Two comedies that were big hits at the box office have made their way to DVD and Blu-ray and you may want to check them out.
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Blu-ray/DVD Reviews
Arguably, the insular nature of Spokane, Washington — isolated as it was — is what the music-scene documentary SpokAnarchy! is attempting to represent and reproduce. Unfortunately, it comes off as being a tale of people you’ve never heard of, referencing people with whom they’re familiar, but you’re not.
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In Game of Shadows, Ritchie and his screenwriters give Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law (as Holmes and his sidekick Watson) more witty dialogue and funnier situations, which is what keeps the whole high-energy affair from becoming total overkill.
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If there’s almost half the amount of commentary tracks on this season as there was on Louie Season One, it’s easy to forgive Louis C.K. After all, the guy is busy writing, directing, starring in, and editing 13 episodes each season. He has complete creative control and an innate sense that what’s true to himself will be relatable to the viewer.
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Marc Forster’s well-meaning drama ‘Machine Gun Preacher’ and Ivan Reitman’s minor-key comedy ‘Meatballs’ are out now on Blu-ray. How do they stack up?
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Two family-oriented movies are out this week on Blu-ray and DVD. One is a 3D adventure film and the other is a genuine comedy classic for all time.
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Apparently Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, the sequel nobody asked for, was made to try and right that wrong. The good news is: They got it half right.
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If you see This Means War in the rental store or online, remember This Means Rent Something Else.
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As Ralph Fiennes’ first time behind the camera, it’s a mixed success. ‘Coriolanus’ has a grittiness that fits its tale, although at two hours, there are some sequences that feel rushed.
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¡Alambrista! was broadcast by PBS in 1977, and in 1978, ¡Alambrista! won the inaugural Camera d’Or Award (for Best First Feature Film) at the Cannes Film Festival, but it never received a theatrical release in the U.S.
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After more people discover this clever, surprisingly engaging film at home, ‘Chronicle’ will probably grow in stature. ‘Being John Malkovich’ is a confirmed cult classic with a disc full of bizarre extras.
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In a video interview conducted in 2006, Italian director Mario Monicelli says that his 1963 film The Organizer, out now on Blu-ray and DVD from The Criterion Collection, is a comedy. To be more specific, he aligns it with the tradition of commedia all’italiana (comedy Italian-style), something that he helped to invent and perfect in […]
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Two movies out now on Blu-ray and DVD highlight completely opposite ends of the production spectrum.
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24 Hollis Frampton experimental movies from 1966 to 1979 are included on the new Criterion Blu-ray ‘A Hollis Frampton Odyssey.’ All the films in this retrospective set will bring to mind questions about how they were created. Pondering those questions—and the set of filmic limitations and possibilities—are the reason the films exist in the first place.
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An unusual action movie and a music documentary from one of the most respected filmmakers working today are out on Blu-ray and DVD now.
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