Despite occasional hiccups in the source elements, these HD transfers look incredibly good.
Dreyer turns a bisexual love triangle into the archetype of sexual piety and martyrdom. How Scandinavian of him.
The extras are scarce but Quentin Tarantino’s, err, Zhang Yimou’s Hero gets the video/audio treatment it finally deserves.
Mike Hodges’s sleek, bleak film may be the year’s nastiest noir, but its low profile won’t improve via Paramount’s perfunctory DVD.
The film is hot. The DVD, sadly, is not.
Even before they became explicitly gay sex-pigs, Ren & Stimpy were still the sickest little monkeys in cartoons.
Next to Men With Guns, this may be the best film about a Latin American crisis directed by a white guy.
L’Age d’Or still resonates as a recipe for cultural revolution.
The shortest Harry Potter film to date, Prisoner of Azkaban is noticeably slim in the extras department.
Mirroring the anything-goes nature of the film it accompanies, the disc’s commentary turns on a dime between the serious and the humorous.
The road to Philadelphia was paved with good intentions.
“I’m sorry. I’d love to be of assistance to you, but I’m afraid I speak no English.”
An enjoyable DVD release of a wonderfully strange film.
If not as packed with extras as one may have hoped, this It’s Alive DVD is a much-welcomed event.
While perhaps not as necessary a purchase as the release of It’s Alive, the two-for-the-price-of-one approach of this DVD is certainly appealing.
On November 2nd, vote this Looney Tunes Golden Collection set into your permanent DVD collection.
Perhaps SCTV at its peak, this set is also essential for John Candy’s vinegary impersonation of Divine singing raunchy Christmas carols.
This new edition is actually not much more than a perfect imitation of the previous Collector’s Edition, so beware.
The Up Series is a powerful humanist statement that isn’t to be missed.
A great Christmas present for Mom, unless of course she’s a “castrating Manhattan career bitch,” in which case you’ll want to opt for the pinecone vibrator.
Nothing special in the extras department but Before Sunset is a film that truly speaks for itself.