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Review: Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Monsters vs. Aliens Rating Director Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon Screenplay Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Rob Letterman, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Conrad Vernon Length 94 min. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Poehler, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski MPAA Rating PG
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Review: Earth (2009)
Earth Rating Director Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield Screenplay Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, Leslie Megahey Length 96 min. Starring James Earl Jones MPAA Rating G Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review When you watch the trailer for Earth, the first thing that may pop into your head is “why is this called Earth when it’s about three animal
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The DVD Report #104
A huge hit early in the year, Pierre Morel’s Taken is a French film done in English with Liam Neeson as the U.S. government agent whose daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped by slave traders while on vacation in Paris. The film is completely implausible from beginning to end. Neeson single-handedly kills so many bad guys
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The DVD Report #103
Several long requested classic films are now available on DVD. Dalton Trumbo wrote his acclaimed anti-war novel, Johnny Got His Gun, about a victim of World War I – the war to end all wars – in 1938. It was published on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. It won a National
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The DVD Report #102
Now that all the films that make up my 2008 ten best list have been released on Region 1 DVDs, it’s a good time to take another look at those films. It used to be that films made from proven works, major novels and play, and films from A-list directors and stars, were highly anticipated
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The DVD Report #101
One of last year’s best films, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, based on his Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play, has come home to Blu-ray and standard DVD. Shanley’s film, like his play, is set in 1964. The Catholic Church is on the cusp of great change. Vatican II with its sweeping mandates has already occurred
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The DVD Report #100
Warner Bros. had already decided to release Slumdog Millionaire straight to DVD in the U.S. when Fox Searchlight picked up the distribution rights last fall and released the film to U.S. theatres instead. The result was a word-of-mouth hit and an eventual worldwide awards winner. Among its haul of awards – 8 Oscars out of
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The DVD Report #99
Here are some new DVD releases and a few recent ones that may have slipped through the cracks: Daniel Craig is back for a second go at James Bond in Quantum of Solace. With a screenplay co-written by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) and direction by Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, The Kite Runner), this
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The DVD Report #98
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, what better time to talk about my favorite Irish films? Here then my chronological evaluation of a baker’s dozen. Ten are available on DVD, and three that aren’t, but should be. No one made more films about the Irish than John Ford whose characters seemed to be Irish even when they
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Review: Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen Rating Director Zack Snyder Screenplay David Hayter, Alex Tse (Graphic Novel: Alan Moore) Length 162 min. Starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie MPAA Rating R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material
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The DVD Report #97
Now that the Oscars are over, last year’s major award winners and contenders are being released on DVD and Blu-ray. The first Best Picture nominee to hit home video is Gus Van Sant’s Milk,nominated for eight Academy Awards and winner of two for Sean Penn’s portrayal of California’s first openly gay elected official and for
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Film Preview: Hunger (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B Review: There’s a simple power to this poster that so few words and so little imagery can evoke. It’s fascinating to look at even if it isn’t exceedingly detailed. Trailer Rating: B- Review: A
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The DVD Report #96
Buz Luhrmann’s long-in-gestation epic Australia, about life in that country’s northern cattle country at the outset of World War II was one of last year’s most anticipated films. Lackluster reviews and tepid box office have culminated in an earlier-than-anticipated DVD release. Given the mostly negative reviews, I found the film better than I would have
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The DVD Report #95
Guy Ritchie has had a checkered career. The audacious British director burst onto the international scene with the manic crime caper comedies, 1998’s Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and 2000’s Snatch, and then squandered his talent with 2002’s Swept Away, a dreadful remake of the classic Italian film as a star vehicle/vanity production for
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Review: The Visitor (2008)
The Visitor Rating Director Tom McCarthy Screenplay Tom McCarthy Length 104 min. Starring Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman, Danai Gurira, Hiam Abbass, Marian Seldes, Maggie Moore, Michael Cumpsty, Bill McHenry, Richard Kind, Tzahi Moskovitz, Amir Arison MPAA Rating PG-13 for brief strong language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Review Tom McCarthy’s sophomore outing, The Visitor, explores the close
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