Reviews of drama DVDs and Blu-ray Discs.
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Coogan's Bluff (Blu-ray Review) 19 May, 2014
This German Blu-ray release of director Don Siegel’s amusingly trashy sociopath-out-of-water...More>>
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Pompeii (3D Blu-ray Review) 16 May, 2014
As it turns out, the volcano doesn’t explode until 67 minutes into the film’s easily manageable...More>>
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Up the Junction (Blu-ray Review) 12 May, 2014
A curiosity at best, this rather handsome color release stars Suzy Kendall as a rich girl who runs...More>>
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Double Indemnity (Blu-ray Review) 5 May, 2014
The Blu-ray of this increasingly durable version of James M. Cain’s novel is the visually darkest...More>>
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Riot in Cell Block 11 (Blu-ray Review) 5 May, 2014
The backstory to this example of what used to be called a “shaky-A” is probably a little more...More>>
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King of Comedy, The (Blu-ray Review) 28 Apr, 2014
This discomforting film from Martin Scorsese absolutely nails the show-biz nerd subculture,...More>>
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Blu-ray Review) 28 Apr, 2014
This is the one Sam Peckinpah movie, according to the director himself, that he got to make without...More>>
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Labor Day (Blu-ray Review) 25 Apr, 2014
Adapted from the 2009 novel by Joyce Maynard, Jason Reitman’s 'Labor Day' is an intimate...More>>
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Men in War (Blu-ray Review) 21 Apr, 2014
Gritty and even brutal for its day, 'Men in War' is one of the better and grownup combat movies of...More>>
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Swimmer, The (Blu-ray Review) 14 Apr, 2014
Imperfect as it is, this troubled adaptation of the deservedly famous John Cheever short story is...More>>
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Practice: The Final Season, The (DVD Review) 9 Apr, 2014
In fact, this final season of “The Practice” is essentially the real first season of “Boston...More>>
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Conrack (Blu-ray Review) 7 Apr, 2014
The feel-good message of 'Conrack' steers clear of white-guy-helps-a-bunch-of-black-kids clichés....More>>
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Side Out (DVD Review) 3 Apr, 2014
Combining the simplistic character beats of a teen angst comedy with the clichéd plotting of a...More>>
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Front, The (Blu-ray Review) 31 Mar, 2014
There’s surprising humor to be had in this very grown-up look-back at the early 1950s Hollywood...More>>
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Here Comes the Navy (DVD Review) 24 Mar, 2014
This movie is a natural for buffs of naval history, and much of the backdrop action involves...More>>
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Wolf of Wall Street, The (Blu-ray Review) 21 Mar, 2014
Director Martin Scorsese masterfully molds the excesses of wealth and the lives of stock brokers...More>>
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Eddy Duchin Story, The (Blu-ray Review) 17 Mar, 2014
This film about society pianist Eddy Duchin was rated one of the best biopics of the era, ...More>>
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What Price Hollywood? (DVD Review) 17 Mar, 2014
This David O. Selznick-George Cukor collaboration is a still-relevant, unofficial first screen...More>>
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American Hustle (Blu-ray Review) 12 Mar, 2014
Viewers looking to spend some time in the disco era hanging out with a cast of ‘A’-list stars...More>>
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King of the Hill (Blu-ray Review) 10 Mar, 2014
Based on the adolescence look-back memoir of writer A.E. Hotchner, King of the Hill is one of the...More>>
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