Reviews of DVDs and Blu-ray Discs from all major studios.
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Nelson Algren: The End Is Nothing, the Road Is All (DVD Review) 21 Mar, 2016
Three directors are credited to this documentary about author Nelson Algren, which, though filmed...More>>
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Hateful Eight, The (Blu-ray Review) 18 Mar, 2016
Director Quentin Tarantino serves up an entertaining Western mystery peppered with clashing...More>>
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Where the Sidewalk Ends (Blu-ray Review) 14 Mar, 2016
With the same leads, director, cinematographer and studio, Otto Preminger’s ‘Where the Sidewalk...More>>
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Whip Hand, The (DVD Review) 14 Mar, 2016
This movie is definitely a window into the mindset of RKO head Howard Hughes and his Cold War...More>>
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Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 2, The (Blu-ray Review) 11 Mar, 2016
Solid action helps bring the epic “Hunger Games” franchise to a satisfying end. (Street Date...More>>
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Cowboy (Blu-ray Review) 7 Mar, 2016
‘Cowboy’ is no less an example of oddball casting that works, especially since Jack Lemmon...More>>
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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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Key Largo (Blu-ray Review) 22 Feb, 2016
Co-scripted by director John Huston and Richard Brooks from a play by Maxwell Anderson, 'Key Largo'...More>>
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From the Terrace (Blu-ray Review) 22 Feb, 2016
Though no one will ever call 'From the Terrace' one of the best movies of its year, it does keep...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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Happy Ending, The (Blu-ray Review) 15 Feb, 2016
A key story element here is a wedding anniversary celebration that proves significantly less joyous...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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Wrong Man, The (Blu-ray Review) 8 Feb, 2016
This is a powerful fact-based movie and definitely one of director Alfred Hitchcock’s stronger...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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Last Detail, The (Blu-ray Review) 1 Feb, 2016
The richly episodic story, adapted from Darryl Ponicsan’s novel, deals with two Navy lifers (Jack...More>>
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