Log in
Font Size: A A A A
  
Home > Opinion > Mike's Picks
Mike's Picks
Sort by: Title | Date

Veteran critic Mike Clark discusses his favorite home entertainment titles.


Reviews
Intruder in the Dust (DVD Review)   28 Feb, 2011

This now semi-obscure adaptation of William Faulkner’s same-name 1948 novel tells the story about a proud black man who is saved from murder conviction and probably even worse by both black and white intervening teens.More>>

 blank
Reviews
True Grit (1969) (Blu-ray Review)   3 Jan, 2011

Just because the Coens’ fresh take makes for a better movie than John Wayne’s Oscar showcase of four decades’ past, it doesn’t mean the original is without merit or fails to retain some of the charm that made it so popular at the time.More>>

 blank
Reviews
Making of the President: The 1960s, The (DVD Review)   4 Jul, 2011

If the three TV documentaries respectively spun off from Theodore H. White’s political bestsellers about the 1960, 1964 and 1968 elections didn’t fully achieve the same degree of landmark status on their own moving-image turf, they were still galvanizing at the time and (from that same get-go)...More>>

 blank
Blog
New on Disc: 'The Making of the President: The 1960s' and more …   4 Jul, 2011

This week, Mike Clark takes a look at 'The Making of the President: The 1960s.'More>>

 blank
Blog
New on Disc: 'Kiss Me Deadly' and more …   27 Jun, 2011

This week, Mike Clark looks at Criterion's Blu-ray of 'Kiss Me Deadly' and PBS's 'Bad Blood: A Cautionary Tale.'More>>

 blank
Reviews
Kiss Me Deadly (Blu-ray Review)   23 Jun, 2011

‘Kiss Me Deadly’ turned out to be a bedrock masterpiece of American cinema, one with a far more illustrious international reputation than any book or movie with which Mickey Spillane’s name was ever associated.More>>

 blank
Reviews
Makioka Sisters, The (Blu-ray Review)   20 Jun, 2011

Uncommonly short on bonus features for a Criterion release, 'Sisters' does have a lovely new transfer befitting its classiness and a solid essay by Audie Bock, still one of the first scholars you think of when it comes to any knowledgeable discussion of Japanese cinema. More>>

 blank
Blog
New on Disc: 'The Makioka Sisters' and 'Orgasm Inc.'   20 Jun, 2011

This week Mike Clark takes a look at Criterion's 'The Makioka Sisters' and First Run's documentary 'Orgasm Inc.'More>>

 blank
Reviews
Another Year (Blu-ray Review)   13 Jun, 2011

Among its many grown-up virtues, Mike Leigh’s Another Year offers testimony to the life advantage of finding the right soulmate.More>>

 blank
Blog
New on Disc: 'Another Year' and more …   13 Jun, 2011

This week Mike Clark looks at 'Another Year.'More>>

 blank