Benjamin Fingerhut structures the film as a somewhat conventional human-interest nerd-empowerment story in the vein of King of Kong.
An appropriately goofy and enthusiastic presentation of a B-movie programmer that’s not quite as annoying as it should be.
The Howl DVD is a strong, affectionate transfer of a well-crafted film that never quite comes together.
The DVD isn’t anything special, but Soul Kitchen should be seen anyway.
This set is a nice way to get reacquainted with the director’s distinctive atmosphere of bemused terror.
The film is occasionally engaging in its free-wheeling determination to please its maker.
Satan Hates You is self-conscious trash with occasional bite.
The film illustrates the futility of war not in the grand gestures, but in the minute details that gradually grow to mass devastation.
An okay presentation of an okay picture featuring a characteristically appealing Jeff Bridges performance.
Cairo Time is an uneven, well-acted romance that reveals a promising new director.
The Expendables is a big, happy geek package readymade for chips and beer—and perhaps something harder, if you’re not a fan.
A pretty good representation of one of the year’s most compelling go-for-it experiments.
The Grapes of Wrath ultimately works so well because Ford is a practical, confident, masterful filmmaker.
Another character study concerned with stunted would-be artists facing romantic uncertainties that force them to contend with the idea of mainstream adulthood.
Johnnie To isn’t a good action director, he’s a good director period—and Vengeance is one of his best.
These film will make you want to sort through the wreckage, the purposeful from the happy accidental.
Poet/ecological activist Gary Snyder’s work, of course, haunts John Healey’s film.
The extras are plentiful, enthusiastic, and, in the typical DVD tradition, mostly redundant.
Stone’s flawed, fascinating doc receives an appropriately subjective DVD treatment.
Beneath the Dark is meant to be taken as a relationship drama until its predictable Twilight Zone finish.