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Blu-ray Review: Denzel Washington in Spike Lee's Timeless 'Malcolm X'
Hollywood Chicago &bull 5 Hours Ago
CHICAGO - Spike Lee has been getting national buzz again after the Sundance premiere of his controversial "Red Hook Summer" and the ageless Denzel Washington is back in the spotlight as his latest action vehicle, "Safe House," premieres in theaters on Friday. It seems a perfect time for a Blu-ray release to bring audiences back to… Full Story »
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EXCLUSIVE: The Rum Diary Bruce Robinson Featurette
Movie Web News &bull Yesterday
Johnny Depp stars in Bruce Robinson's Hunter S. Thompson adaptation The Rum Diary, on Blu-ray and DVD this Valentine's Day, February 14th. We have a featurette spotlighting the work of director Bruce Robinson, which you can check out in our… Full Story »
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Blu-ray Sales: Steel Grabs the Loot
The Numbers &bull Yesterday
There was no competition on the Blu-ray sales chart, as Real Steel topped all new releases and holdovers by a healthy margin. It sold 799,000 units and generated $22.36 million in sales giving it an opening week Blu-ray share of… Full Story »
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Win YAMADA: WAY OF THE SAMURAI On Blu-ray From Cine Asia!
Twitch &bull Yesterday
Our pals at Cine Asia have offered up three copies of Yamada: Way of the Samurai on Blu-ray for Twitch readers! All you have to do is send me an e-mail letting me know that you're interested and I'll enter… Full Story »
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Blu-ray Review: X - THE UNHEARD MUSIC
Twitch &bull Yesterday
Full disclosure: X is one of my favorite bands, and I've seen this film a number of times, so I will gush about their importance in the world of music and my life. This is a band, formed before I was even born, that has managed to meld all of my influences, both musically and philosophically in a way that no other group has done since. Their affection for pure rock 'n roll, 50's culture, art, literature, and the power of music continues to move me to this day. X - The Unheard Music is a documentary that takes those… Full Story »
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One Day Blu-Ray Review: An Uneven, Frustrating Romance
Obsessed With Film &bull Yesterday
As long as their is story-telling, romances will sell, and any author who manages to capture the imaginations of those romantically inclined sorts who populate the fiction best-seller charts with their purchases can usually comfortably live off the sales for some time. Or they would if there was any money left in books With romantic films, success usually depends on the film-makers' ability to marry an enduring story and intriguing characters with the established conventions of the genre, without simply trying to rehash Sleepless in Seattle, with a modern quirky twist. Far, far too many modern romances have gone to… Full Story »
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Blu-ray Review: Francesco Rosi's 'The Moment of Truth' Succumbs to Gruesomeness
Hollywood Chicago &bull Yesterday
CHICAGO - The remarkable photography in Francesco Rosi's 1965 bullfighting drama is, alas, its sole redeeming feature. Nearly everything that unfolds in front of Rosi's lens is flat-out appalling and borderline unwatchable. Critics have hailed the picture for its artful depiction of the sport, but all I see is vicious animal cruelty cloaked in crowd-pleasing machismo. Rosi is, of course, a celebrated Italian filmmaker who's no stranger to controversy, and his gambles have often paid off tremendously in films such as 1962's "Salvatore Giuliano"… Full Story »
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Featured Blu-ray Review: Love Story
The Numbers &bull Yesterday
Love Story opened in 1970 and was one of the first films to reach $100 million during its initial run. It also reinvigorated the melodrama and practically created the tearjerker chick flick, at least what we think about the genre now. It earned seven Oscar nominations, winning for Best Score. That said, the film didn't earn great reviews during its initial release and at the moment its Tomatometer Score is under the overall positive level. So who was… Full Story »
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DVD and Blu-ray Releases for February 7th, 2012
The Numbers &bull Yesterday
The biggest release of the week on the home market is The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part 1, which comes out on DVD and Blu-ray ... As for the best release of the week, that's Lady and the Tramp, which is making its Blu-ray and is our Pick of the Week. Billy Wilder's follow-up to Some Like It Hot. That film is one of my all time favorites. How will this one compare? Check out our review to find out. This film's reviews were not good, but they were better than the film's box office result. Granted, it was originally… Full Story »
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Weeds: Season Seven (Blu-ray)
DVD Talk Blu-Ray Reviews &bull Yesterday
Recommended THE MOVIE: When we last saw Nancy Botwin (Mary-Louise Parker), the decreasingly lucky soccer mom pot dealer of Showtime's long-running comedy/drama Weeds , her attempt to escape to Copenhagen with her new baby, her extended family, and her life… Full Story »
