This week’s releases are about circumstances: trapped with no sign of help; a product of one’s environment; a slave with desires for love and freedom; a cop who may have chosen the wrong career path; dreamers waiting for their big break; and a romantic hoping to extend his perfect moment. (more…)
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New on DVD: September 14, 2010
Posted: September 21, 2010 in DVD & Blu-ray ReviewsTags: 3D, Amanda Seyfried, Big Bang Theory, blu-ray, Christopher Egan, Dean Spanley, DVD, Jeremy Northam, Jim Parsons, Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Kunal Nayyar, Letters to Juliet, Monster House, Peter Otoole, Sam Neill, Simon Helberg, Vanessa Redgrave
This week’s home entertainment releases are appropriate for the whole family: a tale about potential reincarnation and paternal affection; a love story cemented in the past and present; an animated 3D adventure; and a whole season of laugh-worthy “Bazingas.”
New on DVD & Blu-ray: August 31, 2010
Posted: August 31, 2010 in DVD & Blu-ray ReviewsTags: blu-ray, DVD, Emily Mortimer, George Romero, Gregory Smith, Harry Brown, Ian Somerhalder, Kristen Hager, Leslie My Name is Evil, LJ Smith, Manson Family, Michael Caine, Nina Dobrey, Paul Wesley, Reginald Harkema, review, Survival of the Dead, The Vampire Diaries, zombies
This week’s releases all feature death as a significant element in the stories’ plots, whether it’s caused by vigilante justice, psychotropic murder, zombie hunger or vampiric necessity.
New on DVD & Blu-ray: August 24, 2010
Posted: August 24, 2010 in DVD & Blu-ray ReviewsTags: $5 a Day, Abandoned, After.Life, Alan Arkin, Alessandro Nivola, Alex O'Loughlin, Amanda Peet, Andy Garcia, Back-up Plan, Bela Tarr, Blake Lively, blu-ray, Bret McKenzie, Brittany Murphy, Chace Crawford, Christina Ricci, Christopher Walken, City Island, Claire van der Boom, David Roberts, Dean Cain, digital copy, DVD, Ed Westwick, Emily Mortimer, Flight of the Conchords, Gossip Girl, Jemaine Clement, Jennifer Lopez, Julianna Margulies, Justin Long, Leighton Meester, Liam Neeson, Man From London, Mimi Rogers, Miroslav Krobot, Penn Badgley, Peter Bogdanovich, Raymond De Felitta, review, Sharon Stone, Steven Strait, Taylor Momsen, The Square, Tilda Swinton
This week’s releases have a little something for everyone, including a complete television series, a late actress’ final performance, a film noir, an existential film from a Hungarian auteur, and a comedy romance.
New on Blu-ray: August 3, 2010
Posted: August 3, 2010 in DVD & Blu-ray ReviewsTags: Ann-Margret, blu-ray, Deep Blue Sea, Elvis, Elvis on Tour, Elvis Presley, Ewan McGregor, Jailhouse Rock, James Belushi, Kim Cattrall, LL Cool J, Michael Rapaport, Olivia Williams, Pierce Brosnan, review, Saffron Burrows, Samuel L. Jackson, The Ghost Writer, Thomas Jane, Tom Wilkinson, Viva Las Vegas
The Ghost Writer
When a successful British ghostwriter, The Ghost (Ewan McGregor), agrees to complete the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start – not the least because his predecessor on the project, Lang’s long-term aide, died in a suspicious accident. But the day after The Ghost arrives to work on the project, a former British cabinet minister accuses Lang of authorizing the illegal seizure of suspected terrorists and handing them over for torture by the CIA – a war crime. The controversy brings reporters and protesters swarming to the island mansion where Lang is staying with his wife, Ruth (Olivia Williams), and his personal assistant/mistress, Amelia (Kim Cattrall). As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind.
Imagery à la carte 