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The DVD Report #46
Lots of people seem to have trouble with the ending of No Country for Old Men, this year’s Oscar winner for Best Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Actor. I don’t get what they don’t get. The dreams that Tommy Lee Jones reveals to his wife, Tess Harper, at the end of the film may…
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The DVD Report #45
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences doesn’t bestow many career achievement awards. When they do, they’re usually reserved for legendary stars like Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, Barbara Stanwyck, Myrna Loy, Deborah Kerr and Peter O’Toole or directors like Howard Hawks, King Vidor, Blake Edwards and Sidney Lumet who might otherwise not have an…
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Film Preview: American Zombie (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B+ Review: Unlike the trailer, the poster is definitely inspired. The air-punching fist of a zombie compares itself nicely with a trailer that starts off at a war protest. It’s the kind of image we…
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Film Preview: The Flight of the Red Balloon (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: This poster is quite a bit cluttered. While it’s important to set the film in Paris, the window view is hardly an eye-catching vantage point. The titular balloon is too aggresively placed and,…
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The DVD Report #44
I had hoped to review Todd Haynes’ I’m Not There and Warner Bros. Fordibben Hollywood, Vol. 2 this week, but I’ve been told their DVD releases scheduled for today have been postponed, the former to May 6, the latter to March 25. No matter, there are still lots of other new releases to keep us…
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Film Preview: The Love Guru (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C; C+; C Review: The makeup does a good job of masking Mike Myers’ features and the perpetual smile seems a bit too Hallmark, but there’s no denying that this poster’s softer colors and Myers…
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Film Preview: Meat Loaf: In Search of Paradise (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: C- Review: There aren’t that many people I know who…
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The DVD Report #43
Every year we thrill at certain Oscar winners, scoff at others. Here are a few thoughts on some winners for which the thrill remains. Six Best Picture Winners In only its third year in 1930, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences gave its award to what is still one of the great films…
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Film Preview: The Happening (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B- Review: A bunch of cars left abandoned on the road. Since we didn’t see any such thing in the trailer, it would look to be highlighting a different aspect of the film. However, it’s…
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Film Preview: Lovesickness (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: – Review: There was no poster immediately available for my review. Should one become available in the future, this section will be updated. Trailer Rating: C Review: What an unappealing little film. The producers try…
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Film Preview: Love Songs (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C+ Review: There’s nothing very interesting about this poster. They deftly avoid any semblance of controversy by visually eliminating any reference to a threesome or same-sex relations. The background, while not meant to be a…
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Film Preview: Boarding Gate (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: The poster is rather unexceptional. While choosing a tint of pink, the poster tries to make the film seem softer while putting a gun in full view of the viewer. It’s also painfully…
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Film Preview: Blindsight (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: C Review: For a documentary, the poster’s decidedly better than average. As a poster, it’s hardly remarkable. The title, when placed with the film’s subject is easily understood, a more firm understanding of the trailer…
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The DVD Report #42
Just in time for this Sunday’s presentation of the 80th Annual Academy Awards, DVD companies have released some of the year’s major contenders. They include Michael Clayton,nominated for Best Picture, Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay; In the Valley of Elah nominated for Best Actor; Elizabeth: The Golden Age, nominated for Best…
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Film Preview: Diary of the Dead (2008)
Trailers (Due to age, may no longer be available) Posters (Due to age, may no longer be available) Poster Rating: B+ Review: Capturing the horror of the zombies on a cracked video camera may seem a bit obvious, but it works quite well in the context of the film. Everything is nicely laid out so…
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