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The Iron Lady Blu-ray and DVD Debut April 20th
Movie Web News &bull Yesterday
Anchor Bay Entertainment and The Weinstein Company announced today the Blu-ray Combo Pack and DVD release of The Iron Lady, starring two-time Academy Award winner Meryl Streep (Sophie's Choice, Kramer vs. Kramer) as former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher. Considered by many to be the greatest living film actress, Streep has… Full Story »
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Carnage Blu-ray and DVD Arrive March 20th
Movie Web News &bull Yesterday
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will released the critically-acclaimed drama Carnage on Blu-ray and DVD March 20. The standard DVD will be priced at $30.99 SRP, while the Blu-ray will cost $35.99 SRP. Take a look at the cover art and… Full Story »
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Clueless Blu-ray Debuts May 1st
Movie Web News &bull Yesterday
Paramount Home Media Distribution invites you to revisit the halcyon days of high school in the '90s; a time filled with camaraderie, chaste dances and fervent study... Instead, kick off your designer shoes and enjoy the whip-smart comedy of the… Full Story »
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Kino Selznick Collection: A FAREWELL TO ARMS/NOTHING SACRED Blu-ray Review
Twitch &bull Yesterday
If there is one label who has benefited from the advent of Blu-ray, it is Kino Lorber. The selection of films that Kino have released in high definition is all over the spectrum in terms of genre and era, and it helps to keep them among the most exciting labels to watch, simply because you never know what's next. From their praise-worthy Buster Keaton collection, to the recent Redemption Jean Rollin discs, to the more contemporary releases like City of Life and Death and Dogtooth, they have yet to… Full Story »
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Belle de Jour (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
DVD Verdict &bull Feb 8, 2012
Reviewed by Brett Cullum Quote: "A 1967 masterpiece from surrealist artist Luis Bunuel that looms large in film history as a sexy, off-kilter, iconic work." Full Story »
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La Jetee / Sans Soleil (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
DVD Verdict &bull Feb 8, 2012
The French New Wave gets all the press, but France had a thriving cinema community that was neither mainstream nor New Wave. Growing out of the long intellectual tradition of the so-called Left Bank, filmmakers like Alain Resnais, Agnes Varda, and Chris Marker were self-consciously pushing the bounds of cinema. Of course, there was collaboration and communication between the Left Bank and New Wave groups, but on the whole the Left Bank crowd tended to be a bit older and had more in common with the literary arts than the upstart New Wavers. It's no surprise, then, that Chris Marker… Full Story »
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Manhattan (Blu-ray)
DVD Verdict &bull Feb 8, 2012
Few films have captured the essence of New York City like Manhattan. As soon as you hear the first notes of "Rhapsody in Blue" you're transported to a version of New York that doesn't actually exist. It's romanticized, as Allen (or his character, Isaac Davis) explains in the opening narration, and you have no choice but to fall in love with it. Manhattan is one of Woody Allen's finest moments. The… Full Story »
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The Moment of Truth (Blu-ray) Criterion Collection
DVD Verdict &bull Feb 8, 2012
The Moment of Truth is a rare case of a movie whose subject matter and content is more controversial today than it was upon its release. People's feelings about bullfighting just aren't as positive today as they were in 1965; somehow, the idea of taunting and then killing a bull to satisfy a crowd doesn't really seem as attractive as it once did. That makes Francesco Rosi's (Salvatore Giuliano) beautiful but brutal near-documentary a seriously conflicting piece of work. Tired of his life of boredom on the farm, Miguel Mateo (real life matador Miguel Romero) leaves his rural village for… Full Story »
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Blu-ray Review: Brilliant 'Drive' Deserves Better Home Release
Hollywood Chicago &bull Feb 7, 2012
CHICAGO - "Drive" will surely be one of the most remembered and beloved films of 2011, no matter what Academy members (who notoriously snubbed the film except for one lone tech nod) may think. And so it is disappointing that the Blu-ray edition from Film District and Sony is surprisingly light on special features. The film itself looks (and especially sounds) incredible and, considering it was my #2 for 2011, is well worth a pick-up, but you can presume that… Full Story »
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CONTEST: Win Lady and the Tramp Diamond Edition Blu-ray
Movie Web News &bull Feb 7, 2012
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is releasing the 1955 classic Lady and the Tramp on three-disc Blu-ray and two-disc Blu-ray for the first time February 7, in these new Diamond Edition sets. To celebrate this high-def debut, we have a… Full Story »
