Category: Home Viewing with Peter

Every year we lose a number of irreplaceable artists. 2009 was no exception. In celebration of the lives of those we bid adieu to in the year just ended, here are recommendations for films representing some of the best work of just ten of them. Bea Arthur was best known for her TV work in…

Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if…

Saving the best for last, three recent DVD releases are among the year’s finest films. With the same basic plot as Avatar, South African director Neill Blomkamp’s first film, District 9, is a thrilling science fiction film given gravitas by both its documentary style flavor and its Johannesburg setting. Sharlto Copley heads the brilliant, if…

One of the year’s nicest surprises, newcomer Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer is a bittersweet charmer about a boy falling in love with a girl who doesn’t return his affections. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the former child star of TV’s 3rd Rock From the Sun continues his meteoric rise to screen fame following his critically acclaimed…

One of the year’s nicest surprises, newcomer Marc Webb’s (500) Days of Summer is a bittersweet charmer about a boy falling in love with a girl who doesn’t return his affections. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, the former child star of TV’s 3rd Rock From the Sun continues his meteoric rise to screen fame following his critically acclaimed…

Quentin Tarantino came bursting onto the scene with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and made an even bigger impact with 1994’s multi-award winning Pulp Fiction. His output since has been sporadic, consisting only of 1997’s Jackie Brown; 2003’s Kill Bill, Vol. 1; 2204’s Kill Bill, Vol. 2,segments of 2005’s Sin City and 2007’s Grindhouse, none of which…

Quentin Tarantino came bursting onto the scene with 1992’s Reservoir Dogs and made an even bigger impact with 1994’s multi-award winning Pulp Fiction. His output since has been sporadic, consisting only of 1997’s Jackie Brown; 2003’s Kill Bill, Vol. 1; 2204’s Kill Bill, Vol. 2,segments of 2005’s Sin City and 2007’s Grindhouse, none of which…

“Bon apetit!” exclaims Julia Child. “Bon apetit!” echoes Julie Powell. The feel good movie of the summer, Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia tells the dual tales of Mrs. Child’s eight year long struggle to write and have published her first cook book and Mrs. Powell’s year-long struggle to make every recipe in the book and…

“Bon apetit!” exclaims Julia Child. “Bon apetit!” echoes Julie Powell. The feel good movie of the summer, Nora Ephron’s Julie & Julia tells the dual tales of Mrs. Child’s eight year long struggle to write and have published her first cook book and Mrs. Powell’s year-long struggle to make every recipe in the book and…

See what’s coming out this week on DVD! The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan…

The Pope has been murdered and the four prominent Catholic Cardinals considered most likely to replace him have been kidnapped, their planned murders to take place an hour apart beginning at 8 P.M. as the conclave of Cardinals meets to elect the next Pope. So begins Dan Brown’s Angels & Demons, the novel he wrote…

The most successful film in Hollywood history in terms of tickets sold is now 70 years old. To celebrate, the 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition of Gone With the Wind has been released on both Blu-ray and standard DVD. Only 150,000 editions of each have been produced. The Blu-ray set contains three discs, the standard…

See what’s coming out this week on DVD! The most successful film in Hollywood history in terms of tickets sold is now 70 years old. To celebrate, the 70th Anniversary Ultimate Collector’s Edition of Gone With the Wind has been released on both Blu-ray and standard DVD. Only 150,000 editions of each have been produced.…

One of the most satisfying animated features of all time, as well as a front-runner in this year’s Oscar race, Pixar’s Up is a film that pulls you in from the first frame and doesn’t let you go until the last. It begins with a starry-eyed 15-year-old boy becoming transfixed with the career of an…

See what’s coming out this week on DVD! One of the most satisfying animated features of all time, as well as a front-runner in this year’s Oscar race, Pixar’s Up is a film that pulls you in from the first frame and doesn’t let you go until the last. It begins with a starry-eyed 15-year-old…