Fame
Considering that Frame was just re-made, this is a timely point for a Blu-Ray release of the 1980 hit musical because it is now an oldie classic. Viewers who think they vaguely remember it...
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Pandorum
Alien, now three decades old, still sets the standard for sci-fi horror. We can see that in Pandorum's opening scenes when Dennis Quaid "slooowly" comes out of hyper-sleep...
Magnolia
Paul Thomas Anderson's epic, Magnolia features an ensemble cast (Tom Cruise, William H. Macy, Julianne Moore, and others) who share interlocking lives in a Byzantine plot. Magnolia takes 188 minut...
Book of Eli
I read The Road and determined from the reviews that the reasonably well made, fairly faithful movie version was simply not at the top of my to-do list. I think it was Slate's headline: 'Prepa...
Fringe: The Complete First Season
Fringe seems to be JJ Abram's answer to The X-Files. The lessons from the X-Files were: (a) if you have FBI agents with chemistry, you have the basis for a science fiction show,...
10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You truly holds its own by supplying the right mixture of comedy and drama, but not going over the top.
Jennifer's Body
Writer Diablo Cody, after the critically acclaimed success of Juno, decided to do a 180 for her next project, and dabbled in the occult with Jennifer's Body. Harkening back-to-black...
Extract
Ten years after showing what it is like working at a white collar-job in America, Mike Judge is back with Extract, a humorous look inside the world of blue-collar workers. Extract follows the life of...
Falling Down
Have you ever had a bad day? Bill Foster (Michael Douglas), a laid off government defense worker, is about to embark on one of his worst. Just wanting to "Go Home" Foster (Identified by his 'D-FE...
Avatar
It turns out you cannot count James Cameron out. It appeared kind of telling that the trailers for the movie had to tell you who this guy was and why we sho...