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DVD Reviews and Releases
DVDS: 'Pretty in Pink'
Twenty-two years later, this 1986 teen comedy, scripted by John Hughes, stands up in most ways and falls down in others. James Spader is quite good as a sleaze.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2008
DVDs: 'Married Life'
The plot of Ira Sach's unusual genre mix reads like a seedy Hollywood crime melodrama.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2008
DVDs: 'What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
The comedy styling that made the writer-producer-director a popular filmmaker of his time uninhibitedly envelops this crazy parody of patriotic Hollywood war movies.
DVDs: 'The Promotion'
If the 15 minutes of infantile vulgarity that was dumped into the script were scraped out, "The Promotion" might have been pleasant middle-of-the road family entertainment.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2008
DVDs: 'Boomerang'
The 1947 "Boomerang," directed by Elia Kazan, derives from an unromantic vein of neo-realism that was popular at the time.
DVDs: 'The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beggining'
One of Disney's biggest animated hits gets a straight-to-DVD prequel that floats an adventure in the early days of the underwater heroine.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2008
DVDs: 'Then She Found Me'
While Helen Hunt's directing debut is promising, if understated, it's her performance as schoolteacher April Epner that impresses the audience.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2008
DVDs: 'The Duchess of Duke Street: The Complete Collection'
John Hawkesworth is better remembered for having created "Upstairs, Downstairs," but his later miniseries, "The Duchess of Duke Street," belongs right up there.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 2008
Watch this: 'Redbelt'
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 27, 2008
DVDs: 'Son of Rambow'
Will and Lee are unlikely buddies, their friendship forged in shared joys as they team up to shoot an amateur movie on home video, circa 1982.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2008
DVDs: 'What Happens in Vegas'
No one should see this movie because they want to see the wiles of romance or film made new. "What Happens in Vegas" is all about comfort.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2008
DVD Review: 'Constantine's Sword'
Based on James Carroll's book, "Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews: A History," this film is a dense yet fiercely eloquent examination of how and when Christ's message of peace became perverted into an instrument of war.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2008
DVDs: 'Street Kings'
"Street Kings," based on a short story by James Ellroy, has fire and firepower, but tries to shortcut its way to its violent end.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2008
DVDs: 'Tammy Wynette: Legendary Performances'
The DVD, which consists of television performances over the course of 14 years.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2008
DVDs: 'Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert'
Teen sensation Cyrus and her pop-star alter ego Hannah Montana headlined a sold-out concert tour, which then turned into a sold-out movie at theaters.
MONDAY, AUGUST 18, 2008
DVDs: 'Psych: The Complete Second Season'
"Psych" is often every bit as entertaining and, frankly, a little more willing to take chances within its format than "Monk," that other USA Network hit.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 2008
On DVD: 'Star Trek, the Original Series: Season Two, Remastered Edition'
This remastered collection offers new digital visual effects and more than three hours of extras.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15, 2008
DVDs: 'Brand Upon the Brain!'
Canadian cult filmmaker Guy Maddin presents another film either truly wondrous or just plain weird, depending on your tolerance for the visual and sonic magic he layers onto his dense storytelling.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2008
DVDs: 'Lonesome Dove'
"Lonesome Dove," based on Larry McMurtry's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, has been previously issued on DVD, but the new double-disc set offers a remastering for wide-screen televisions and 5.1 sound and reminds you that this is one of the great Westerns.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2008
New DVDs this week
MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 2008
On DVD: 'Code Monkeys: Season one'
SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 2008
Out on DVD: 'The Good Fight'
This 1984 documentary tells the story of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade in the Spanish Civil War – the 3,000 or so American volunteers who fought in Spain in the late 1930s to defend the Loyalist government against the fascist rebellion led by Generalissimo Francisco Franco.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 2008
DVDs: 'Pete Seeger: The Power of Song'
The folk-protest patriarch Pete Seeger is chronicled in this documentary that features interviews with him and admirers including Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Joan Baez, Arlo Guthrie and Peter, Paul and Mary.
THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 2008
DVDs: 'Classe Tous Risques'
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