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One-Eyed Jacks: Criterion Collection

January 10, 2017

Initially, One-Eyed Jacks (1961) was to have Stanley Kubrick directing a screenplay written by Sam Peckinpah and starring Marlon Brando. It was intended by a socially conscious western but when the actor and Kubrick decided to rewrite the script, the... 

Short Cuts: Criterion Collection

November 17, 2016

After the critical and commercial success of The Player (1992) put Robert Altman back on the map—within the Hollywood industry—he wisely used his new found (and fleeting) cache to get a personal project of his green-lighted. With Short Cuts (1993),... 

Hoop Dreams: Criterion Collection

April 14, 2015

For every Allen Iverson or Shaquille O’Neal that makes it to fame and fortune in the NBA, there are hundreds that don’t. Hoop Dreams (1994) is a documentary that follows two Chicago inner-city boys from their freshman year in high school to their... 

Eating Raoul: Criterion Collection

September 26, 2012

Equal parts Ealing Studios manner black comedy and wild taboo-smashing John Waters cult film, Eating Raoul (1982) exists somewhere in-between these two extremes. It was the brainchild of screenwriter Richard Blackburn and Paul Bartel, the latter of which... 

The Marine 2

April 27, 2010

The Marine 2 (2009) is a sequel, of sorts, to the 2006 movie starring John Cena. This time however, Cena has been replaced by the new generation of WWE Superstars, in the shape of Ted DiBiase Jr – son of the original Ted DiBiase, the Million Dollar... 

Extract

December 23, 2009

Mike Judge may have enjoyed considerable success on television with Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill but he continues to have an unlucky streak with feature films. His first two efforts – Office Space (1999) and Idiocracy (2006) – were given... 

Sunshine Cleaning

August 31, 2009

This year’s Little Miss Sunshine (2006) is Sunshine Cleaning (2009). Not only did it attempt to follow the same path: debuting at the Sundance Film Festival but it also stars Alan Arkin. However, it also features Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, two up-and-coming... 

Tropic Thunder: 2-Disc Director’s Cut

November 25, 2008

For the last few years, Ben Stiller has been coasting on his patented, one-note neurotic doormat shtick in films like Night at the Museum (2006), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), and others. What happened to the guy who could play a self-destructive junkie... 

Chaplin: 15th Anniversary Edition

October 17, 2008

Adapted from My Autobiography by Charles Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by David Robinson, Chaplin (1992) was a prestigious, big budget biopic about the life of legendary English comedian Charles Chaplin. While the film was criticized for taking... 

Zodiac: Director’s Cut

January 18, 2008

After the technically accomplished but ultimately hollow thriller Panic Room (2002), director David Fincher returns to familiar subject matter with Zodiac (2007), a dramatization of the murders perpetuated by the infamous serial killer known as Zodiac... 

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