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Articles tagged "dvd releases"NewsClassic ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ tops latest Blu-ray releasesby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][14.Jul.08] :. A great movie is a great movie in no matter what format it is seen, but Blu-ray can make the experience even more enjoyable. That’s the case with “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s... News‘Batman Begins’ wings its way over to Blu-rayby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][7.Jul.08] :. Over the years, the movies have given us only sketchy vignettes of how Batman came to be. All that changed when we were given the full details of his origin with the coming of “Batman... NewsBatman, Eastwood lead parade of new Blu-ray releasesby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][30.Jun.08] :. “Holy technology, Batman! We’re on Blu-ray!” You have to figure that’s what Robin would shout if he found out that “Batman: The Movie” (20th Century Fox, 1966,... NewsThis week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][23.Jun.08] :. PERSEPOLIS Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, $29.95, rated PG-13 Named the best animated feature of 2007 by critics from New York and Los Angeles and an Oscar nominee for best... NewsThis week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][28.Apr.08] :. “I’m Not There” Genius Products/The Weinstein Co., $28.95, rated R Another side of Bob Dylan - or rather, many sides of Bob Dylan are shown in Todd Haynes’... NewsThis week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][25.Mar.08] :. “The Kite Runner” Paramount Home Entertainment, $29.99, rated PG-13 Based on Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel, Marc Foster’s film is about two boys from... This week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][18.Feb.08] :. “Michael Clayton” Warner Home Video, $28.98, rated R This tense and nuanced legal thriller about an attorney named Michael Clayton (George Clooney), a “fixer”... The first months of 2008 promise some fine DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][7.Jan.08] :. Some of this year’s Oscar contenders, famous films celebrating their 15th, 25th, 40th and 50th anniversaries, and the latest TV hits are among the new DVDs scheduled for release during the... Go trippin’ back in time with those cool `Mod Squad’ cops on DVDby Frank Lovece [Newsday (MCT)][18.Dec.07] :. It was originally to be called “The Young Detectives.” Maybe if it had been, it would have gone the way of the short-lived “The Young Lawyers” and “The Young... DVD boxed sets are getting bigger… and bigger… and biggerby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][7.Dec.07] :. Like Pinocchio’s nose and Rupert Murdoch’s wallet, DVD boxed sets are growing larger and larger. Last year, consumers were offered mega-boxes filled with dozens of discs featuring every... Megasets lead 2007 DVD Christmas gift paradeby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][6.Dec.07] :. In recent years, DVDs have become among the most popular candidates for Christmas presents. This holiday season there are plenty of selections from which to choose. Leading the list are megasets:... This week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][4.Dec.07] :. David Simon's extraordinary HBO series about Baltimore cops, drug dealers, politicians and society at large turns its attention to the public education system. These DVDs are sure to have you under their spellby Jan Stuart [Newsday (MCT)][4.Dec.07] :. If you tried to suss out the influences in today’s Hollywood releases or took an informal poll of your friends’ favorite movies, you might come away with the impression that the history... Gift ideas for TV fansby Chuck Barney [Contra Costa Times (MCT)][4.Dec.07] :. The holidays are a time for diehard television fans to think inside the box—the box set, that is. But fair warning: Most of the offerings we herald here are not for wimps. They’re... ‘Ratatouille’ is a visual treatby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][6.Nov.07] :. “Just wait until you see it in BluRay,” boasted director Brad Bird when he was in Detroit to cook up interest in “Ratatouille,” Pixar’s most ambitious animated... ‘Twin Peaks’ more than it seemsby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][31.Oct.07] :. One of the great unsolved TV mysteries is finally brought to resolution this week with the release of “Twin Peaks: Definitive Gold Box Edition” (4 stars, Paramount, $99.99; look for... Frightening ‘Poltergeist’ deserved a proper reintroductionby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][9.Oct.07] :. Considering the care Warner Bros. gives box sets and special editions of classic movies in the catalog, one has to wonder why “Poltergeist: 25th Anniversary Edition” (4 stars, Warner,... This week’s DVD releasesby Bruce Dancis [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)][8.Oct.07] :. “Evan Almighty” Universal Studios Home Entertainment, $29.98, rated PG Whoa, Noah. Steve Carell, the Emmy-winning star of NBC’s “The Office,” plays a... Now ‘The War’ comes homeby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][2.Oct.07] :. If you’ve read, watched or listened to media in the past two weeks, you already know the story of “The War” (3 stars, PBS/Paramount, $129.99; look for discounts in the $90 range).... Allen Ginsberg revisited in updated documentaryby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][4.Sep.07] :. In decades of filmmaking, only occasionally had directors gone back to “fix” or restore films that they felt had been compromised by technical or time limitations, or by studios that... TV classic `The Fugitive’ finally flees onto DVDby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][16.Aug.07] :. Forty years after its original airing on ABC, the finale of “The Fugitive” remains the third highest-rated single episode of any network prime-time series in history. Finally, the... Sam Fuller’s first 3 films get a box treatmentby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][15.Aug.07] :. If any director can be said to be underrated and overrated, it just might be Sam Fuller, a World War II Army veteran and journalist of the two-fisted variety portrayed so often in the crime movies... ‘Honorable’ Charlie Chan investigates again on DVDby Doug Nye [McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)][15.Aug.07] :. Throw in a dead body or two, a half-dozen suspects and an exotic locale and you’ve got the ingredients of another entertaining Charlie Chan mystery. Sure, there have been hundreds of murder... Elvis sings and gets the girlby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][8.Aug.07] :. Maybe you can’t judge a book by its cover, but the gimmicky packaging of these new DVDs at least represents the content. “Lights! Camera! Elvis! Collection” (Paramount, $76.99)... Ultimate gangster also starred in some good crime moviesby Terry Lawson [Detroit Free Press (MCT)][10.Jul.07] :. Until 1981, when Lawrence Kasdan revived the style with “Body Heat,” film noir was something sought out and discussed primarily by pale-faced film students who might have preferred to... It’s ‘Roots’ times two out on DVD this monthby Louis R. Carlozo [Chicago Tribune (MCT)][25.May.07] :. Two DVDs out this month showcase just what it means to search for and celebrate one’s ancestors. In the documentary `Finding Oprah’s Roots: Finding Your Own’ (PBS Home Video,... |
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