DVD: Maggie Smith Isn't the Only Reason to Watch Downton Abbey, But She'll Do, Thank You
Admittedly, I haven't been paying a lot of attention to the British TV dramas on PBS since Prime Suspect ended. Every year during the Golden Globes ceremony, I'd feel…
DVD: Unstoppable and 4 Other Favorite Out-of-Control Modes of Transportation
One of the things that made Unstoppable (now on DVD from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment) so completely fun to watch was how much it called to mind all those…
DVD: However You Spend Valentine's Day, Spend It With Audrey Hepburn
Heaven knows, Hollywood keeps churning out the pixie-ish leading ladies for its romantic comedies, but pretty much no one in the history of American cinema has succeeded…
DVD: The Oscar-Winning Movie That Somehow Became Just Go With It
Since Adam Sandler already bumbled his way into a Gary Cooper role with Mr. Deeds, his remake of Frank Capra's classic Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, it's clear that the…
Game of Death's Zoe Bell on Nerves, Guns and Creating a New Oscar for Stunt Performers
Game of Death (out this week from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment) is a fairly run-of-the-mill straight-to-DVD action flick featuring Wesley Snipes as a CIA tough guy…
DVD: Where's the Love for Tamara Drewe?
You don't have to go to Armond White-ian lengths to be a contrarian; watch enough movies over the course of a year, and at some point you're going to veer away from…
DVD: Get Your Ozon On with Hideaway
One of the most-anticipated movies among what's left of this country's audience for foreign films is the corporate comedy Potiche, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gérard…
DVD: For Colored Girls and 5 Other Disastrous Adaptations of Great Source Material
There's many a slip twixt the page and the screen -- just ask fans of Ntozake Shange's powerful 1975 theater piece For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the…
DVD: This Super Bowl Sunday, Treat Yourself to a Good Cry
While the appeal of televised sports has generally eluded me, I do understand how events like the Super Bowl provide much-needed emotional release for football fans…
DVD: Age Cannot Wither, Nor Custom Stale, All About Eve
Some movies are deadly accurate about capturing the way people really talk while others have an ear for how we wish everyone spoke all the time. And you can definitely…
DVD: The Animated Alice in Wonderland Helps Flush the Tim Burton Version Out of Your Brain
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass have been catnip for filmmakers ever since the earliest days of the cinema, and over the…
DVD: Let Me In and Other Favorite Blood-Curdling Kids
Horror movies have gotten maximum mileage out of spooky children over the years. Seeing a tot with a grim visage and no fire in his or her eyes is a quick way to give…
DVD: The Lousy Lucky Lady and the Screenwriters Who Sank It
Screenwriters, we are often told, rarely get the credit they deserve when a movie becomes a classic. Fans heap praise on the stars and director but rarely get around to…
DVD: This Weekend, Blow Your Mind and Get Caught Up on Oscar Nominees
There are those DVDs you throw in at the end of a long work day to decompress, turn off your brain, and have a few laughs. Three new titles out this week don't fall…
Comedy Meets Tragedy in Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure
There's something hilarious about eavesdropping on an argument between strangers, but if you learn enough about the people involved, you stop laughing and maybe start…
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