Oscar History: October 23 (2026)
Looking at Film from Every Angle
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The DVD Report #106
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet reunite eleven years after Titanic. No crowd pleaser this time out, Revolutionary Road is a bleak melodrama about discontented suburbanites in the 1950s. Richard Yates’ novel met with critical acclaim when it was published in 1961, but was not a commercial success. Indeed, none of the writer’s seven published novels…
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The DVD Report #105
Paramount has released three more films in its Centennial Collection. As with previous releases, these are re-mastered editions of previously released DVDs with tons of extras. Initial reviews of John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance in May 1962, ranged from respectful to indifferent. It wasn’t until the 1970s when Ford was dead and…
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Review: Angels & Demons (2009)
Angels & Demons Rating Director Ron Howard Screenplay David Koepp, Akiva Goldsman (Novel: Dan Brown) Length 138 min. Starring Tom Hanks, Ewan McGregor, Ayelet Zurer, Stellan Skarsgard, Pierfrancesco Favino, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Thure Lindhardt, David Pasquesi, Cosimo Fusco MPAA Rating PG-13 for sequences of violence, disturbing images and thematic material. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack…
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Review: X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009)
X-Men Origins: Wolverine Rating Director Gavin Hood Screenplay David Benioff, Skip Woods Length 107 min. Starring Hugh Jackman, Live Schreiber, Danny Huston, Will i Am, Lynn Collins, Kevin Durand, Dominic Monaghan, Taylor Kitsch, Daniel Henney, Ryan Reynolds, Scott Adkins, Tim Pocock MPAA Rating PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some partial nudity.…
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Review: Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek Rating Director J.J. Abrams Screenplay Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman Length 127 min. Starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Bruce Greenwood, Karl Urban, Zoe Saldana, Simon Pegg, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, Ben Cross, Winona Ryder, Chris Hemsworth, Jennifer Morrison, Faran Tahir, Clifton Collins Jr. MPAA Rating PG-13 for sci-fi action and…
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Review: Monsters vs. Aliens (2009)
Monsters vs. Aliens Rating Director Rob Letterman, Conrad Vernon Screenplay Maya Forbes, Wallace Wolodarsky, Rob Letterman, Jonathan Aibel, Glenn Berger, Conrad Vernon Length 94 min. Starring Reese Witherspoon, Seth Rogen, Hugh Laurie, Will Arnett, Kiefer Sutherland, Rainn Wilson, Stephen Colbert, Paul Rudd, Julie White, Jeffrey Tambor, Amy Poehler, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski MPAA Rating PG…
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Review: Earth (2009)
Earth Rating Director Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield Screenplay Alastair Fothergill, Mark Linfield, Leslie Megahey Length 96 min. Starring James Earl Jones MPAA Rating G Buy/Rent Movie Poster Review When you watch the trailer for Earth, the first thing that may pop into your head is “why is this called Earth when it’s about three animal…
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The DVD Report #104
A huge hit early in the year, Pierre Morel’s Taken is a French film done in English with Liam Neeson as the U.S. government agent whose daughter (Maggie Grace) is kidnapped by slave traders while on vacation in Paris. The film is completely implausible from beginning to end. Neeson single-handedly kills so many bad guys…
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The DVD Report #103
Several long requested classic films are now available on DVD. Dalton Trumbo wrote his acclaimed anti-war novel, Johnny Got His Gun, about a victim of World War I – the war to end all wars – in 1938. It was published on the eve of Hitler’s invasion of Poland in 1939. It won a National…
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The DVD Report #102
Now that all the films that make up my 2008 ten best list have been released on Region 1 DVDs, it’s a good time to take another look at those films. It used to be that films made from proven works, major novels and play, and films from A-list directors and stars, were highly anticipated…
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The DVD Report #101
One of last year’s best films, John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt, based on his Pulitzer Prize and Tony award-winning play, has come home to Blu-ray and standard DVD. Shanley’s film, like his play, is set in 1964. The Catholic Church is on the cusp of great change. Vatican II with its sweeping mandates has already occurred…
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The DVD Report #100
Warner Bros. had already decided to release Slumdog Millionaire straight to DVD in the U.S. when Fox Searchlight picked up the distribution rights last fall and released the film to U.S. theatres instead. The result was a word-of-mouth hit and an eventual worldwide awards winner. Among its haul of awards – 8 Oscars out of…
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The DVD Report #99
Here are some new DVD releases and a few recent ones that may have slipped through the cracks: Daniel Craig is back for a second go at James Bond in Quantum of Solace. With a screenplay co-written by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) and direction by Marc Forster (Monster’s Ball, The Kite Runner), this…
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The DVD Report #98
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, what better time to talk about my favorite Irish films? Here then my chronological evaluation of a baker’s dozen. Ten are available on DVD, and three that aren’t, but should be. No one made more films about the Irish than John Ford whose characters seemed to be Irish even when they…
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Review: Watchmen (2009)
Watchmen Rating Director Zack Snyder Screenplay David Hayter, Alex Tse (Graphic Novel: Alan Moore) Length 162 min. Starring Malin Akerman, Billy Crudup, Matthew Goode, Jackie Earle Haley, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Patrick Wilson, Carla Gugino, Matt Frewer, Stephen McHattie MPAA Rating R for strong graphic violence, sexuality, nudity and language. Buy/Rent Movie Soundtrack Poster Source Material…
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