Last Tuesday, eOne Home Entertainment released the great 50/50 on Blu-ray & DVD. A raunchy comedy about cancer that profoundly moves us with scenes of heartbreaking drama, this is a film that masterfully handles every emotion and ranks as one of the very best of last year. We reviewed 50/50 when it opened in theatres on September… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: 50/50
Today, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment is releasing The Big Year on Blu-ray & DVD. Starring the great comedic team of Jack Black, Steve Martin and Owen Wilson, this is a charming and entertaining comedy with a good heart and likeable characters. We reviewed The Big Year when it opened in theatres on October 14th,… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: The Big Year
In Time – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.intimecasino.com/ DVD Release Date: January 31st, 2012 Rated PG for violence and coarse language Running time: 109 minutes Andrew Niccol (dir.) Andrew Niccol (writer) Craig Armstrong (music) Justin Timberlake as Will Salas Amanda Seyfried as Sylvia Weis Cillian Murphy as Raymond Leon Vincent Kartheiser as Philippe Weis… Read More DVD Review: In Time
Courageous – A Sony Pictures’ Release http://www.courageousthemovie.com/ DVD Release Date: January 17th, 2012 Rated PG for some violence and drug content Running time: 129 minutes Alex Kendrick (dir.) Stephen Kendrick (writer) Alex Kendrick (writer) Mark Willard (music) Alex Kendrick as Adam Mitchell Ken Bevel as Nathan Hayes Ben Davies as David Thomson Kevin Downes as… Read More DVD Review: Courageous
By John C. Last night, the Screen Actor’s Guild Awards seemed to be indicative of what we might end up seeing come Oscar night on February 26th. Christopher Plummer was once again confirmed as the frontrunner when he took home Best Supporting Actor for Beginners. Jean Dujardin shot to the front of the race when… Read More The Best Performances of the Year: Will the Screen Actors Guild Influence the Oscars?
As the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards were announced this past Tuesday, here are our brief thoughts on all nine of the nominees in the running for Best Picture. For future reference throughout the Oscar season, links to our full thoughts on each of these films are included in the titles, as well… Read More Reviews of the Best Picture Nominees
By Erin V. As Joyful Noise was being made, director Todd Graff attended gospel conventions around the USA, watching choirs both large and small perform (sometimes to sold-out crowds of 18,000), which helped to provide an authenticity to the film. Composer and music producer Mervyn Warren who has known Graff for over a decade started… Read More Soundtrack Review: Joyful Noise
Presented by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Academy president Tom Sherak, the nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards were announced this morning. The nine films competing for the top prize of Best Picture are The Artist, The Descendants, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Help, Hugo, Midnight in Paris, Moneyball, The Tree of Life and… Read More Nominations for the 84th Annual Academy Awards
We showed you the robots at Fan Expo last August, attended the Toronto premiere in September and interviewed director Shawn Levy this past weekend. Today, Walt Disney Home Entertainment is releasing DreamWorks Pictures’ Real Steel on Blu-ray & DVD. With thrilling scenes of robot boxing and an engaging human story, this is an exhilarating and… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Real Steel
The first time the film is widely available, Godzilla (Gojira) is being released on Blu-ray & DVD today as part of the Criterion Collection. The original and best of the series from 1954, the Japanese film shows us the country in crisis as a radioactive lizard terrorizes a nation still deeply bruised from nuclear attack and… Read More Criterion Release: Godzilla
The first Academy Award winner for Best Picture in 1927, Paramount Home Entertainment is releasing Wings for the first time on Blu-ray & DVD today, to coincide with the studio’s 100th anniversary. Taking place in the heart of World War I and beautifully dealing with issues of love and loss, Clara Bow stars as a… Read More DVD/Blu-ray Release: Wings
With the Oscar nominations being announced today, MGM Home Entertainment is releasing six of their classic films on Blu-ray. Three from Alfred Hitchcock, two from Woody Allen and one from Billy Wilder, these six great films were all nominees or winners at the Academy Awards. Enjoy! Rebecca: Nominated for eleven Oscars in 1940, this haunting… Read More Blu-ray Release: Six Oscar Classics from MGM
By John C. With the nominations for the 84th annual Academy Awards set to come bright and early tomorrow morning, it might be the only time throughout this awards season that we get a proper surprise. I expect to see several nominations for The Artist, The Descendants and Hugo, which are the films that make… Read More Predictions and Dreams for Tomorrow’s Oscar Nominations
By John C. We were all big fans of the rousing sports movie Real Steel when it opened in theatres last October, and on Wednesday night I had the pleasure of interviewing the director of the film, Canada’s own Shawn Levy. With the robot boxing saga set to hit Blu-ray on Tuesday, we discussed what fans… Read More Interview: Shawn Levy, Director of “Real Steel”
Red Tails – A 20th Century Fox Release http://www.redtails2012.com/ Release Date: January 20th, 2012 Rated PG for mature themes, violence and some language Running time: 125 minutes Anthony Hemingway (dir.) John Ridley (screenplay and story) Aaron McGruder (screenplay) Terence Blanchard (music) Terrence Howard as Colonel A.J. Bullard Cuba Gooding Jr. as Major Emanuelle Stance David Oyelowo… Read More Movie Review: Red Tails
The nominations for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards were announced today in Toronto, by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Honouring the best of 2011 in Canadian film, the five films nominated for Best Picture were A Dangerous Method, Café de Flore, Monsieur Lazhar, Starbuck and The Whistlebower. Café de Flore leads the pack… Read More Nominations for the 32nd Annual Genie Awards
Today, Steven Soderbergh’s contemporary classic Traffic is being released on Blu-ray as part of the Criterion Collection. Originally released in 2000, the all-star film shows us several interwoven stories that all examine the drug culture on both sides of the border between the U.S. and Mexico. This is a complex look at drug trafficking from… Read More Criterion Release: Traffic
By John C. Hosting the Golden Globes for the third year in a row, Ricky Gervais opened last night’s telecast by saying to the room full of nominees “nervous? Don’t be. This isn’t about you.” Despite the usual sort of snarky comments from the British comedian, the show was less cynical and in better taste… Read More Oscar Frontrunners are Crowned at the 69th Annual Golden Globes
Hosted by Ricky Gervais for the third year in a row, the 69th Annual Golden Globes took place tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles, with numerous celebrities in attendance to present and accept the many awards. Honouring the best movies and TV shows of 2011, The Artist deservingly took home the gold… Read More Winners of the 69th Annual Golden Globes
Joyful Noise – A Warner Bros. Pictures’ Release http://www.joyfulnoisethemovie.com/ Release Date: January 13th, 2012 Rated PG for language Running time: 118 minutes Todd Graff (dir.) Todd Graff (writer) Mervyn Warren (music) Queen Latifah as Vi Rose Hill Dolly Parton as G.G. Sparrow Keke Palmer as Olivia Hill Jeremy Jordan as Randy Garrity Dexter Darden as Walter… Read More Movie Review: Joyful Noise
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