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DVD Watch: 'Things to Come'

I'm the first to admit I'm not the biggest fan of science fiction; to me, there's enough to learn about the technologies of today without speculating wildly about those of tomorrow. Read More | Comment »

9:59AM Tue. Jun. 18, Monica Riese

DVDanger: 'American Mary'/'Ninja III: The Domination'

Meet the cinematic female revenger: She dices, she slices, she chops and multilates. And in the three decades between martial arts potboiler Ninja III: The Domination and Canadian psycho-surgical creeper American Mary, she has finally started to control her own destiny a little more Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Sat. Jun. 15, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Snitch'

It's official. There is no bigger film star this year than Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, and Ric Roman Waugh, director of drug drama Snitch, knows why: No-one works harder. "I've been around some people that I don't even know when they sleep, but Dwayne? We would start shooting at 7 in the morning, and he would be up four hours before that." Read More | Comment »

5:30PM Tue. Jun. 11, Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Scum'

"The only thing you are is a number, boy. Four digits. Name and number." Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Sat. Jun. 8, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Wilfred'

"Grey. Alsatian. Angry. Wilfred." Read More | Comment »

10:22AM Tue. Jun. 4, Monica Riese

DVDanger: Dark Skies

Remember when we still liked Nicole Kidman? No, I'm not running for a VHS of BMX Bandits, and I'm not talking about Moulin Rouge. I mean the Nicole Kidman that was tempted to cool, interesting genre scripts like The Others and The Invasion? Apparently Keri Russell has started intercepting her mail. Read More | Comment »

5:50PM Mon. Jun. 3, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: ‘Life Is Sweet’

At least Mike Leigh waits until the end of his director’s commentary to confide that Life Is Sweet is his least favorite film. Even Leigh admits it’s “curious” that he has so little love for a movie that is so very, very lovely. Read More | Comment »

3:20PM Fri. May. 31, Kimberley Jones

DVDanger: 'The Burning' and 'The Town That Dreaded Sundown'

Y'know, it's funny. Considering that the filmmaking Weinstein brothers of Miramax fame made their feature-writing debut with slasher flick The Burning, it's odd how they don't talk about it much. Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Sat. May. 25, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'My Neighbor Totoro'

When Japanese animation icon Hayao Miyazaki moved in next door to My Neighbor Totoro, it was almost a disaster. Instead, 25 years later, the tale of two Japanese girls and their magical troll friend has earned a Blu-ray release as a landmark cartoon feature. Read More | Comment »

11:00AM Tue. May. 21, Richard Whittaker

DVDanger: 'Crimewave'

There are two Sam Raimis: There's the one that does considered, heartfelt adult dramas, and then there's the crazy bastard who throws everything at the screen and sees what sticks. Sensible Sam was AWOL in 1985 when Rabid Raimi was making Crimewave. Read More | Comment »

8:47AM Sat. May. 18, Richard Whittaker

DVD Bonus: Meet the Fraggles

I met Red Fraggle once. No, seriously, I did. Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Wed. May. 15, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'The Bletchley Circle'

The Bletchley Circle, which aired this spring as a miniseries on PBS and which today hit shelves in DVD form, is a fantastically well-produced thriller that tracks four talented women in 1950s London. Read More | Comment »

5:41PM Tue. May. 14, Monica Riese

DVD Watch: ‘Dangerous Edge: A Life of Graham Greene’

When profiling a man who made his living on the page, the visual possibilities are unavoidably limited. Lucky then that Graham Greene’s books were so often adapted to screen. Read More | Comment »

2:40PM Tue. Apr. 30, Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch: 'Night of the Hunted'/'The Grapes of Death'

With his hypnotic tales of vampires and supernatural seduction, French horror director Jean Rollin seemed to have no North American peer: But the two latest releases from his cinematic crypt reveal the cult director as a mirror of David Cronenberg. Read More | Comment »

12:38PM Tue. Apr. 23, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'The Central Park Five'

Late Eighties New York was a city of schism: black vs. white, rich vs. poor, haves vs. have-nots. After a decade of Wall Street boom and the introduction of crack cocaine to the urban core, the wedge between rich whites and poor blacks was driven deeper than ever. Read More | Comment »

10:01AM Tue. Apr. 23, Monica Riese

DVD Watch: 'A Monster in Paris'

Sure, Dreamworks and Pixar are the Goliaths of the animation game, but A Monster in Paris (Shout! Factory, $14.97 [$24.97, 3-disc Blu-ray]) is the story of the little guy. Literally. Read More | Comment »

9:34AM Tue. Apr. 16, Monica Riese

DVD Watch: 'A Man Escaped'

The films of Frenchman Robert Bresson, the great postwar filmmaker known for his minimalist visual style and transcendent spiritual imperative, are not always inviting to first-time viewers. Read More | Comment »

2:35PM Tue. Mar. 26, Marjorie Baumgarten

DVD Watch: ‘The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp’

Imagine if someone took, say, Yosemite Sam and pushed through his hair-trigger temper and buffoonery to make a flesh-and-blood, aching human out of so much cartoonishness. Now meet Colonel Blimp. Read More | Comment »

11:05AM Tue. Mar. 19, Kimberley Jones

DVD Watch: 'Wreck-It Ralph' Ultimate Collecter's Edition

A serious question: How can a film with a sub-two hour run time, and only a handful of extras, require a four disc edition? Read More | Comment »

12:00PM Tue. Mar. 5, Richard Whittaker

DVD Watch: 'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake'

Try to sum up Cartoon Network's series Adventure Time, or even explain it. Can't be done. It's like asking why Muppets are furry, or how come Wile E. Coyote gets that kick-ass delivery service in the middle of the desert. Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Sat. Feb. 23, Richard Whittaker

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