Pride and Prejudiced. Joe Wrightc. Keira Knightly, Donald Sutherlandrelease date: November 13, 2007 Most people would say that the only true Mr. Darcy is Colin Firth. I would say that Matthew Mcfadyen gave him a run for the money as he woed the love of Elizabeth Bennett in this remake. If you have any idea … Continue reading
NEW RELEASES Blades of Gloryd. Josh Gordonc. Will Ferrell, Jon Herder Blades of Glory unites Napoleon Dynamite with Ricky Bobby. Will Farrell and Jon Herder play figure skating opponents who have a huge fight at the awards ceremony at the World’s Winter Sports Games and receive a lifetime ban from men’s singles competition. Jimmy McElroy … Continue reading
RETURN OF THE LIVING DEADd. Dan O’Bannonc. Linnea Quigleyrelease date: September 11, 2007 September 11 is becoming a pretty big day for DVD releases. We get the eagerly anticipated (by me) special edition of Face/Off, the complete second season of Supernatural, the collector’s edition of The Graduate, and the first two items in today’s column. The … Continue reading
NEW RELEASES The Lives of Othersd. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarckc. Ulrich Mühe, Martina Gedeck, Sebastian Koch While watching the 2007 Academy Awards, I figured that Pan’s Labyrinth was a lock for only one award – Best Foreign Film. I was crossing my fingers for all the others, but figured no one would beat Pan’s for … Continue reading
BABEL, COLLECTOR’S EDITIONd. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarrituc. Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchettrelease date: September 25, 2007 The collector’s edition of the Oscar nominated Babel is being released in September in a less than impressive package. The original DVD was released in February in a bare boned edition that left the film’s few fans disappointed. Fret no longer, … Continue reading
NEW RELEASES WILD HOGSd. Walt Beckerc. John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H. Macy, Martin Lawrence It seems like yesterday that John Travolta had his career revival with Pulp Fiction and he was on top of the world. He proved with that movie how, even after all the years, he was still the king of cool. … Continue reading
MORE INFO: THE STANLEY KUBRICK COLLECTION They have finally announced the special features for the Special Editions of the Stanley Kubrick movies coming in October. First up, in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) we get a 2-Disc Special Edition which will include Commentary by Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood, the Theatrical trailer, Channel 4 documentary: … Continue reading
NEW RELEASES DISTURBIAd. D.J. Carusoc. Shia LaBeouf, David Morse, Carrie-Anne Moss While the rest of the world caught up with how great Shia LaBeouf is by watching Transformers, many other people discovered the young talent with this little movie, which made back it’s budget in it’s opening weekend and then held on to remain a … Continue reading
BLADE RUNNER: THE FINAL CUTd. Ridley Scottc. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauerrelease date: December 18, 2008 Last week was a smorgasbord of upcoming DVD goodness with so many announcements of classic movie special editions that it will keep many people broke until Christmas. We let up a little this week on the quantity of releases, but … Continue reading
NEW RELEASES 300d. Zack Snyderc. Gerard Butler, Lena Headey This movie came out of nowhere and made about $400 million more than I thought it would when I first heard it announced. What I assumed would be a nice little genre nitch turned out to be the spectacle that kicked off the summer. Shot in … Continue reading