Category: DVDs
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‘The Last Samurai’ in a masterful period piece
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A truly grand wondrous larger-than-life film this Tom Cruise vehicle is a credit to hero epics like Braveheart that have drawn too many wannabes like the grandiose Gladiator.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud’s ‘Quest for Fire’ gets wonderful treatment on DVD
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The quintessential caveman movie this intelligent and multiple award-winning film takes us back to a time when one thing mattered above all to early man fire.
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‘X2: X-Men United’ is better than the original
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The X-Men are back together again and this time they must stand together with their arch-enemy Magneto in order to twart a twisted military man bent on destroy mutants all mutants!
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‘Duplex’ is a horrible film starring Ben Stiller and Drew Barrymore
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WARNING: Avoid this movie at all costs! This unfunny comedy about a young couple who buy into a Brooklyn duplex and are tormented by a not-so-sweet old woman is simply boring. Consider this a public…
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‘Looney Tunes: Back in Action’ is fun for the kiddies
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The film is as fast-paced and madcap as any Looney Tunes cartoon only bigger longer and uncut! It is an enthusiastic picture for adults and children alike.
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‘The Quiet Man’ brings ‘Taming of the Shrew’ to Ireland
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A former Irish boxer who has spent years in America returns to Ireland to escape a dark secret. But love and tradition challenge his wish to renounce violence as he is pressured to fight for…
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‘Win a Date with Tad Hamilton’ is a bit of a loser
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This film attempts to draw on our secret fantasies of dating movie stars but falls short. At worst an effort in voyeurism its attempt to become a cutesy romance is awkward and weak.
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‘The Shape of Things’ goes from stage to screen with entertaining grace
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Paul Rudd and Rachel Weisz both deliver spectacular performances in this film about a woman who takes a man and molds him into something more.
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‘Calendar Girls’ has its moments, but not many
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This tale of a collection of British women in their elder years who bare all for a calender in order to raise money for a dying friend. While it featured a few funny moments this…
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’21 Grams’ is disorienting and confusing
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While this film is filled with spectacular performances — Penn received an Oscar for his role — the jarring quality of the storytelling takes more away from the actors than it gives.