DVD/Blu-ray

New On DVD: July 13, 2010
Posted on July 13, 2010 | No Comments
If you haven’t seen Atom Egoyan’s Chloe yet (which I did a full review of the other day) I strongly recommend it to anyone looking for a good dramatic thriller....
DVD Review: Chloe
Posted on July 11, 2010 | No Comments
Believing that her husband is cheating on her, Catherine (Julianne Moore), hires a young prostitute, Chloe (Amanda Seyfried), to throw herself at him and see what he does. Chloe reports...
New On DVD: July 6, 2010
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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is easily one of the best thrillers I’ve ever seen. It’s also one of the best films of the year. Based on the Stieg...
New On DVD: June 29, 2010
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If you haven’t seen the Irish drama The Eclipse (pictured above) run out and rent it today. Based on the story Tales from Rainwater Pond by Billy Roche, it’s a...
New On DVD: June 15, 2010
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When Unthinkable, a psychological thriller that deals with terrorism and what’s right and wrong when it comes to fighting it, had it’s theatrical release squashed earlier this year due to...
Blu-ray Review: The Book of Eli
Posted on June 13, 2010 | No Comments
It’s nice to know that if the Apocalypse happens first-generation iPods, copies of O Magazine, and KFC handy wipes will still be around 30 years after. Ridiculous annoyances like those...
New On DVD: June 8, 2010
Posted on June 8, 2010 | No Comments
My pick of the week is Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island. It’s one of Scorsese’s finest films and as I suspected in my theatrical review it’s more enjoyable upon repeat viewings....
New On DVD: June 1, 2010
Posted on June 1, 2010 | No Comments
The Wolfman was slaughtered by critics when it opened earlier this year. Personally, I found it to be a fun remake of the 1941 version and thought Benicio Del Toro...
New On DVD: May 25, 2010
Posted on May 25, 2010 | No Comments
The Road Criticize This! Pick of the Week – Based on Cormac McCarthy’s book, The Road is a dreary story about a father and son trying to survive in a...
Blu-ray Review: Edge of Darkness
Posted on May 8, 2010 | No Comments
When I think of political thrillers, films such as City Hall (1996), Conspiracy Theory (1997), The Manchurian Candidate (1962), and The Good Shepherd (2006) come to mind. Those films weren’t...
Blu-ray Review: Crazy Heart
Posted on April 18, 2010 | No Comments
Bad Blake (Jeff Bridges) is a scruffy old-school country musician touring small town bars and bowling alleys in his beat-up 1978 Chevy Suburban. He’s not a star but he does...
Blu-ray Review: The Lovely Bones
Posted on April 17, 2010 | No Comments
Susie Salmon (Saoirse Ronan) is a cheerful, bright, 14-year-old who was raped and murdered by her neighbour (Stanley Tucci) after school one day. She posthumously narrates the story while she’s...
DVD Review: Defendor
Posted on April 11, 2010 | No Comments
Woody Harrelson plays Arthur Poppington — a mentally challenged man who wears a duct-taped “D” on his chest and goes by the moniker “Defendor” (spelling mistake intentional). He attempts to...
New On DVD: March 9, 2010
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Up in the Air (Blu-ray) Criticize This! Pick of the Week – I gave Up in the Air five stars when it was released in the theatre and also put...
New On DVD: March 2, 2010
Posted on March 2, 2010 | No Comments
Where the Wild Things Are (Blu-ray) Pick of the Week – Max (Max Records) is a lonely, rambunctious boy with a great sense of storytelling. He dresses in a wolf...