| I'm Not There: Two-Disc Collector's Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 02/05/2008 Director Todd Haynes has reinvented the musician biopic by manipulating its conventions to suit its subject instead of the other way around which is what has always been done in the past. DVD Reviews |
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| 27 Dresses DVD Reviews Posted: 29/04/2008 If you're a fan of weddings you'll laugh along to the affectionate pokings and proddings that 27 Dresses takes at the wedding industry. If you hate them, you'll like the potshots it takes. DVD Reviews |
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| The Fall of the Roman Empire: Limited Collector's Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 28/04/2008 They really don't make films like this anymore and that's a shame because there is something personal and intimate about it despite the epic scale that is missing from the epics of today which rely too much on CGI to do the heavy lifting. DVD Reviews |
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| Cloverfield DVD Reviews Posted: 18/04/2008 Like any good horror film, Cloverfield is a metaphor for the horrors of real life. For people who actually lived in New York City at the time of 9/11 this film is particularly harrowing and traumatic . . . but in a good way if that makes any sense. DVD Reviews |
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| Blast of Silence: Criterion Collection DVD Reviews Posted: 17/04/2008 Many film noir buffs cite Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958) as the last film of the genre's classical period but an argument can certainly be made for Allen Baron's Blast of Silence. DVD Reviews |
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| There Will Be Blood: Special Collector's Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 17/04/2008 Director Paul Thomas Anderson has crafted a cinematic masterpiece that pits the beginnings of corporate greed against religious extremism with a deliciously over-the-top performance by Daniel Day-Lewis at its centre. DVD Reviews |
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| Tilt: The Battle to Save Pinball DVD Reviews Posted: 17/04/2008 Director Greg Maletic tells a fascinating if not tragic story about the end of an era that is accessible to the casual fan as well as the diehard gamer. DVD Reviews |
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| Juno: Two-Disc Special Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 14/04/2008 Juno is one of those wonderful little slice-of-life films that is engaging and moving in its own unassuming way. It's the kind of film that you can easily see becoming a comfort movie that you want to watch over and over again. DVD Reviews |
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| Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Special Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 14/04/2008 Sweeney Todd is a marvel of production design and art direction as a stylized vision of Victorian era London is faithfully recreated in all of its smoky, sooty industrial glory. DVD Reviews |
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| PTU: Special Collector's Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 14/04/2008 PTU is certainly a well-made film with excellent performances but one gets the feeling that there is not much substance to transcend above merely an expertly made genre exercise. DVD Reviews |
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| The Mist: 2-Disc Collector's Edition DVD Reviews Posted: 14/04/2008 Director Frank Darabont has created a clever, tension-filled apocalyptic monster movie that has the balls to go out on such a daring sucker-punch of an ending that really pissed off some fans of the original novella. DVD Reviews |
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| Enchanted DVD Reviews Posted: 14/04/2008 When real life gets too depressing we all need some escapist entertainment. If done well, as with this film, it can transport us to a magical place for a couple of hours. DVD Reviews |
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