtrack of...More>>
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Noah (Blu-ray Review) 18 Jul, 2014
For whatever ways director Darren Aronofsky’s 'Noah' strays from the biblical tale, at least it...More>>
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Woman’s World (DVD Review) 14 Jul, 2014
One cannot be oblivious to the reality that 'Woman’s World' portrays a universe that must seem...More>>
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All That Heaven Allows (Blu-ray Review) 30 Jun, 2014
The best Douglas Sirk movies are domestic social commentaries couched as visually sumptuous soap...More>>
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Masters of Sex: Season One (Blu-ray Review) 24 Jun, 2014
Several shows have attempted to emulate the “Mad Men” formula of exploring modern themes...More>>
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Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (Blu-ray Review) 18 Jun, 2014
Fans of “Breaking Bad” who don’t already have the show on disc from its individual seasons...More>>
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Test Pilot (DVD Review) 16 Jun, 2014
A huge one in its day that has somehow never before gotten a DVD release, this exercise in...More>>
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True Detective (Blu-ray Review) 7 Jun, 2014
HBO’s “True Detective” is pretty much what one would expect of a show from the network:...More>>
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Forever Amber (DVD Review) 2 Jun, 2014
Otto Preminger’s sumptuously mounted adaptation of Kathleen Winsor’s once scandalous...More>>
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Public Defender, The (DVD Review) 26 May, 2014
Despite it having come out during the Hoover Administration, we could be talking about a movie from...More>>
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