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In Bruges DVD Review
In Bruges: great music, beautiful architecture, pitch-perfect performances, operatic violence, and some of the funniest verbal fireworks this side of Quentin Tarantino.
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A Memento of Blu-Ray's Past
One of the first Blu-Ray titles to officially hit the market when the format began it's slow and hulking first baby steps toward domination is already showing its age.
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Requiem for a Dream is a Nightmare on Blu-Ray
Requiem For a Dream is fantastic. Possibly one of the greater film achievements in years. No one can enjoy it, though. They can only respect it.
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Review-Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Few criminal cases of the last 30 years have drawn as much attention as Polanski's trial. Marinia Zenovich's film offers old footage and new interviews to great effect.
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Be Kind Rewind (2008) - DVD Review
French director takes a step away from surrealist fantasies towards a more homespun delivery of his whimsical worldview.
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Phoebe in Wonderland Review
Phoebe in Wonderland, from writer-director Daniel Barnz, fails to incorporate the fantasy of Lewis Carroll's Wonderland, instead focusing on one family's dysfunction.
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Brother's War DVD Review
World War II was filled with atrocities and war crimes. This movie highlights some of those as well as an unlikely friendship between a British and a German soldier.
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Paranoid Park Reviewed
Paranoid Park has wonderful performances and interesting themes, but a contradictory script and bipolar direction make for an unsatisfying result.
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DVD Review of Hounddog
Set in 1950s Alabama, Hounddog features Dakota Fanning as a twelve-year-old girl trying to overcome a troubled situation.
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DVD Review of The Secret Life of Bees
On the run from an abusive father, a young white girl escapes to a houseful of African-American women in the 1960s South.
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Mr Lonely Review
From the writer of Kids comes a surreal love story that will have its audience questioning the meaning of identity.
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DVD Review of Frozen River
Two strong women, both estranged by husbands, must fend for themselves and their children by smuggling illegal aliens across the U.S.-Canada border.
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Scenes Of A Sexual Nature Review
Sadly a competent cast and interesting dialogue cannot save this plotless film. Scenes of a Sexual Nature is about as interesting as watching goldfish copulate.
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The Wackness: Love, Hip-Hop And Drugs in NYC
The Wackness paints a mural of New York City in 1994, the year when Notorious B.I.G. released his first album, hip-hop grew in popularity and a heat wave hit the city.
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Sleep to Dream, Dream to Live
Jake Paltrow directs his sister Gwyneth and Martin Freeman in a sorely under seen effort from 2007.
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Classic Indie Review: Welcome to the Dollhouse
Writer/director Todd Solondz and Heather Matarazzo portray the ugly side of growing up before the blog era.
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Independent Crime Films about Betrayal
These three films all explore some unique aspect of betrayal, either by a family member, a partner in crime, or a cold and uncaring corporation.
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DVD Review of Rocket Science
With a curious combination of stuttering and fast-paced policy debate, Rocket Science is a fresh take on high school awkwardness.
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Mitchell Lichtenstein's Teeth: DVD Review
Independent, feminist horror movies don't come around that often. Being in a rather lonely category, Teeth deserves a rent for this aspect alone.
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Juno: A Movie Review
Juno MacGuff is old enough for sexual activity but too young for the consequences. She makes the adults look immature as she embarks on her journey of self-discovery.
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Fun and Games, or Not
Funny Games is an independent feature that condemns the glorification of violence. It will leave the audience bewildered and disturbed, and that is the point.
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Once
Once is the story of two people's love for music and each other. Once will uplift your spirit and cause you to remember loves current and past.
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Stage Beauty on DVD
An emotional tale of one 17th Century actor's journey after women are suddenly allowed to perform.
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Review: Suspension
Film is available on DVD by Warner Home Video this week. Director Ethan Shaftel talks about tangling with time
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A Review of Once
The (Very) Little Movie That Could
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